THE PIERCING OF MY HEART

Have you ever been hurt by the words of someone you love? I dare say we all have at some point in time.

There is a line from a popular song that reads something like this..."Shot through the heart and your to blame...you give love a bad name."

Christ calls us to love one another as He loved us. Ephesians 5 tells us to be imitators of God and walk in love as Christ loved us.

John 13:34 states "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you love one another."

Was Christ love conditional??? Not at all.

Colossians 2:13 says "He has forgiven you ALL your trespasses."

Jeremiah 33:8 says " I will pardon all their iniquities."

Isaiah 43:25 states " I even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake;And I will NOT REMEMBER them.

Are you holding a grudge with someone? Has someone let you down? Have you decided to cut that person off. No longer consider them to be a friend.

Ephesians 5 states " And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God..." He gave of Himself...is your attitude such that says I'm cutting that person off because there not GIVING TO ME WHAT I NEED?

Reverse that, Christ says we are to give ourselves to them not the other way around.

Like the lyrics from the song are you giving LOVE a bad name? If you call yourself a Christian are you showing forth the Love of Christ; the love that He says will forgive seventy times seven? At what number do you decide to no longer BE A FRIEND?

John 15:12-14- "Greater love has no one than this,to lay down ones life for his friends."

Matt.6:14-15 states " But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your trespasses."

Those here on this earth that we love can indeed hurt us but praise God His word tells us
in Isaiah 54:10" For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But my kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,"
Says the Lord, who has MERCY ON YOU.


Has a friend turned their back on you? Take heart the Lord says in Psalms 27:10
"When my father and mother forsake me,
Then the Lord will take care of me."

Has someone you love left you...Hebrews 13:5 Says
"I will never leave you nor forsake you."

Proverbs 17:17 states...
"A friend LOVES at all times." (not some times)

Be a true friend...Love them as Christ LOVES you!!!

Lord, help me to be that friend.

Stranger at the coffee shop

It was Friday evening and my husband Gene and I decided to visit our local coffee shop just down the street from our house.

Thinking that this would be like countless other nights we had stopped in to visit with friends or simply read a good book and sip on a favorite cup of coffee.

But this night would be different by far from any other night at the local bookstore, this night would forever be a night to remember, a night in which my life would be forever changed once again by the love of the Father.

The night began like any other night as we sat around a table with six other friends just chatting and passing the time.

I didn't see him come in; I don't know where he came from; but suddenly he was there,calling me by my name, calling me out and I stood to my feet and walked over to where he was standing.

"Do I know you?" I asked.

"No." was his reply. He indicated that he need to talk with me.

The area was a bit noisy so I sugessted that we move to some chairs at the back of the store.

We sat face to face and I leaned in close to hear what it was that he had to say.

He began to speak to me about things that had been on my heart for some time, things that I had been asking the Lord about in my life, things that I had spoken to no one about.
He addressed specific issues that I had with the Lord. I told him nothing of myself , I simply listened to him , it was as if the Lord was speaking directly to me through this man.

I could not help but remember what I had said to the Lord just the night before this meeting.

I had been in my bedroom reading my bible and talking with the Lord. I wanted to hear directly from the Lord. I had been wrestling a bit and finally said out loud to the Lord. "Either come and visit me face to face or send an angle or send a stranger but please just speak to me."

And here was a total stranger who knew me by name and spoke to the issues of my heart that I had asked of the Lord.

I knew the Lord had heard me that He had actually answered me and that I would never be the same.

I sense His presence closer then ever before. There is such an awareness of Him. Such a desire to surrender my all to Him. To keep pressing in to Him , closer and closer till I touch Him.

He has touched me and it has both satisfied me and left me hungry for more.


Psalms 34:4 - I sought the LORD , and He answered me.....
34:1 - I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth!