A View from Eternity Daily Devotional CBN.com
If we could only keep our eyes on the view from eternity we would get through the day so much easier. Enjoy!
Donna Collins Tinsley is a sister among you, a sojourner, who writes a word of hope for mothers who have been affected by the pain of addiction in their loved ones lives. She prays for them also through Somebody's Mother Online Prayer Support Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/119408188089314/. She lives in Port Orange, FL and has been included in 20 book compilations, several magazines and online. She is a lover of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
My take on “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real
A wife’s heartache, a child’s plea, a husband’s cry for help, it is all there in this beautiful song. A lyrics award should go to this couple for truth and honesty; they portray the hurt and pain that are in so many families. To be fair, though, many husbands just haven’t had the role model to be able to truly lead their families. That is why they would rather work or try to fill their own emptiness with hobbies or anything that will pacify the pain. Most men feel it is their job to “fix” their family and when that is easier said than done, they retreat. It truly won’t be fixed until they do as is said at the end of the song, yield to the Lord:
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
No one can do it alone and thank God through the Lord Jesus Christ, we don’t have to.
Here's the lyrics: Sanctus Real - “Lead Me”
I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up
I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lead+me+sanctus+real&aq=0
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
No one can do it alone and thank God through the Lord Jesus Christ, we don’t have to.
Here's the lyrics: Sanctus Real - “Lead Me”
I look around and see my wonderful life
Almost perfect from the outside
In picture frames I see my beautiful wife
Always smiling
But on the inside, I can hear her saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
I see their faces, look in their innocent eyes
They're just children from the outside
I'm working hard, I tell myself they'll be fine
They're independent
But on the inside, I can hear them saying...
“Lead me with strong hands
Stand up when I can't
Don't leave me hungry for love
Chasing dreams, but what about us?
Show me you're willing to fight
That I'm still the love of your life
I know we call this our home
But I still feel alone”
So Father, give me the strength
To be everything I'm called to be
Oh, Father, show me the way
To lead them
Won't You lead me?
To lead them with strong hands
To stand up when they can't
Don't want to leave them hungry for love,
Chasing things that I could give up
I'll show them I'm willing to fight
And give them the best of my life
So we can call this our home
Lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
Father, lead me, 'cause I can't do this alone
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lead+me+sanctus+real&aq=0
Saturday, January 22, 2011
El Elyon Daily Devotional | CBN.com
El Elyon Daily Devotional CBN.com
El Elyon is a name of God we are not familiar with but must all come to believe in eventually. He is the Most High God and so in charge of all we go through, even those things that hurt us. He allows for our growth and benefit that Romans 8:28 will come alive in our lives. This is a great quote from the devotional by Kay Arthur:
“..if God is not sovereign, if He is not in control, if all things are not under His dominion, then He is not the Most High, and you and I are either in the hands of fate (whatever that is), in the hands of man, or in the hands of the devil.”
El Elyon is a name of God we are not familiar with but must all come to believe in eventually. He is the Most High God and so in charge of all we go through, even those things that hurt us. He allows for our growth and benefit that Romans 8:28 will come alive in our lives. This is a great quote from the devotional by Kay Arthur:
“..if God is not sovereign, if He is not in control, if all things are not under His dominion, then He is not the Most High, and you and I are either in the hands of fate (whatever that is), in the hands of man, or in the hands of the devil.”
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Happy Birthday Shiloh!"
Good morning and Happy birthday to my Shiloh, my daughter, sister and friend.
I hope you always find the love of the Lord faithful through the trials of living for Him and following His ways always. You will never be disappointed if you let Him fill those needs that earthy parents, and family can't. I pray He will give you the very best husband who will treasure you and your gifts and enhance your life for the days you have together. (I know it will be in God's timing) I pray that you have a career that will be pleasing both to you and the Lord and He will use your gifts to His glory. Travel, love, healings, words of knowledge, prophecy and more are in store for you oh lovely one in Jesus name.
I will always love and treasure you!
Mom
I hope you always find the love of the Lord faithful through the trials of living for Him and following His ways always. You will never be disappointed if you let Him fill those needs that earthy parents, and family can't. I pray He will give you the very best husband who will treasure you and your gifts and enhance your life for the days you have together. (I know it will be in God's timing) I pray that you have a career that will be pleasing both to you and the Lord and He will use your gifts to His glory. Travel, love, healings, words of knowledge, prophecy and more are in store for you oh lovely one in Jesus name.
I will always love and treasure you!
Mom
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
No Need To Hide Daily Devotional | CBN.com
No Need To Hide Daily Devotional CBN.com
Have you ever felt like hiding? Ever felt like giving up? I love this devo by Wally Odum especially where he says, "Jesus has been where we are, but without sin. He invites us to approach Him boldly in our weakness and failure. He is able to sympathize and heal us. His throne is a throne of grace, not condemnation. What a relief to stop hiding and covering up. What joy to find the grace that helps us in our time of need."
Have you ever felt like hiding? Ever felt like giving up? I love this devo by Wally Odum especially where he says, "Jesus has been where we are, but without sin. He invites us to approach Him boldly in our weakness and failure. He is able to sympathize and heal us. His throne is a throne of grace, not condemnation. What a relief to stop hiding and covering up. What joy to find the grace that helps us in our time of need."
Monday, January 17, 2011
Fulfilling Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream Spiritual Life | CBN.com
Fulfilling Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream Spiritual Life CBN.com
This is a great post for the day. It includes part of the original speech, "I Have a Dream". I have always loved this speech and know that the Lord will not let the pain his family endured be wasted.
…I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."…
- Maritn Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" (1963)
This is a great post for the day. It includes part of the original speech, "I Have a Dream". I have always loved this speech and know that the Lord will not let the pain his family endured be wasted.
…I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."…
- Maritn Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" (1963)
True Character Daily Devotional | CBN.com
True Character Daily Devotional CBN.com
This devo will get you thinking on this Monday morning! May the Lord bless your day and week.
This devo will get you thinking on this Monday morning! May the Lord bless your day and week.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Adonai Daily Devotional | CBN.com
Adonai Daily Devotional CBN.com
Who's the boss in your life? Do your control issues get in the way of letting the Lord be over all in your life?
Another great devo from CBN:)
Who's the boss in your life? Do your control issues get in the way of letting the Lord be over all in your life?
Another great devo from CBN:)
Friday, January 14, 2011
Is Your Silence Golden? Daily Devotional | CBN.com
Is Your Silence Golden? Daily Devotional CBN.com
This devo makes me think of "The Tyranny of the Urgent." We all need to slow down and be silent:)
This devo makes me think of "The Tyranny of the Urgent." We all need to slow down and be silent:)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Broken People
Many people are broken and hurting and need love, prayers and support groups. I belong to several groups and find hope and healing in each one. The Winning Women Bible Study group where the ladies held me up in prayer for years, was the first group. Several years ago I joined another group as mentioned in the article and I now am happy to be a part of Celebrate Recovery. My husband, Bill, teaches a recovery message at Men of Destiny in St. Cloud, FL. Recovery is alive and well in the State of Florida:)
Thanks to Beth Patch at CBN.com for including me, today. There are some great resources on this site for hurting and broken people!
Thanks to Beth Patch at CBN.com for including me, today. There are some great resources on this site for hurting and broken people!
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