[Faith-talk] beautiful scriptures/a good word for today....

[Amy Ragain]

> Morning Thoughts for Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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> Psalms 84:1-12 (NASB)
> A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
> [84:1] How lovely are Your dwelling places,
> O LORD of hosts!
> [2] My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD;
> My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
> [3] The bird also has found a house,
> And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
> Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
> My King and my God.
> [4] How blessed are those who dwell in Your house!
> They are ever praising You. Selah.
> [5] How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
> In whose heart are the highways to Zion!
> [6] Passing through the valley of *Baca they make it a spring;
> The early rain also covers it with blessings.
> [7] They go from strength to strength,
> Every one of them appears before God in Zion.
> [8] O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;
> Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah.
> [9] Behold our shield, O God,
> And look upon the face of Your anointed.
> [10] For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
> I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
> Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
> [11] For the LORD God is a sun and shield;
> The LORD gives grace and glory;
> No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.
> [12] O LORD of hosts,
> How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
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> Good morning beautiful family!!  We are so very blessed to know God's Grace is being poured over us in such love as we cannot even express in our current bodies.  My heart has been soundly touched by the evidences of His Grace, even this morning!  In the midst of tragedy or in the expectation of reconciliation, God's Grace is sufficient for every turn on this journey we call life.
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> I received word, just this morning, from a brother whose sibling's body was found, the apparent victim of a drug overdose.  A few minutes later, I learned of a softened heart and a chance at reconciliation of a broken relationship.  These are the issues of life; the important issues we must address every day!!  Realizing that life in the bodies we currently inhabit is only for a season, a vapor of time, but the life we live in The Spirit of The Lord is eternal, for ever and ever!!  
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> The relationships we have, whether by birth, marriage, adoption or extension, beautiful as they are, often fade, break, become torn apart.  But in every case, reconciliation and healing are possible through the Grace of Our Lord, Jesus Christ!!  This is what the Good News is all about.  It's God's desire and will that our relationship with Him should be new and fresh every morning, stronger than the day before.  With it, we are given opportunity to share the Love in our hearts with others, and we know love covers a multitude of sins (1Peter 4:8).  
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> We see broken hearts, fear, intimidation, wounded spirits, and crushed dreams every day.  And, we see the human compensations for those tragedies in isolation, hardening of hearts, closing of minds, hatred, anger, depression, violence and death. But life doesn't need to end this way, and whenever it does, we need to mourn, repent, seek forgiveness and allow God to renew our minds, souls, spirits, and even our bodies.  Nothing can compare to the relationship we are afforded with Jesus Christ, and nothing on this earth is so joy-filled as a new or restored relationship with fellow believers.
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> My prayer is that we all seek to restore, renew and build the most precious gift we will ever know, relationship with God first, and with all those He brings across our paths, second.
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> With great love, hope and faith in Jesus Christ!!!
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> It's all about God's Grace!!!