I have been watching 9/11 videos since last night and takes me back to when it all happened. We were living in Duncan at the time. My babies were small Josiah was 7, Sarah was 5, Nomi was 3 and Isaiah was 1. The babies were watching their normal PBS programming when a friend called and told us to turn our television to the local news. We sat there watching these horrific scenes unfold before our eyes. I felt so vulnerable and scared. All I could do was call on the name of Jesus. I can’t help but feel the same way now. Not so much scared, but vulnerable knowing that we are very much mortal and that we are not promised tomorrow. May we all seek the Lord while He may be found, and forgive those who have wronged us along the way. God bless our nation and bring healing. This is my 9/11 prayer. Amen
I also feel this scripture is also very fitting.
Isaiah 55:6-13
Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the LORD.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
Instead of the thornbush will grow the pine tree,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
which will not be destroyed.”
God says it’s time to take out the trash! I don’t like trash it’s gross, smelly and germ infested and it must be taken out daily. Maggots and bacteria grow in these filthy environments. In Scripture God tells the Israelites to keep the trash outside the tent in order to prevent sickness and disease from going into the camp. Spiritually speaking garbage can be anything that makes unclean and unholy. These things left unattended or ignored becomes a brewing place for all kinds of spiritual sickness.
Ephesians 4:29-32 says”Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”
Do you have garbage that needs to be taken out? Take a close look in the area of hurt or offence, which left to itself festers into bitterness and anger. Have you forgiven those whom have offended you or talked bad about you? It’s time to take out the trash! Remember to do this daily in order to keep your heart clean and spotless before the Lord and to avoid spiritual sickness.
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Heartbreaking Tearjerker of the Day: Gordon Yeager, 94, and his wife Norma, 90, lived together for 72 years. Last week, after a tragic car accident, they died together, one hour apart, holding hands.
The couple got married in 1939, the day Norma graduated from high school. They lived their whole lives in the small town of State Center, Iowa, where they raised four children.
“Staying together for 72 years is good, I’d say that’s exceptional,” daughter Donna Sheets said. “They always did everything together. They weren’t apart. They just weren’t.”
True to their nature, the Yeagers were together last Wednesday at the intersection of Highway 30 and Jessup Avenue outside Marshalltown, where their car struck another car head on. They were brought into the ICU of Marshalltown’s hospital together, holding hands.
Gordon passed away shortly thereafter.
“It was really strange, they were holding hands, and dad stopped breathing but I couldn’t figure out what was going on because the heart monitor was still going,” son Dennis Yeager told KCCI. “But we were like, he isn’t breathing. How does he still have a heart beat? The nurse checked and said that’s because they were holding hands and it’s going through them. Her heart was beating through him and picking it up.” Norma passed away an hour later.
“Neither one of them would’ve wanted to be without each other,” said Sheets. Added Yeager: “They just loved being together.”
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