tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post4037345496564529119..comments2024-03-18T01:44:03.777-07:00Comments on Lighthouse vision: My journey through the wilderness - Part 2Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-899605016995748202013-04-23T07:05:00.315-07:002013-04-23T07:05:00.315-07:00Hello Laurie,
lovely to hear from you again. I di...Hello Laurie,<br />lovely to hear from you again. I did not realize you had left another comment on here. Yes, Come quickly Lord. I believe, as many do, that it is very close. God bless you.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-65307242998205164462013-04-22T11:52:31.358-07:002013-04-22T11:52:31.358-07:00If we humble ourselves, we will be exalted in due ...If we humble ourselves, we will be exalted in due time. Praise God that He set such a loving and perfect example of service. He who is last will be first. Come quickly, Lord Jesus! Thanks so much for your sharing your Spirit-filled words, and God bless,<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-22047491753464180892013-04-11T01:20:40.058-07:002013-04-11T01:20:40.058-07:00Thank you Laurie,
and God bless you for sharing yo...Thank you Laurie,<br />and God bless you for sharing your meaningful dreams and knowledge of the scriptures.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-23319375452882695022013-04-10T13:09:02.885-07:002013-04-10T13:09:02.885-07:00Such a rich post, Brenda, with so many wonderful t...Such a rich post, Brenda, with so many wonderful thoughts on Scripture and your beautiful poems. God bless,<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-5273007897657933062013-04-09T00:25:42.770-07:002013-04-09T00:25:42.770-07:00Patrina,
I have been learning for thirty years and...Patrina,<br />I have been learning for thirty years and am still learning. If I did not seek the Lord to hear what He is saying to me then I believe that I would be in total confusion, and maybe even not be here. There is a line of a poem I wrote some years ago which often comes to my mind. 'I'm so afraid I'll fail You, the old man can be strong. Sometimes it's hard to tell Lord what's right and what is wrong', and I have realized that the carnal mind is vastly different to the mind of the Lord. You have said 'It is in fellowship and the sharing of our testimony that we encourage each other...but it is the power of the HOLY SPIRIT alone...that draws a man to Christ.', and this is so true. We could do nothing and be nothing without the Holy Spirit. We have not known in this world how to love as God loves, and any good in us when we are in Christ is only the Lord Himself. Thank you so much for the encouraging words you speak both in your blog and in your comments to others. You too know, as I know, that the trials are for strengthening us and that His plans are for the welfare of His people, not to harm them. God bless you abundantly Patrina. Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-20072445533529270412013-04-08T21:01:54.753-07:002013-04-08T21:01:54.753-07:00Brenda,
I had to go back and read the first part ...Brenda,<br /><br />I had to go back and read the first part to hear your testimony... so much truth and humility in your words. Your heart is open wide. Your eyes are full of Vision. Your spirit is in tune with His Holy Spirit. What a grace work He has done in you... <br /><br />I love how you walk your readers through the questions...and how the Lord walked you through to the answers. I love your dedication to the scripture...the truth of God. <br /><br />God cannot lie. He is faithful and true forever and ever. Man does lie..is misinformed...and lacking wisdom and understanding. Man is blinded until the Holy Spirit removes the scales form our eyes. Thus...why seek man's wisdom? when He has none in and of himself...all wisdom is given from the Lord...so why not go directly to the Lord and His written Word...the Holy BIBLE... to hear God's truth...<br /><br />It is in fellowship and the sharing of our testimony that we encourage each other...but it is the power of the HOLY SPIRIT alone...that draws a man to Christ. <br /><br />You Brenda, are one being taught by the Holy Spirit. It is evident in your words and in your humility. You, like Paul,speak with spirit-taught words.<br /><br />1 Corinthians 2:13 "This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words."<br /><br />thanks for sharing your gift of wisdom...and God's love for us...a message the whole wide world needs to hear. <br /><br /><br />Blessings<br />patrina <")>><<br /><br />and now...<br /><br />Romans 15:13<br />"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."<br />Patrinas Pencilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103800317102189590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-88211128918088551272013-04-07T07:37:38.119-07:002013-04-07T07:37:38.119-07:00Hi Paul,
thank you for your kind comment. How can...Hi Paul,<br />thank you for your kind comment. How can we not write about such a beautiful Lord and His love for us. I feel absolutely that He has rescued me and is renewing my mind in Him. I have to have my mind renewed for 'As a man thinks, so he is', and I know what my carnal mind was telling me to be what not in line with what the Lord is teaching me. God bless you.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-16439364410226799202013-04-07T05:55:23.043-07:002013-04-07T05:55:23.043-07:00Hi Brenda;
I love your testimony and your poems.
P...Hi Brenda;<br />I love your testimony and your poems.<br />PaulPaul Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227545422232659930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-87768377054120706182013-04-07T01:16:16.491-07:002013-04-07T01:16:16.491-07:00Hello Jedidja,
lovely to hear from you. Yes it is...Hello Jedidja,<br />lovely to hear from you. Yes it is wonderful that He does not give up on His work in us isn't it. That is, as you say, the miracle of Salvation. There is no other that could have that kind of love, and that wants us to have that love too. He knows each of us well because He created us, and therefore knows how to refashion us. Big hug to you too my Dutch sister in Christ.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-82185922285838349232013-04-06T10:41:14.571-07:002013-04-06T10:41:14.571-07:00Thank you for writing the story of your 'spiri...Thank you for writing the story of your 'spiritual' journey with God. He will finish what He starts. That is the great miracle of His amazing grace. He never let go what his hand began.<br /><br /> I love your poems, Brenda.<br /><br />Big hug; your Dutch sister in Christ.Aritha V. https://www.blogger.com/profile/05246873990952078356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-68592575786661816542013-04-05T00:56:35.091-07:002013-04-05T00:56:35.091-07:00Hello JBR, I hope you are well. Thank you for you...Hello JBR, I hope you are well. Thank you for your kind comment. As for sharing deep self, I think we have to, as the title of your blog states, just be real don't we? Otherwise we would be fooling ourselves and others around us maybe, but not God. God bless you and keep you safe.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-78264454419149066112013-04-04T16:40:17.034-07:002013-04-04T16:40:17.034-07:00Brenda thank you, as always sharing deep self with...Brenda thank you, as always sharing deep self with us. You are truly an inspiration. Blessings to you my dear....Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-81459478679638779962013-04-03T08:48:22.802-07:002013-04-03T08:48:22.802-07:00Sorry Lista,
spelt your name wrong.Sorry Lista,<br />spelt your name wrong.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-73402050503276187502013-04-03T08:47:32.167-07:002013-04-03T08:47:32.167-07:00Hi Listra,
Please feel free any time to just say &...Hi Listra,<br />Please feel free any time to just say 'Hi', you don't have to read or think all the time when you come over to my blog. As for the verses in the Bible, only the Lord knows where a person is in Him and when He would use a particular scripture to speak to them. All I know is that the Bible is not a book to me, it is a vocabulary that is used to renew my mind in Christ. I have had both of those scriptures used as guidance and many others. I am learning all the time from the Lord, and I believe there is a difference in doing something wilfully and being weak or immature in the Spirit. God is patient and long suffering. Only the Lord knows where we are and only the person spoken to by Him through any scriptures will know the reason for that word being spoken, and the whole situation at hand. My bread for a particular day will probably not be someone else's. One thing is for sure, my aim is to try to act on what the Lord is instructing me to do, as obedience to Him brings blessings - I know that. As to when do you find yourself in the situation in which Hebrews ch. 6 vs 4-6 applies to you? You will know when it does.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-45893604814729683912013-04-03T06:02:12.254-07:002013-04-03T06:02:12.254-07:00Hi Brenda,
There are times in which I sort of wish...Hi Brenda,<br />There are times in which I sort of wish that I could just say hi without having to both Read and Think so much. It's not that I haven't Read the Post. I have. I did it quite some time ago and your Poems are Lovely as Usual.<br /><br />I guess I've been a Little Bothered, though, by that One Verse, <b>Hebrews 6:4-6</b>, which is one of the more Difficult Verses in the Bible and also one that I have Puzzled over quite Often. To Understand it Correctly, though, we have to see it in the Light of the Prodigal Son Parable, as well as the Lost Sheep, when Jesus left the 99 that were not Lost and went after the One that was Lost.<br /><br />And then there is also this Scripture...<br /><br /><i>"21) Then came Peter to Him, and said, 'Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?' 22) Jesus saith unto him, 'I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.'"</i><br /><br />Sometimes People Back Slide and then come back and <i><b>"Renew their Faith"</b></i>. Since this is so, exactly when do we find ourselves in the Situation in which <b>Hebrews 6:4-6</b> Applies to us.Listahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590249616509349170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-85985128019239702502013-04-03T00:35:00.300-07:002013-04-03T00:35:00.300-07:00Lovely to hear from you Sateigdra,
Only God is goo...Lovely to hear from you Sateigdra,<br />Only God is good and the only Spirit that is good in any of us can only be the Holy Spirit. I believe absolutely that the battle still goes on after we have been born again, but we have the protection and training of an amazing warrior who has a name above all names and to whom every knee should bow. We are born as babies in Christ and have to mature in Him. I never wrote poetry before I became born again, except for one poem when I was about twelve years of age. I was sat in a history lesson at school gazing out of the window and thinking about my father who had died when I was eleven. A poem just formed in my mind, beginning with the line 'The lease of life is short for some, for others there is time.' I lost it some time after, then when I became born again, poems and songs just came to me.<br />I thank God I have come to know you Sateigdra, and all others on these blogs that I have come across,because everyone has a piece of the jigsaw. One day we will see the finished picture eh? God bless you.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-28732517397841924112013-04-02T12:12:23.916-07:002013-04-02T12:12:23.916-07:00I thank God I came to know you Brenda, I believe t...I thank God I came to know you Brenda, I believe the Sprirt of the Lord truly is within you. I don't believe He is in many people who claim He is, why because of their fruits. Your fruits are good, and no bad tree can bear god fruits. <br /><br />Your poems were lovely as usual. You are gifted with the ability to write such beautiful poems. I was never really good at poetry. I shared 2 of the poems you wrote in this post. Your poems are so beautiful,I always feel the urge to share them after I have read them because I want others to feel how I felt after reading them. God bless you Brenda. S. Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10252839278824306504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-72431832184325747962013-04-02T12:04:55.875-07:002013-04-02T12:04:55.875-07:00Hi Laurie,
Amen to our God not leaving us in the w...Hi Laurie,<br />Amen to our God not leaving us in the wilderness. He is a very loving Father. God bless you.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-79513651702623540512013-04-02T09:19:13.548-07:002013-04-02T09:19:13.548-07:00Beautiful Easter poem & post, Brenda! Praise G...Beautiful Easter poem & post, Brenda! Praise God that He conquered death, & that He does not leave us in the wilderness! Love to you,<br />LaurieLaurie Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10676088158113572565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-77058213839489293992013-04-02T01:29:42.794-07:002013-04-02T01:29:42.794-07:00Hi Ken,
absolutely true, if it wasn't for the ...Hi Ken,<br />absolutely true, if it wasn't for the Lord's revealing to me the spiritual battle going on then I would not be spiritually free. What I thought were my heart's desires was only a searching for them, they were found in the Lord when Jesus came into my life. Blessing and protection, as you describe, are the perfect words for God's love and guidance in Christ, which also contains the comfort of forgiveness and long-suffering patience. There is no way that I could have freed myself from the enemy's hold. I had to first see the situation as it really was, in the spiritual, and then I knew that I could only overcome it through God's strength. God bless you for sharing too.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-32387057341583411102013-04-01T21:55:00.416-07:002013-04-01T21:55:00.416-07:00Hi Brenda,
Awesome poems you wrote! It is amazing ...Hi Brenda,<br />Awesome poems you wrote! It is amazing the change the Lord makes in peoples lives, isn't it? The way you attitudes change is something amazing. What I once saw as harsh and controlling, I now see as a blessing and protecting. Only by His grace, I have been able to turn from many sins. Thank you for sharing your testimony and may God bless,<br />KenKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01778220319438098870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-16691768608635106162013-04-01T01:02:37.655-07:002013-04-01T01:02:37.655-07:00Hi Eya,
That is true, when we allow His instructio...Hi Eya,<br />That is true, when we allow His instruction to guide us in our life He gives us the good things that He has provided in this life, although there will be persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-68586014294256887962013-03-31T23:45:02.224-07:002013-03-31T23:45:02.224-07:00Hi Brenda, yes the things we hold unto can only br...Hi Brenda, yes the things we hold unto can only bring suffering. True joy comes from the father alone,<br />thanks Brenda.<br />HAPPY EASTEREya Ayambemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978894380925567294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-10565308441298990772013-03-30T08:45:56.993-07:002013-03-30T08:45:56.993-07:00Hi Darryl,
thank you for your kind comment, all cr...Hi Darryl,<br />thank you for your kind comment, all credit goes to the Lord. For all who know Him could only speak and write good things about Him and be filled with gratitude for what He has done. I agree absolutely about the trials Darryl, we will all go through them, but with the finest warrior we could have to fight the battles. You too, your family and your church gathering, have a blessed Sunday.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390138612820070904.post-51150627034766899082013-03-30T06:33:46.261-07:002013-03-30T06:33:46.261-07:00A wonderful Easter poem, but of course, is it not ...A wonderful Easter poem, but of course, is it not always so with the poems you write. Have a blessed Easter (Resurrection) Sunday Sister Brenda and remember, no matter the trials we might face in this world, our Lord has already overcome the world and in our weaknesses, we find His strength.<br /><br />Blessings!<br />Darryl Orrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00539053611171507922noreply@blogger.com