Category: Just My Thoughts

When Others Judge My Broken Heart

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Door of Hope, How Great is Our God, Just My Thoughts

[67] Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
[68] Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
[69] The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
[70] Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
[71] It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

“It is a rather humbling thing when God begins to break us.  Sometimes the very thing that God uses to make us good Christians is the thing that everybody else will sit in judgment of.”

~ Dennis Corle from Weathering the Storms of Life

If God is working in your life…let Him work!  Don’t be embarrassed by what He is doing, even if He is chastening you.  That chastening work, when you respond to it properly, will make you more like Christ.  Ignore what others say, and what their opinions are of your brokenness.

Let Christ work to make you more like Himself, that He can draw others to Himself, through the light that is shining out from your broken vessel.

Alesha’s Rules for a Happy Life #2

by ObtainingMercy, posted in Alesha's Rules for a Happy Life

Alesha's Rules for a Happy Life:

#2.  Always put the blender's rubber gasket on the INSIDE of the blade attachment, next to the glass blender jar.  When the gasket is UNDER the blade, it does not seal the liquid in.

 

 

(Originally posted on Facebook, April 14, 2015:

Alesha's Rules for a Happy Life:

#1. Always go potty BEFORE painting your fingernails.)

The Color of a Promise

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Colorful Life

Rainbow

 

Aren't rainbows gorgeous?  I love to see them, and here in Florida, we see them pretty often.  Every time I see one, it reminds me of the promises of God.

Do you remember the story of the first rainbow?  It's found in Genesis 9:12-16.  God used the rainbow as a promise to Noah that He would never again flood the earth with water. 

I just read this morning that the promises of God are based on 4 things:

  1. God cannot lie.
  2. God never forgets.
  3. God cannot change.
  4. God always accomplishes everything He has promised.

(Points taken from Weathering the Storms of Life by Dennis Corle)

I don't know about you, but that gives me great comfort!

Did God promise to save those who called on Him for salvation?  Then He will keep that promise!

Did He say that although our weeping may last through the night, joy would come in the morning?  Then He will bring you joy!

Did the Lord say, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee"?  Then He will always be with you!

Our great God has filled His Word, the Bible, with many promises.  And He will keep every one of them! 

The next time you see a rainbow, let your heart be comforted in those gorgeous colors that remind us of God's faithfulness to keep His promises…

And you might just want to dig into your Bible to find one of those promises for yourself!

 

Adding More Color

by ObtainingMercy, posted in A Colorful Life, Just My Thoughts

I like to add color where you would least expect it:

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Color

I love this fabulous, multicolor colored pencil.  I use it to highlight books that I'm reading in my daily Bible devotions.  I also use it in my Bible, occasionally.

I also indulge in color when I buy my home office supplies:

Color2

Why not get my notebook in my favorite color, green?  And this cute little pop-up note holder was purchased on Amazon, and I ran out of the multicolored papers long ago, so I bought new ones, and coaxed them into the box.

I also have three, count them, THREE chap-sticks in the original cherry flavor.  I keep one in my purse, one at my desk and one by my recliner.  My lips would be so chapped and miserable without it, and it adds a bit of color to ME. 😉

I tried a new color on my nails too:

EspressoYourStyle

It's by O.P.I and is called "Espresso Your Style".  I like how it turned out.  Of course, right on time, on day #3, it peeled right off.  Oh well, I keep trying!

Have you added some color to your life lately?  I'd love to hear about it!
Alesha Kay