The TRUTH Hurts

♥ ♥ ♥ TRUTH Decay has been spreading across the nations.... EXTRACTIONS have been unnecessary ... CAVITIES have formed ...the WORD has fallen by the wayside. BUT you can PREVENT this by BRUSHING up on the WORD daily so you don't lose any more TRUTH! Don't settle for PARTIALS; SEAL the CROWN with the Holy Spirit! BRIDGE the GAP between you and GOD through JESUS CHRIST: He is the WAY, the TRUTH, and the LIFE; and the WORD BECAME FLESH! Covered in the BLOOD of the LAMB you and you're smile will be WHITE as snow. BRACES are not necessary: JESUS will go before you and make CROOKED PLACES STRAIGHT (Isaiah 45:2). Why settle for DENTURES when JESUS is the REAL THING! He will correct any and all OVERBITES. X-Rays are not provided: Jesus sees you on the INSIDE. Don't forget your check-ups: Jesus CLEANS and POLISHES to reveal the real you. Just in case you're wondering: it's OK to LOOSE the TRUTH. By the way: if you have a TRUTH ache .... run to Doctor JESUS as quickly as you can ! ♥ ♥ ♥
　

♥♥♥ You must KNOW the WORD of GOD, in order to KNOW what's NOT THE WORD (THE TRUTH) ♥♥♥

..... @byWords ... written by Sharron Gray Atkinson, August 25, 2010

Isaiah 45:2 "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 3 And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel."

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

IT"S RIGHT THERE, IN FRONT OF YOU

Ever get in a hurry trying to find something, but can't? Today I was doing that very thing, hurrying to get ready so I could leave, trying to find my perfume bottle for the last touch before leaving. There were several other bottles of "stuff" sitting all over the counter and I could not SEE the perfume bottle I was looking for (although it was right in front of me)! I took a deep breath and tried to look again, only s-l-o-w-e-r ! There it was ! Right in FRONT of me! I told the LORD thank you! finished up and went on my way.

The LORD then spoke to me: "That's what happens sometimes when you read my WORD. I have something there for you, that is RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU and yet you just can't see it! You can't see it because "stuff" is in the way. You get in a hurry, or have something else on your mind, or you are just not LOOKING ! Slow down, clear out the clutter of your mind, take your time, and spiritually SEE what is in my WORD. Open your spiritual eyes to SEE the mysteries I have there for you. Come closer, draw nearer, sit a while longer, ponder and receive all I have for you. I love you and want to spend time with you in the secret place."

♥ ♥ ♥ Jeremiah 33:1 ¶ "Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; {the LORD is: or, JEHOVAH, etc}
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. {mighty: or, hidden}"

♥ ♥ ♥ Deuteronomy 29:1 ¶ "These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
2 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
3 The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God."

♥ ♥ ♥ Deuteronomy 12:28 "Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God."

♥ ♥ ♥ Deuteronomy 13:18 "When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God."

♥ ♥ ♥ Ezekiel 12:3 "Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house."

♥ ♥ ♥ Psalm 81:7 "Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah." {Meribah: or, Strife}

♥ ♥ ♥ Psalm 91:1 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." {abide: Heb. lodge}

♥ ♥ ♥ Proverbs 20:12 ¶ "The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them."

♥ ♥ ♥ Psalms 5:3 "My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up."

♥ ♥ ♥ Psalm 46:10 "Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth."

♥ ♥ ♥ 1 Corinthians 2:12 "Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ."

♥ ♥ ♥ It's time to dwell in the "secret place" with our Lord Jesus Christ ♥ ♥ ♥

♥ ♥ ♥ "It's right there, in front of you !" ♥ ♥ ♥

♥♥♥ @byWords, by Sharron Gray Atkinson 08.05.10 ♥♥♥

Put on your BINDERS ... not your BLINDERS

The Holy Spirit dropped this nugget into my heart as I gazed at the picture of the cross-like shape of Laminin, a DNA-cell, (the glue that holds our body together), and as I read the names of each of the 3 binding domains of the cell.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 "And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken." The CROSS is our very foundation!

Col. 1:16 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist."

"PUT ON YOUR BINDERS ... NOT YOUR BLINDERS"

BINDERS:
Mt 18:18 "Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."

BLINDERS: (very interesting it's only in the KJV 6 times)
* Jer 52:11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. {put out: Heb. blinded} {chai...ns: or, fetters} {prison: Heb. house of the wards}
* Joh 12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
* Ro 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded {blinded: or, hardened}
*2 Co 3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
*2 Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
*1 Jo 2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.

God Bless you !
©2010 by Sharron Gray Atkinson .... byWords 08.04.10

"THE HUMMINGBIRD CUPS"

(I wrote this for my two sisters Virginia Ann and Linda Sue, and our momma Helen Galloway Christmas 2008; and gave each a porcelain hummingbird cup from a matching set of four).

We are a family of four, but are a part of so much more. I'm just one little porcelain Hummingbird cup. I began as a piece of clay, but my maker created me as he created each of you to be His most precious work. He formed us and shaped us so that He could do wonderful things through us for His good pleasure. He painted the beautiful flowers and the Hummingbirds to bring Joy to you and Joy to me as we prepare for each and every day; to let us know that when things are going bad, or just on those days when we may be feeling sad, or when we are just "there" sitting all alone, gazing at the stillness as we sit in God's presence, in awesome wonder of things not understood.

As you sup from your Hummingbird cup, enjoying your morning brew, just think of me and the other two. Think of all the good times and pray for all of us, even though we aren't all four together each day, we can always be together in thoughts of our hearts. It is "the thoughts" that count! Thoughts are the beginning of words we speak out. So say a prayer for me and for the other two.

As you sup from your Hummingbird cup, enjoying your morning brew. We will be praying for you and for each other, a prayer of agreement (Matthew 18:18-20) for our "brothers," even though we are daughters, sisters, and mother. Nothing is greater than praying to "Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. In Jesus' name, AMEN." (Matthew 6:9-13).

"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15).

Prayers touch hearts by the Spirit of God, so as you pray, you will know that the other three are also praying too; as we start our day before getting busy doing all our chores and work, or getting dizzy or even in a tizzy, or going here and over there! We can keep those thoughts and prayers deep inside our hearts as we pray without ceasing, as we go about our day. This is our way to keep in touch by His Holy Spirit. God loves us so very much that He gave His only begotten Son, so we could be His sons and daughters, to be loved by Him and through Him LOVE others.

So as you sup from this Hummingbird cup enjoying your morning brew, know that I do love you very much too! And so do the other two! As we three and you make four, who are a part of so very much more. Our prayers are threads that hold us together woven in this tapestry of life as we love one another as God works through us and pieces it all together. To give us JOY in our cup for each and every day.

Sometimes we must look deep inside to find His JOY, that has been there all the time, buried under thoughts going all through our minds. Right there with His peace that surpasses all understanding, waiting for us to be quiet and to be still. Lord give us wisdom as we seek you today. Thank you Lord for my sisters and my mother and for every blessing they have been and are to me. Bless them today because I love them dearly. Give them strength when they are weary. Give them Hope when they have none; and help them endure until in Heaven we are all one. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

As you sup from this Hummingbird cup, enjoying your morning brew ..... take a moment to savor God's LOVE and His JOY, and count all the blessings He has given you.

ASK, SEEK, and KNOCK: (Matthew 7:7-8) "Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened."

(Matthew 6:33) ....."But seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of GOD, and His righteousness; and ALL THESE THINGS shall be added unto you."

Think on "things" of GOD today: He takes care of our today.....and tomorrow will be today when we get there......and He has already taken care of tomorrow too! And one great day we will all be in Heaven as a great big family with HIM. Oh what a day that one will be!

........... written for each of you because I LOVE you dearly!
............ your daughter, your sister, your sister in Christ

................. Sharron Kay (Gray) Atkinson, @byWords
.........IN GOD I TRUST
.....December 23, 2008

In Celebration of the Spirit of Christmas.......May God's LOVE shine on you and through you always! Preserve me Oh God; For in thee do I put my trust. (Psalm 16:1).

Remember to pass-on your Hummingbird cup to someone following after you; as this is the start of a new family tradition, and one day four others will tell about the JOY found deep in their hearts, pondered and prayed for while sipping a brew from one of these four Hummingbird cups.

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Brokenness

Brokenness is when you allow a layer of your ♥ heart ♥ to be peeled back, and God goes deeper inside to pull out the real you, a piece at a time.   Embrace HIM as HE draws nearer to you.

 Brokenness is openness with GOD ... You open yourself to HIM and HE breaks through every barrier and wall you have built up and around yourself own your own ... HE breaks through it all, piece by piece, in such a gentle loving way ....only when we allow HIM to and ask HIM to help us ... without HIM we are nothing ... but through brokenness we can be all HE has planned for us to be in HIS STRENGTH! ♥