A Good Day...

Today is a good day, i'm alive, i'm saved, and all is well! I also had the day off work, which is very nice. :)

Yep, Dana, I am a blogger! Not a very good one, because i go through blogging "spurts" and have not been as faithful as I thought I would be. But we'll see, perhaps it will get better.

Actually, sometimes I don't really have much to say, my life is pretty...boring...uneventful. Which is not a bad thing, it's just a thing. Like today, I got to sleep in a little bit. I got up and kind of meandered around for a bit. I talked to LuJodia on the phone for a while and now i'm doing some much needed cleaning/organizing. Nothing to out of the ordinary, but I am thankful to God for that. I like being a minimum drama type of girl. :)

Well anyhoo, that's about it for now. I'll be back to tell my faithful viewers if anything important takes place!

How Firm a Foundation

So, here's another thought that I had last week. This is one of my favorite hymns, i hope it blesses you like it blessed me!

So I was talking to one of the sisters today and this song came to my mind. It completely blessed my soul, especially verse 4. There are times when God will ALLOW waters to rise about us, and then there are times when the enemy will come in like a flood; but what about those times when he CALLS us into deep waters? He knowingly sends us through trouble, affliction or hard times but our consolation is that the "rivers of woe (we usually say sorrow) will not overflow". Thank God for his power that is able to lift us up OVER the troubled sea! So, read through the song, sing the song, concentrate on the words and see if you don’t receive a blessing!

Psalm 61 “From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”

Job 28:10-12 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

Isaiah 43:1-2 1But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.


“How Firm A Foundation” Click Here To Listen to the midi

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to standUpheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only designThy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall proveMy sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.

Lord, Help Me Not To Forget

So I had this thought the other day, and I shared it with several people and also decided to post on my blog. It's interesting how, you have revelations and no sooner then you put those words out there, here comes a test to challenge what you've said. BOY! Yesterday I was feeling like, "OK, I take back everything I said." But i can't take it back, and even if i could it doesn't make it anyless true. So I might as well gird up the loins of my mind to protect it from the mental onslaught of the enemy, and just KEEP ON believing God. So anyway, here goes...

My prayer is this, Lord help me not to forget, so quickly the victories that you have given me. Help me to forever give you praise and thanksgiving for the things you’ve done in my life, big or small. I was listening to a message that Bro Storts preached called “Seeking The Lord” and in the message he mentioned that some people live right in the present. They tend to be affected, mostly by their current distress, discomfort, fear, etc… And they don’t even consider the times God has made them victorious in the past. He said it’s almost as of the past does not exist. Sad, huh? Whatever happened to, each victory will help you, some other to win???? I have to be able to see God beyond my current situation. The writer of the book of Lamentations says that he remembers the bitterness, the gall and the wormwood, but in that he finds hope. Because it was of the Lord’s mercy that we are not consumed! Great is they faithfulness! If I focus more on the faithfulness of God then I won’t be so troubled by my present situation.

A lot of our tests and trials are just l like that old giant Goliath. Goliath was flesh and blood and though he was a BIG man, he was still only a man, he was mortal. Yet, he defied the armies of God as if he were invincible. He put fear into the hearts of the children of Israel just by his size and his threatening alone!!! And you know what, he only HAD that power because the children of Israel gave it to him, they listened to him and believed what he said thusly giving the Giant more power of them then he had in just his size alone! Isn’t that how the enemy is? With each new test he’s calling out our name, reminding us of all the times we’ve tried before and failed. And the Giant keeps telling us time and time and time again, Boy/Girl you’ll NEVER win!!!! He will talk to your mind like an natural man, from sun up to sun down constantly talking to our minds and presenting the test like it’s the BIGGEST we’ve EVER encountered. And if we listen and let past failures or mistakes rule the day, we’ll make his words true. But, I like David’s attitude, he recalled some victories in his past that gave in confidence to go out and fearlessly face that giant!

Lamentations 3: 19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. 20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. 21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. 24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. 25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

I Samuel 17:33 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. 37 David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.