PAIRINGS - I Am His Own

I continue to wake... 30 days after Easter... with the reminder that His resurrection is as real today as it was all those years ago. I want to live as one who walks among the "Resurrection People". Often as I watch the sunrise in the morning, the words and melody to an OLD song fill my mind. 

For me, there's something sacred about watching the day begin. Many days it's played out, not only on the eastern sky but from east to west and from north to south. Some mornings are more spectacular that some. Others are more subtle. But, I've yet to see one that doesn't humbler my heart before the One who knows me most and loves me best!

The music & lyrics to one of my all-time favorite songs was written in 1912 -- over 100 years ago -- by C. Austin Miles:

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear falling on my ear

The Son of God discloses.

And He walks with me,

And He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known. 

He speaks, and the sound of His voice,

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing,

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing. 

And He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

I’d stay in the garden with Him

Though the night around me be falling,

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe

His voice to me is calling. 

And He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own;

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

This morning, I am praying for God to show up in a POWERFUL way for a person who's working their way back to a close relationship with the Lord recently. My prayer comes straight from The Word:

"Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life." Psalm 143:8

Linking with Ann Voskamp - A Holy Experience today... 

 

My Sunday Make-Up Is Worn Off By Tuesday Mornings!

As I was pulling out of my drive at 9:05am to head to church (20-25 minutes away) for the 9:00am Bible study (RefresHer), I was armed & ready... 

Armed & ready to put my make-up on. I had my make-up pouch squished between my knees with all the necessary tools. I would apply it at every stop sign or stop light I encountered between home and church. There are 8 stops (7 signs & one light). And, if I was caught at one of the two railroad tracks, I had a chance of looking pretty good by the time I got to Bible study :) 

I caught a glimpse of myself in the rear view mirror and thought, 

"WOW! My Sunday make-up is totally worn off by Tuesday mornings!"

I'm one of those women who can be girlie-girle one day. On the girlie-girlie days, I might go with foundation, blush, powder, eyebrow pencil, eye liner, mascara, lip liner and lip color!!! On the more common tom-boy days, it's soap, water & Oil of Olay! Mondays are usually rough for me -- resulting in my looking pretty disheveled by Tuesday morning as I head out to RefresHer.

In an effort to keep from frightening those around the table who have to actually LOOK at me during the small group time, I try to put a little make-up on before arriving. I hate to scare anyone who's made the effort to make it there for the Tuesday morning meeting. Often my Tuesday make-up gets done, kind of  -- even if it's just over some of the remaining Sunday make-up.

When my mind said,

"WOW! My Sunday make-up is totally worn off by Tuesday mornings!"

My heart cried out,

"Don't let that happen to your spirit after the celebration of Easter Sunday has passed by & your calendar returns to the normal crazy-busy life. Don't let the Easter Sunday morning JOY dampen as the days pass. Make a conscious effort to celebrate the miracle of that day every day."

I think Satan doesn't want us to live in the "SUNDAY mind-set". But, as far as I'm concerned, there's no real value in what we hear & affirm on Sunday mornings if it's not applied to all the days of the week. I think he would love for us to forget the joy which fills our hearts on Easter Sunday morning as we celebrate the knowledge that CHRIST OVERCAME DEATH & made that possible for us. He wants us to forget that the BATTLE HAS BEEN WON. We are VICTORS. The debt of our sins has been PAID IN FULL.

I was thrilled on Monday evening to see the post Ann Voskamp had published that day about being Resurrection People... and living day-to-day in that knowledge! Check it out here.

We are chosen. We are conquerors. We are victors. We are God's Resurrection People. Let's WALK IN THAT KNOWLEDGE! Let's say to ourselves at the break of every day.. 

Don't let your Sunday be worn off by Tuesday morning!!

  Linking with Ann Voskamp - A Holy Experience today...