Lynda's Heart

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Mom's Overture by Anita Renfroe

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

PAY IT FORWARD

Indianapolis, Jeanne Mayo – She preaches powerfully and very convincingly on the “Pay it forward Theology”, she hands out this card – a remembrance of sorts and then she reads this out loud in fact we all read this out loud with her. “With your help, Lord, I will not die an unlived life. I will not live cautiously in fear of failing or of being pressed too hard. Instead, I choose to shake my very heart until it becomes an impassioned promise…a soaring wing…and a blazing torch. I refuse to live a life of undisrupted calm, placid boredom, and lukewarm mediocrity. Rather, I by God’s grace am committed to be an edge-dweller. I am wholeheartedly determined to live out loud. Then one day, when I stand before the eternal throne of God, I will skid into Heaven and shout victoriously, ‘What a ride, Jesus! What a ride!’” A friend of mine has a signature she ends her e-mails with: “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- "WOW--What a Ride!" Amazing how the pieces just seem to fall together! I hope one day you read that out loud and mean it. You see there are plenty of things in this world to entertain with. Plenty of vacation spots to go to, projects to complete and hobbies to spend your time on. Yet, there is only one thing that truly satisfies and that’s having a relationship with the one and only Living God. Jesus Christ. The rest is just the icing on the cake. Following Him is far from boring, far from being safe all the time, far from being quiet or dull. It means living life out loud so others can see Him and find Him. Maybe now, years after the tune of “This Little Light of Mine” has faded from my lips I have finally realized what “Hide Him under a Bushel – NO!” really means.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Mondays are funny

Mondays are such funny days. They are not my favorite day of the week...but.... they do seem to fly by. I get up, I look at the clock.....I do everything I need to do for my family and then all my "Monday" chores and then I look at the clock again and in 30 minutes Les will be home. WOW! It's always the day of the week that I look forward to the least....but it is so nice that it seems the day happens quickly and the next moment my Les is back home.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Ready, Set, DONE

Today was a new day....and a start of something I have been waiting for. A release, a new begining, not only putting hurts far, far behind..... but leaving them for good...and for a better, more hopeful, more blessed path. Sometimes you think that you've had your last straw...you realize.....you can push forward just a bit more...because God still has work for you to do. THEN FINALLY IT COMES....the RELEASE.......the moment when you realize God has instructed you to stay, to do, to work, and then when you stick it out... and you obey God, and you did all He asked you to do in a situation..... FINALLY......F~I~N~A~L~L~Y.....you are released and it is so CRYSTAL CLEAR that your heart, your spirit and your mind are all FREE and at PEACE. That is what tonight has finally been for me. It has been that way for alot of my Christian Family too tonight. We said our goodbyes. So many of my Christian family are so much further down their spiritual path then me...but EVEN ~I~ KNOW when GOD IS IN SOMETHING.........THERE ARE BLESSINGS! WHEN?WHERE GOD IS NOT...there is confusion, hurt, pride, and leadership that is UNBIBICAL...self serving...and asks others to forgive but cannot LEAD forgiveness even though they like their title of "LEADER". I finally know and have learned from wonderful Christian friends and wonderful Christian Pastors enough to know and see....when it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck....no matter what YOU may call it......... GOD named it a DUCK....AND SO IT IS!!!! All my Christian friends are still my Christian friends and they and I have enough outreaches and studies where we won't lose each other at all. All we will lose is the heartache, heartbreak and a church that has lost everything it once had. Where God once reined......He is not now.... proof is in the blessings...or should I say LACK THEREOF!?!?. WHERE GOD IS....so are the BLESSINGS! Where everything ENDS...ministries, fellowships, kindness, trust, truth, respect ....IS DEATH and death and confusion is of Satan. No matter what anyone says, feels, quotes, or hides.... THE TRUTH IS CLEAR. God brings all things to light. FINALLY...~RELEASE~!!!! Thank you Jesus!!