MARGIES BIMS

SATAN TALKS TO GOD- JOB 2 ***************

AGAIN THERE WAS A DAY WHEN THE SONS OF GOD CAME TO PRESENT THEMSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, AND SATAN CAME ALSO AMONG THEM TO PRESENT HIMSELF BEFORE THE LORD. AND THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, "FROM WHERE DO YOU COME?"

SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID, "FROM GOING TO AND FRO ON THE EARTH, AND FROM WALKING BACK AND FORTH ON IT."

THEN THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, "HAVE YOU CONSIDERED MY SERVANT JOB, THAT THERE IS NONE LIKE HIM ON THE EARTH, A BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT MAN, ONE WHO FEARS GOD AND SHUNS EVIL? AND STILL HE HOLDS FAST TO HIS INTEGRITY, ALTHOUGH YOU INCITED ME AGAINST HIM, TO DESTROY HIM WITHOUT CAUSE."

SO SATAN ANSWERED THE LORD AND SAID, "SKIN FOR SKIN! YES, ALL THAT A MAN HAS HE WILL GIVE FOR HIS LIFE. BUT STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND NOW AND TOUCH HIS BONE AND HIS FLESH, AND HE WILL SURELY CURSE YOU TO YOUR FACE!"

AND THE LORD SAID TO SATAN, "BEHOLD, HE IS IN YOUR HAND, BUT SPARE HIS LIFE." SO SATAN WENT OUT FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD, AND STRUCK JOB WITH PAINFUL BOILS FROM THE SOLE OF HIS FOOT TO THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD........

NOW WHEN JOB'S THREE FRIENDS HEARD OF ALL THIS ADVERSITY THAT HAD COME UPON HIM, EACH ONE CAME FROM HIS OWN PLACE- ELIPHAZ THE TEMANITE, BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND ZOPHAR THE NAAMATHITE. FOR THEY HAD MADE AND APPOINTMENT TOGETHER TO COME AND MOURN WITH HIM TO COMFOR HIM.

AND WHEN THEY RAISED THEIR EYES FROM AFAR, AND DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM, THEY LIFTED THEIR VOICES AND WEPT... SO THEY SAT DOWN WITH HIM ON THE GROUND SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS, AND NO ONE SPOKE A WORD TO HIM, FOR THEY SAW THAT HIS GRIEF WAS VERY GREAT.

WE RIGHTLY DISPARAGE JOB'S THREE FRIENDS FOR THEIR INSENSITIVE RESPONSE TO HIS SUFFERING. YET WHEN THEY CAME, THEY SAT IN SILENCE BESIDE JOB FOR 7 DAYS BEFORE SPEAKING. AS IT TURNED OUT, THOSE WERE THE MOST ELOQUENT MOMENTS THEY SPENT WITH HIM.

IN OUR SHATTERED TIMES, ANGUISH RELENTS
NOT AT MERE IDLE WORDS SPOKEN IN VAIN,
BUT RATHER FROM THE SILENT ELOQUENCE
BESTOWED BY THOSE RARE SOULS WHO SHARE OUR PAIN.

OFTEN, THE BEST COMFORT IS JUST BEING THERE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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SIDS Memorial Walk

SIDS Foundations of Southern California
(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
28th Annual Memorial Walk & Picnic

Sunday
April 27, 2008

Whittier Narrows
Regional Park

Registration/Breakfast
8am - 9:15am

Award Presentation
12:30pm

Lunch and Raffle
12:30pm

Co-Sponsored by:
Whittier Narrows
Regional Park

For More Information:
310-558-4511 (voice)
310-558-7075 (fax)

We will be walking in memory of our Grandson
Nathan Joseph Guardian

MARGIES BIMS

THE VALUE OF PROPHECY -PSALM 22:11-19

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE IS MERELY A HAPHAZARD COLLECTION OF ANCIENT WRITINGS. BUT WE HAVE GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE IT IS GOD'S INSPIRED WORD. FOR EXAMPLE, THE BIBLE CONTAINS PROPHECIES THAT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED.

CENTURIES BEFORE SPECIFIC EVENTS TOOK PLACE, THE WRITERS OF SCRIPTURE PREDICTED THEIR OCCURRENCE, AND IN THE COURSE OF TIME THOSE EVENTS CAME TO PASS.

NO MATTER HOW FARSIGHTED WE MAY BE, WE CANNOT FORETELL THE FUTURE WITH ANY PRECISION. INDEED, OUR BEST GUESSES OFTEN TURN OUT TO BE WRONG. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:

"AIRPLANES ARE INTERESTING TOYS BUT OF NO MILITARY VALUE." WHO SAID THAT? A RENOWNED PROFESSOR OF MILITARY STRATEGY. "STOCKS HAVE REACHED WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PERMANENTLY HIGH PLATEAU." THIS PRONOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BY A DISTINGUISHED ECONOMIST JUST BEFORE THE FINANCIAL CRASH OF 1929.

THE BIBLE, HOWEVER, IS FILLED WITH DRAMATIC EXAMPLES OF FULFILLED PROPHECY. ISAIAH 52:13-53 AND PSALM 22:1-18 RECORD DETAILS ABOUT THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE THIS CRUEL FORM OF EXECUTION WAS EVER PRACTICED.

WHEN WE PICK UP THE BIBLE, WE ARE HOLDING IN OUR HANDS THE ONE AUTHORITATIVE DIVINE REVELATION OF TRUTH-A CLAIM VERIFIED BY FULFILLD PROPHECY.

HOW PRECIOUS IS GOD'S HOLY WORD,
ITS PAGES EVERY ONE;
THEY LEAD US TO THE LIVING WORD-
TO JESUS, GOD'S DEAR SON.

GOD ALWAYS KEEPS HIS WORD. LET'S NOT FORGET THE LORD OUR GOD AND HIS GOODNESS AND KINDNESS. I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED FILLED DAY******
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MARGIES BIMS

THE BOOK OF JAMES 1:2-18 ****************

MY BRETHREN, COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN YOU FAIL INTO VARIOUS TRIALS, KNOWING THAT THE TESTING OF YOUR FAITH PRODUCES PATIENCE. BUT LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK, THAT YOU MAY BE PERFECT AND COMPLETE, LACKING NOTHING.

IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, LET HIM ASK OF GOD, WHO GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY AND WITHOUT REPROACH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM. BUT LET HIM ASK IN FAITH, WITH NO DOUBTING, FOR HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN AND TOSSED BY THE WIND.

FOR LET NOT THAT MAN SUPPOSE THAT HE WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD, HE IS A DOUBLEMINDED, UNSTABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS.... BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO ENDURES TEMPTATION; FOR WHEN HE HAS BEEN APPROVED, HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE WHICH THE LORD HAS PROMISED TO THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.

LET NO ONE SAY WHEN HE IS TEMPTED, "I AM TEMPTED BY GOD", FOR GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, NOR DOES HE HIMSELF TEMPT ANYONE. BUT EACH ONE IS TEMPTED WHEN HE IS DRAWN AWAY BY IS OWN DESIRES AND ENTICED.

WHEN DESIRE HAS CONCEIVED, IT GIVES BIRTH TO SIN; AND SIN, WHEN IT IS FULL-GROWN, BRINGS FORTH DEATH. DO NOT BE DECEIVED, MY BELOVED BRETHREN. EVERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY PERFECT GIFT IS FROM ABOVE, AND COMES DOWN FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS, WITH WHOM THERE IS NO VARIATION OR SHADOW OF TURNING.

OF HIS OWN WILL HE BROUGHT US FORTH BY THE WORD OF TRUTH, THAT WE MIGHT BE KIND OF FIRSTFRUIT OF HIS CREATURES. THE BASIS FOR A THANKFUL HEART IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE ASSURANCE THAT GOD IS IN SOVEREIGN CONTOL.

IN EVERYTHING GIVE THANKS; FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS FOR YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY**************
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Happy 115th Birthday!

I ran across this article and photo on Yahoo's newswire, I don't know this woman but I just find it amazing. Anyone that has lived to be 115 deserves a Happy Birthday from all of us. Happy Birthday and God Bless you Edna Parker, I hope you have many more!

(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

(From Yahoo news) Edna Parker holds a rose that she was given during a birthday party for her in Shelbyville, Ind., Friday, April 18, 2008. Parker, who was born April 20, 1893, is the oldest known human. She will turn 115 on Sunday, April 20, 2008.

MARGIES BIMS

DEFINING MOMENT - GENESIS 50:15-21****

ONE YEAR AGO PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WERE STUNND BY A SHOOTING RAMPAGE THAT LEFT 32 VICTIMS DEAD ON THE CAMPUS OF VIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY. IN THE AFTERMATH, THE MOTHER OF ONE CRITICALLY WOUNDED STUDENT WHO SURVIVED SAID SHE DID NOT WANT THE ORDEAL TO BECOME THE DEFINING MOMENT IN HER SON'S LIFE.

INSTEAD, SHE HOPED IT COULD BE "SOMETHING POSITIVE, SOME GREAT CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE." WHEN THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS, IT MAY SEEM IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING CAN OVERCOME THE EMOTIONAL SCARS. YET, THE LIFE OF JOSEPH OFFERS A POWERFUL ILLUSTRATION OF GOD'S TRANFORMING POWER.

THE BROTHERS WHO SOLD HIM INTO SLAVERY WERE SURE HE WOULD TAKE REVENGE OF THEM (GEN: 15-27). BUT JOSEPH TOLD THEM. "YOU MEANT EVIL AGAINST ME; BUT GOD MEANT IT FOR GOOD, IN ORDER TO BRING IT ABOUT AS IT THIS DAY, TO SAVE MANY PEOPLE ALIVE."

WHEN WE PLACE OUR DESIRE FOR REVENGE IN GOD'S HANDS, WE BECOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE REMARKABLE PROCESS DESCRIBED BY PAUL: "DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD" (ROM. 12:21).

SOMETIMES LIFE'S CIRCUMSTANCES CAN BE UTTERLY DEPRESSING. JOSEPH AND THE APOSTLE PAUL BOTH EXPERIENCED IMPRISONMENT. YET THEY WERE ABLE TO REFLECT AN ULTIMATELY POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE.

THE DEFINING MOMENTS OF OUR LIVES ARE NOT DETERMINED BY THE EVIL DONE TO US, BUT OUR RESPONSE THROUGH THE GRACE AND POWER OF GOD.

WHEN ROUGH THE PATH FROM DAY TO DAY,
WHEN SORROWS FILL OUR EYES WITH TEARS,
OUR CHOICE TO FIND OUR HOPE IN CHRIST
CAN LIFT OUR SOUL AND CALM OUR FEARS.

LET DANGER DRIVE YOU TO JESUS AND LET'S DEFINE OUR GREATEST DEFINING MOMENT AS GOOD FOR JESUS. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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Ozomatli

Ozomatli on Dancing with the Stars April 15, 2008

Raul Pacheco and Ozomatli on Dancing with the Stars

Just a reminder: Our cousin Raul Pacheco and three time Grammy winners Ozomatli will be the featured band tonight on "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC (Channel 7 in the Los Angeles and Southern California area) so be sure to watch.



Raul Pacheco is on the extreme upper right in both photos

City of Angels - Ozomatli

Can't Stop - Ozomatli

You can find them on their Ozomatli website
or on their Myspace page

MARGIES BIMS

CHEERING EACH OTHER ON -HEBREWS 10:19-25**************************************

A MILE FROM THE FINISH LINE OF THE LONDON MARATHON, THOUSANDS OF ONLOOKERS HOLDING SIGNS LINED THE ROUTE. WHEN SPECTATORS SPOTTED A FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND COMING INTO VIEW, THEY SHOUTED THE PERSON'S NAME WAVED AND YELLED ENCOURAGEMENT. "JUST A LITTLE FARTHER! KEEP GOING! YOUR ALMOST THERE."

AFTER RUNNING 25 MILES, MANY COMPETITORS WERE BARELY WALKING AND READY TO QUIT. IT WAS AMAZNG TO WATCH EXHAUSTED RUNNERS BRIGHTEN AND PICK UP THE PACE WHEN THEY SAW SOMEONE THEY KNEW OR HEARD THEIR NAME CALLED OUT.

ENCOURAGEMENT! WE ALL NEED IT, ESPECIALLY IN OUR WALK OF FAITH. THE BOOK OF HEBREWS 10:24-25 TELLS US TO KEEP URGING EACH OTHER ON. "LET US CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER IN ORDER TO STIR UP LOVE AND GOOD WORKS, NOT FORSAKING THE ASSEMBLING OF OURSELVES TOGETHER..........BUT EXHORTING ONE ANOTHER, AND SO MUCH THE MORE AS YOU SEE THE DAY APPROACHING.

THE NEW TESTAMENT IS FILLED WITH THE CERTAINTY THAT CHRIST WILL RETURN SOON. "THE LORD IS AT HAND" (PHIL. 4:5). "THE COMING OF THE LORD IS AT HAND" JAMES 5:8 AND REVELATION 22:12 TELLS US "BEHOLD, I AM COMING QUICKLY.

AS WE "SEE THE DAY APPROACHING," LET'S KEEP CHEERING EACH OTHER ON IN THE TRUTH. "KEEP GOING! YOU'RE ALMOST THERE! THE FINISH LINE IS IN SIGHT.

HELP ME, LORD, TO REASURE AND STRENGTHEN
OTHERS BY THE WORDS I SPEAK TODAY;
I WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO BE AFFIRMING,
AS OUR PATHWAYS CROSS ALONG LIFE'S WAY.

EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO GIVE, YOU CAN GIVE ENCOURAGEMENT. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY**************
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MARGIES BIMS

THE BOOK OF PROVERBS 3:1-12*************

THE BOOK OF PROVERBS IS DOMINATED BY THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON. WE READ OF THE GREAT KING IN 1 KINGS 4:32, "HE SPOKE THREE THOUSAND PROVERBS, AND HIS SONGS WERE ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE." WITH SOME 3,OOO PROVERBS TO CHOOSE FROM, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL LIBRARY FROM WHICH TO BUILD THIS BOOK OF WISDOM.

PROVERBS 3:1-12 SAYS, MY SON, DO NOT FORGET MY LAW, BUT LET YOUR HEART KEEP MY COMMANDS; FOR LENGTH OF DAYS AND LONG LIFE AND PEACE THEY WILL ADD TO YOU.

LET NOT MERCY AND TRUTH FORSAKE YOU; BIND THEM AROUND YOUR NECK, WRITE THEM ON THE TABLET OF YOUR HEART, AND SO FIND FAVOR AND HIGH ESTEEM IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN.

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS.

DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND DEPART FROM EVIL. IT WILL BE HEALTH TO YOUR FLESH, AND STRENGTH TO YOUR BONES.

HONOR THE LORD WITH YOUR POSSESSIONS, AND WITH THE FIRSTFRUITS OF ALL YOUR INCREASE; SO YOUR BARNS WILL BE FILLED WITH PLENTY, AND YOUR VATS WILL OVERFLOW WITH NEW WINE.

MY SON, DO NOT DESPISE THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD, NOR DETEST HIS CORRECTION; FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CORRECTS, JUST AS A FATHER THE SON IN WHOM HE DELIGHTS.

THE GOD WHO WASHED AWAY OUR SINS WILL ALSO WIPE AWAY OUR TEARS. HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY*************
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MARGIES BIMS

WHY?WHY?OH, WHY? PROVERBS 3:1-12****

WHY MUST I SUFFER DISAPPOINTMENT, SORROW, AND TRIBULATION? WHAT HAVE I DONE THAT GOD SHOULD SEND ME TRIALS? IS HE DISPLEASED WITH ME? THESE QUESTIONS ARE CONSTANTLY ASKED BY GOD'S DEAR CHILDREN.

MUCH OF THIS FEAR AND QUESTIONING IS DUE TO OUR MISUNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S DEALING WITH HIS OWN SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE.

WE SHOULD BE FAR MORE AFRAID OF BEING LEFT ALONE THAN OF GOD'S CHASTENING, FOR HE WASTES NO TIME ON WORTHLESS OBJECTS THAT GIVE NO PROMISE OF FRUITFULNESS.

ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN ARE GREAT BARREN SAND DUNES THAT HAVE NEVER FELT THE POINT OF A PLOW. BUT IN THE RICH LOWLANDS BEYOND THEM, THE FARMER IS CONSTANTLY CULTIVATING THE SOIL.

THE FARMER KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING, SO HE KEEPS ON BREAKING UP THE SOIL. THE DEEPER THE PLOW WORKS AND THE MORE THE SHARP HARROW, THE MORE PRECIOUS THE CROP WILL BE WHEN HARVEST TIME COMES.

GOD'S PLOW GOES DEEP, BUT IT IS ONLY THAT IN THE END WE MAY FORGET THE PLOWING AND REJOICE IN THE BLESSING OF BEARING MUCH FRUIT FOR HIM. "NO CHASTENING SEEMS TO BE JOYFUL FOR THE PRESENT, BUT PAINFUL; NEVERTHELESS, AFTERWARD IT YIELDS THE PEACEABLE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT" (HEB. 12:11)

WHEN BLADES OF DISTRESS CUT DEEP IN THE SOUL,
BREAKING UP GROUND THAT WAS UNTOUCHED BEFORE,
THE LORD IS PREPARING SOIL TO BEAR FRUIT
FIT FOR THE HAVEST TO FEED MANY MORE.

ALL SUNSHINE AND NO RAIN MAKE A DESERT. IF YOU ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALS WITH YOU AS WITH SONS. GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.




HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY***************
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Toilet Cleaning Instructions:

I ran across this item while searching through the web and I felt it was too funny not to post. In all seriousness, it would probably work.

Toilet Cleaning Instructions:

1. Put both lids of the toilet up and add 1/8 cup of pet shampoo to the water in the bowl.

2. Pick up the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom.

3. In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids. You may need to stand on the lid.

4. The cat will self agitate and make ample suds. Never mind the noises that come from the toilet, the cat is actually enjoying this.

5. Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power-wash" and rinse".

6. Have someone open the front door of your home. Be sure that there are no people between the bathroom and the front door.

7. Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids.

8. The cat will rocket out of the toilet, streak through the bathroom, and run outside where he will dry himself off.


9. Both the commode and the cat will be sparkling clean.


Sincerely,
The Dog

MARGIES BIMS

RIGHT PLACE-PROVERBS 16:1-9**************

THEY WERE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, ON THE WRONG DAY. OR SO IT WOULD SEEM. THE DAYSPRING CHORALE, A TRAVELING HIGH SCHOOL SINGING GROUP, ARRIVED AT A NURSING HOME FOR A THURSDAY CONCERT.

HOWERVER, THE FOLKS AT THE HOME WERE EXPECTING THEM ON FRIDAY. BUT THEY SAID IF THE GROUP COULD GET SET UP FAST, THEY COULD SING FOR 20 MINUTES. THEN THEY'D HAVE TO STOP FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ONE OF THE RESIDENTS.

THE CHORALE HURRIEDLY GOT READY AND SANG, AND AS THEY DID, THE SON OF THE MAN WHO HAD DIED HEARD THEM. WHEN THEY WERE DONE HE ASKED IF THEY COULD SING AT HIS DAD'S SERVICE.

THEY GLADLY AGREED AND MINISTERED HOPE AND TRUTH TO ALL WHO ATTENDED. GOD USED THESE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A SPECIAL WAY-ALL BECAUSE OF A SECRETARIAL ERROR. BUT WAS IT A MISTAKE?

WE CAREFULLY MAKE SCHEDULES SO WE CAN BE WHERE WE THINK WE SHOULD BE. BUT WE ALWAYS NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THE WORDS OF SOLOMON, "A MAN'S HEART PLANS HIS WAY, BUT THE LORD DIRECTS HIS STEPS" (PROV. 16:9). THE BOOK OF PROVERBS TEACHES US HOW TO LIVE IN THE WORLD BY WISDOM OF THE WORD.

SOMETIMES OUR PLAN DOES NOT UNFOLD
THE WAY WE THOUGHT IT WOULD;
BUT GOD IS ALWAYS IN CONTROL
TO USE IT FOR OUR GOOD.

UNEXPECTED CHANGES ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN DISGUISE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY************
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MARGIES BIMS

FINDING JESUS-REVELATION 3;14-22********

IF I ASKED THE QUESTION, "WHERE'S WALDO?" YOU MIGHT RECALL THOSE POPULAR CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS FROM THE 1980s. THAT LITTLE GUY IN THE RED-AND-WHITE-STRIPED SHIRT AND HAT LOVED TO HIDE IN THE PAGES AMID A BUSY BLUR OF IMAGES THAT MADE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND HIM.

THANKFULLY, FINDING JESUS IS A LOT EASIER THAN FINDING WALDO. JESUS DOESN'T PLAY HIDE-AND-SEEK. HE SAYS, "BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK" (REV. 3:20). YOU CAN FIND HIM AT THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART-THE CORE OF YOUR EXISTENCE-WAITING TO COME IN.

HE DOESN'T JUST WANT TO MEET YOU AT CHURCH, OR TO BE KEPT AT BAY ON THE OUTER EDGES OF YOUR LIFE. RATHER, HE LONGS TO BE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR DREAMS, DELIBERATIONS, AND DESIRES. HE WANTS A REAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE REAL YOU.

AND AS WONDERFUL AS THAT IS, I NEED TO WARN YOU THAT IT MAY BE A LITTLE UNSETTLING. YOUR HEART IS NO DOUBT HARBORING A FEW THINGS THAT HE WILL WANT TO DEAL WITH. BUT THERE IS NOTHING THAT IS MORE VALUABLE THAN INTIMACY WITH HIM.

WELCOME JESUS IN AND HE WILL CLEAR OUT THE CLUTTER UNTIL THE AIR IS FRAGRANT AND FRESH WITH THE PURITY, POWER, AND PLEASURE OF HIS PRESENCE.

WHO'S KNOCKING AT YOUR HEART'S DOOR? IT'S JESUS! HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT!

SWEETEST OF ALL OF LIFE'S BLESSINGS,
COMMUNION WITH CHRIST ABOVE,
ASSURED OF HIS CONSTANT PRESENCE,
HIS MATCHLESS, ETERNAL LOVE.

JESUS IS STANDING AT THE DOOR OF YOUR HEART- WELCOME HIM AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

HAVE A HAPPY, BLESSED DAY***********
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