The Willow
The roots of a Willow tree are tough and fibrous. A twig left lying on rather moist ground will take root, at every joint. Willows grow chiefly in moist land along streams or around the margins of lakes and swamps. They are planted on the banks of streams where the fibrous roots bind the soil and prevent its washing away. Willow twigs often are the thrust in the soil of river levees by workers carrying out flood control programs. These soon take root and develop into trees.
I think I might just take a liking to Willows. Doesn’t seem like they take too much taking care of and if you don’t have a “green thumb”, it sounds like the right kind of tree for me. One that takes root at every joint is left lying on moist ground. Isn’t this a beautiful descriptive way of looking in comparison, to a Christian? One who eventually grows and matures in Christ like the Willow is nourished, grows into a tree. Just think at first, these plants bend and flow with the breeze and all the while, are becoming strong enough to withstand even the storms that rage until they grow into tall, strong trees. Jesus helps us to withstand the strong raging storms of life with His Divine Power and guidance, (with our acceptance of His help), eventually, so no matter what our circumstances are, or the insurmountable obstacles that come against us, like a tree that’s planted by the water, we shall not be moved…
Maria’s “Notebook of Sayings”
P.S. So goes the Christian who has matured by desire and being grounded deep into God’s Words—She never thirst again after receiving the water He gave. Feeling His Devine Power in the breeze of the Holy Spirit.
~Maria Gandy (Permission to post by Rose Gandy 2018)
Memory of Mama
Pearl Jeannette Gandy
As I looked at my memories for Facebook today I see where I posted about my mom going home to be with the LORD! (7162015) I am strong…I am determined…I am brave…I am loved…I am a Child of God…in these moments of sadness…I will let myself cry…and then I will release God’s peace and hope in my heart…we have all felt the pain of loss and we grieve…that is part of how God designed us, it is a natural process…Our Hope is in Him…our life is in Him…our help is in Him…and while I am sad today and miss my mom so terribly much…I know she is in a wonderful place…I am blessed to have had her with me for as long as I did…and you know what, it doesn’t matter how old you get…you still feel like a little kid at times and need a hug, a kind word and some TLC.
My mom wasn’t perfect…but she strived for perfection and to do what was right…
She lives on in her children and grandchildren and great grandchildren…and those to come…she failed many times in her life as we all do…but she didn’t take her eyes off the Lord…and if you were around her for any length of time…you’d know she was full of God’s love…I like to think that, that part of her has rubbed off on her children…I believe it has…we came from strong roots…and best of all…from the roots of Jesus…we may not all share him the same way…or live for him the same way…but the evidence of Him is in our DNA…and the prayers of my mama are eternal…her prayers are still being answered…God’s anointing flows deep within us…there is no escaping Him…oh we can rebel and disobey…but He loves us too much to let us fail…for those who draw close to his breath…will always breathe the prayers of salvation and his conviction will cause us to come to repentance and draw us closer…and closer to His presence…
Mama, thank you for your life and for living the second part of your life totally and completely sold out for Jesus; preaching, teaching, praying, abiding, lifting His name up. Thank you for your faithful prayers. Thank you for your mentorship and the legacy of living your life for God! Thank you for never giving up…
…I’m still here and while I’m here I will proclaim God’s great Love and share His life with others…because there is no greater name, no greater teacher, no greater love, no greater way or truth, than the Lord Jesus Christ…
Maybe you don’t believe…that’s OK…because Jesus believes in you and he will never give up on you.
His grace is sufficient…and one day…One day…every knee will bow and every tongue will confess…
That Jesus Christ is LORD!
But today…I’m writing this as a memorial to my Mom! This may have been the day she died…but it is also the day she gained life eternally in her heavenly home!! I am still on a journey in a far away place…a sojourner…a traveler through this time and space…it’s not my time to go home yet…so until then…
Thank you mama for being you! I miss you dearly. I see you everywhere I go…I feel you in my heart…I see you when I look in the mirror…and one of these days I will be with you…and we will run on the streets of glory…we will sing at the top of our lungs in the Angel Choir…we will fish in the Jordan river…we will even walk on the water…we will dance and twirl and laugh and talk and never ever get tired… We will rejoice in the presence of the Lord God almighty forever….Amen!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 16, 2018
1 Thessalonians 4:10-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
Indeed, you already show your love for all the believers throughout Macedonia. Even so, dear brothers and sisters, we urge you to love them even more.
Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before. Then people who are not believers will respect the way you live, and you will not need to depend on others.
The Hope of the Resurrection
And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died.
Relationship Restored with Adonai
No longer could a veil, divide, the place where God’s Holy Presence resides
From crown of thorns, to nails, and a pierce in His son’s side,
Torn body,
Yahweh cries…
It…is…finished!
He gives up this life and he dies~
And in that moment, in the Holy of holies…the temple veil is torn…
From top to bottom
God’s presence unleashed, set free for mankind’s hearts to receive
Total transformation~
New wine poured out…
The heaven’s shake; the earth quakes…
A drink, from His holy cup…
Graves open up
As the God-man preaches there’s a revival in paradise
Chains, from souls are broken
God’s word purely spoken…
First fruits of the resurrection; born to give us new life…
Anointed one…Jesus the Christ…lives to testify…
Jesus is now our High Priest; He will never cease, to intercede for us
No more separation from the Holy One…
His death ripped the veil; new life has begun…
No flaming sword of cherubim, to block us from His presence,
No sacrifice of animals to cover up His essence…
No longer incense burned, nor water from an urn…
No more years to yearn, to see Messiah come…
Jesus tore the veil…
His name we’ll forever hail…
His story we will tell~
We are redeemed by the blood of the Lamb…
Full access to Elohim…
We will walk and talk with him again…
No longer, will we mourn…
For the veil, is torn~
Praise El Shaddai, our Adonai…
Reunited with our Abba…
Nothing more, can ever separate us, from the LORD!
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 16, 2018
Matthew 27:50-52 New Living Translation (NLT) Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.
Hebrews 4:14-10:18 New International Version (NIV)
Jesus the Great High Priest
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people. And no one takes this honor on himself, but he receives it when called by God, just as Aaron was.
In the same way, Christ did not take on himself the glory of becoming a high priest. But God said to him,
“You are my Son; today I have become your Father.”
And he says in another place,
“You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
Holy Ghost and Fire-Do Not Fear
OK here we go!!!
So about this Holy Fire…
This is the message I have to give today…and in obedience I write…
God sent Jesus.
Jesus said to tarry (wait) for the Promise…stay in Jerusalem until you are filled with the Power from on High…
Luke 24:49 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) And look, I am sending you what My Father promised. As for you, stay in the city until you are empowered from on high.”
You know it takes wind blowing on embers, to cause them to ignite and catch fire…
One-hundred-and-twenty-souls in a room upstairs near Jerusalem…what were they doing? They were waiting in obedience, and they were praying together in one accord….Ten days after the ascension of Jesus…(Acts 1:14)
And then suddenly, like a mighty rushing wind the room was filled where they were and tongues of fire lit upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost and Fire!!!! Praising God, all speaking languages they didn’t know … (Acts 2:2-4)
The crowd thought they were drunk with new wine, but it was too early to be drinking it was nine in the morning…
Tribes and nations were there from all over the known world for the feast of Pentecost….They heard these unlearned men and women praising God in each of the foreigner’s on language…shocked by this display…some mocked, but some listened.
Peter stood up and began to preach, this is not new wine, it is what was spoken of by the prophet Joel. (Joel 2:28)
He began to tell them about Jesus, and what the religious rulers did to the Son of God…About 3000 souls repented and were baptized that day.…When the Holy Ghost and Fire is seen and heard in God’s people, when His word is preached, faith rises and…transformations take place and something miraculous happens…these early Christ-followers didn’t have a lukewarm encounter with Jesus…they didn’t have a scheduled program or organized religion, they had no fine, luxurious buildings to minister in…they preached in court yards and on hill sides….They were persecuted…crucified, mocked, spit on, beaten, betrayed, stoned to death for their faith…and that was before they received the Holy Ghost and Fire…look what happened to them afterwards…they Rocked the known world for Jesus and He spread like wild-fire everywhere they preached. Hearts were changed, bodies healed and set free, deliverance from evil spirits…they helped each other, loved each other, prayed for each other…They were the called out ones…The early Church…
Peter said the Holy Ghost was for everyone who accepted Jesus as the son of God. I’m not just taking about tongues of fire…I’m talking about a rejuvenation of the heart, where the love of God is the focus and souls for His kingdom are the goal…that even the far off ones would be filled…that’s you and me. That the Holy Ghost and fire is for every generation and all who will seek Him…Do you eat only one meal and never eat again? No. You eat daily. The same is true of being filled with the Spirit.
God always has a remnant…those who will not conform to this world…those who get alone with the Messiah and pray, not to be seen of men…but to have an intimate relationship and pivotal moments with Him. Where he directs their lives and reveals more of Jesus to them. By letting the Holy Ghost have full reign showing them the heart of Jesus…
It doesn’t matter what is going on in this world…chaos and death and sickness and climate changes have been going on since the beginning of time… Jesus said there would be wars and rumors of war…it rains on the just and the unjust…our bodies are going to decay they are going to wear out…but our soul never wears out, never grows old, never dies…the soul is eternal…depending on the decision we make will determine where our soul will dwell forever.
Evil is ever present and will continue until Jesus returns….We as Jesus’ children and followers must keep our eyes on Him…be full of the Holy Ghost and Fire and continue in His word…Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God!!
The Holy Ghost is gentle, kind, comforting, peaceable, longsuffering, He doesn’t grow weary or tired…he doesn’t sleep or slumber…He is always watchful always aware and always brings the Presence of God and reveals Jesus to the seeking heart. He grieves, he rejoices, he doesn’t bring confusion or doubt. He brings understanding and encouragement. The Holy Ghost of God is not fear or death. He brings life and refreshing.
Don’t let lies or distractions keep you from the life-source…tarry in His presence and let him show you what it is He has for you…he doesn’t make a display to bring glory to himself…He comes to show us Jesus.
The only way we are ever going to truly know Him…is to be with Him…seek Jesus not the gifts he has to offer…those are manifestations that he is present. Do you want to know about the author of the book…or do you want to know the author?
If you are a God-seeker…a Jesus-follower… Holy Ghost walker-talker…then ask him to fill your cup on a continuous daily basis…let the rivers of life flow from your belly. Not hot or cold and never lukewarm…
Be on fire.
If you have no clue what I’m talking about…and you want to know Him…Ask Jesus to come into your heart and change your life, fill you with The Holy Ghost and Fire and I promise you will understand. I’m not talking about emotionalism…I talking about a real, honest-to-goodness encounter with the Living God!
Open the Book. The Holy Book, known as the Bible…God’s words were written down for us to read and feast upon. Men and women lived and died to make sure this generation would have the Word of God. Don’t take it lightly…respect it and protect it. Learn it and know it. The scriptures testify of who Jesus is…if you truly want to know Jesus…read His word and ask the Holy Ghost to open your understanding. Ask him to show you the face of Jesus. He loves to reveal Jesus to us so that we will live and not die.
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 13, 2018
(Read Acts chapters 1 and 2)
Acts 2:2-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them. Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.
No Condemnation
I read your words of life today they made me stop and ponder
Is there hidden sin within my heart?
Lord, help me so I do not wander.
Am I being kind and thankful for all that you have done?
Am I setting the right example?
Do I criticize and complain, do I take your name in vain
Is my heart pure before you Lord, or do I bring you shame?
Help me Lord.
I don’t want to point fingers or accuse anyone of blame…
Are my ways pleasing to you Lord?
If someone needed help, would I welcome them in, or turn them from my door?
Do others see you, in me, Lord?
When troubles come my way, is faith alive and shining bright, morning, noon and night?
Do I offer a drink of water to a dry and thirsty soul…?
Do I offer them a place to sleep and fill their empty bowl…?
The orphan and the widow Lord, let me, their servant be
So that they will know it’s you Jesus, living inside of me…
Child I hear your honesty…
And when you praise and dance for me, it thrills me through and through
There are not many that I can say, has a heart like you do…
You know the way you feel,
Watching your grandbabies play, sing and dance, the way they are so free
How it brings you joy and happiness just to witness this…
Pure peace and exuberant bliss…
Like your heart will explode in wonderfulness…
Child, you do this for me
Every time you lift your hands to pray
Every time you speak my name and say
“Jesus I love you…”
My heart melts with joy and complete and utter delight…
A pure heart with loving kindness makes heaven bright…
The stars, light-up and the Moon rejoice, when mine are faithful and true…
The Father sings and the Holy Ghost brings heaven down to those in tune…
With the angels holy choir they make music and a sweet melody…
When you speak words of life in my name…we become one-and-the-same…
Never doubt sweet child of mine, for we are one of a kind…
I’ve chosen you because your heart and mine are intertwined…
That day long ago when I died upon the tree
Buried in the rich man’s tomb
Rose for all to see
Your sins were all forgiven
When you opened your heart to me…
And on the day of Pentecost,
My promise gave you the power to stay free
To love and give and teach and preach for all who will obey
Keep your heart pure and clean
Holy Spirit will guide your way
I love you child, it blesses me when you open your heart to pray…
Humility brings honor; and life when you obey!
I rejoice over you with singing…you are my delight and shining star!
A priceless treasure…
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 12, 2018
Romans 8:1-2 New International Version (NIV) Life Through the Spirit Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Zephaniah 3:17 New King James Version (NKJV) The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 The Message (MSG) Do this because you are a people set apart as holy to God, your God. God, your God, chose you out of all the people on Earth for himself as a cherished, personal treasure.
I had a bout with vertigo yesterday and vegged out for most of the day…today it is better. I used the time to do some reading and praying and pondering some things.
Today as I talked to the Lord I did as I always do I just talked honestly with him and some times he answers and some times there’s just a comfortable silence. We have an understanding it’s perfectly fine. Like two friends who can sit silently together without saying a word but enjoying each others company. That’s the kind of relationship I have with my friend Jesus. No disrespect I know who he is…
But today I needed him to hear me and I needed to hear him…and before I could even finish talking the Holy Spirit began telling me what I a delight I was to him…he was so awesome…he said, He loved the way I danced before him like a little child and how it delighted him when I talked openly and free…he said, “You know how you are thrilled when your grandchildren dance and sing and play without inhibitions with a pure heart…that is the same way I feel when you are free with me…” all I could do is cry like a baby…the intimacy of his words cleansing me and giving me total assurance that I am his…God is so Amazing… He wants it to be that way with all his children…<3 I want to bring Him that kind of love and joy all the time!!!
Holy Fire
Holy Fire burn in me
Heart desire set me free
Ignite this soul and let it be
Burning bush consuming me…
Light the flame and let it burn
Within this heart and do not spurn
God of Fire…let me learn…
Send down your Holy fire and turn
My eyes, burning heavenward
My lips speaking flames of truth
My head held high, looking deep into your blazing eyes…
Arms stretched out to embrace your love
Flames raging, pouring out from above
Pillar of fire made seven times higher,
You, O God are my one desire….
God of heaven creator of all things
Let your Kingdom come…
In this furnace of life, may your will be done…
Set me on fire with love divine
That all will know that you are mine…
Consuming Fire…burn…
Refiner of Gold, let my story be told
Into the fiery furnace with you, I behold…
Holy Fire; Holy God, consume me with your Fire!
Until all that remains of me, is nothing but your face to see…
Jesus, living, inside of me,
Send your Holy Fire, consumed by thee…
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 10, 2018
Hebrews 12:29 King James Version (KJV) For our God is a consuming fire.
Daniel 3:25 King James Version (KJV) He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Exodus 3:2 New International Version (NIV) There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up.
Matthew 3:11 New International Version (NIV) “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
You are Chosen for A Higher Calling
Broken man lying at the beautiful gate…reminded daily of a life once full and whole… Begging for bread, a place to lay his head, death waiting, disease taking its toll…until…
Blind from birth, street person with no worth. To humanity he seems absurd…but to him it only takes one word…from the one who gave him life…no more worries…no more strife
Silly woman thrown in the dirt; relating it, to what she’s worth…stoning will come soon enough…but a man called Jesus writes in that dirt and saves her and forgives her, showing her there’s a reason for her birth…
You there, struggling day and night, hopeless, broken, no one sees you crying in the early morning light…or the one fighting for your life on distant shores, begging, just to survive one more day and night…
Young man, young woman, fearing what the next hour may bring…addictions and abuse leaving you homeless and confused…Where are you God? Do you even exist? Feelings of, “I’m no good, no use!”
Souls broken and dying…evil consuming their lives…they are the reason Jesus came and died…
We are born with a purpose and a high calling, one that is often overlooked because of selfishness…the self… becomes the god…I learned something today. I was reading about God being a consuming fire and came across a profound truth…I read that the first sin was not Adam eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil…it was the LIE that the snake told Eve… “lason hara (evil words) “Has God said…?” Gen. 3:5
How many times has Satan come to us with his lies and we believe his evil words…We are quicker to believe the lie than the truth…why is that?
We believe the sickness more than we believe the healing…we believe the slander more than we believe the truth…we believe what we see, taste, touch, smell, feel, hear…because that is what is natural…we can’t see the invisible world…a world that is just on the-other-side-of-forever…
Our senses tell us this temporal world is where we long to be…to live forever in this fallen place…that this is home…our soul is blinded by the lie… “Has God said?”
God has said…
You are more than a conqueror.
You’ve been saved by grace.
If you ask anything in my name Jesus said, you shall have it, if you believe and don’t doubt in your heart.
Speak to this mountain and it shall be cast into the sea.
Your sins are forgiven…
Receive the Holy Ghost and Fire
I came that you would have a full, joyful life…
My grace is sufficient for you
You will live and not die
Cast all your care on me for I care for you
I love you with an everlasting love…
Life is hard. Life is messy. We can either live this life in misery and fear and anxiety and hopelessness and despair…OR…we can choose to live this life in hope, courageous, fearless, in faith, knowing and trusting in the Living God and what he says is the truth…even in our deepest, darkest moments of weakness and sickness it is so much better believing the truth than the lie…and in the end…you will have the beginning of a life without pain, without suffering you will gain everything when you live your life with the truth…
There’s a higher calling for your life…God didn’t give us sickness and death…God gave us Jesus who is life…
Satan comes to destroy everything that God created…He hates you and not only wants your soul…he wants the soul of your children for generations to come…it is so vitally important that you get this…and understand…the High calling that is on your life…it is a fight of battles…but God has given us the power through the blood of Jesus to overcome the evil…in Jesus’ name…he has given us the Holy Spirit and Holy Fire not in our own strength or might…but by His Spirit…
Our High call is to glorify God!
Even in our dis ease…even in our weakness…even in our deepest darkest hour…we must keep our focus on Jesus knowing we have already won!!!
Get self out of the way…Look full in His face and know…WE ARE VICTORIOUS, COURAGEOUS WARRIORS OF PEACE, LOVE AND JOY! FULL OF THE HOLY GHOST AND FIRE! FIGHTING A FOE THAT IS ALREADY BEEN BEATEN! WE ARE GOD PLEASERS…GOD WALKERS…GOD TALKERS…AND WE WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!!!
ACCEPT YOUR HIGH CALLING!!!
Jesus said, “ And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me…” John 12:32 KJV
~Marla Shaw O’Neill July 9, 2018
Exodus 14:14 New International Version (NIV) The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Exodus 20:12 New International Version (NIV) “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Isaiah 40:29 New International Version (NIV) He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
Isaiah 40:31 New International Version (NIV) but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 41:10 New International Version (NIV) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
James 4:7 New International Version (NIV) Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Jeremiah 29:11 Good News Translation (GNT) I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.
Psalm 23:4 Good News Translation (GNT) Even if I go through the deepest darkness, I will not be afraid, Lord, for you are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff protect me.
Proverbs 22:6 The Message (MSG) Point your kids in the right direction—when they’re old they won’t be lost.
Revelation 3:5 The Message (MSG) “Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels.”
Joshua 1:9 New International Version (NIV) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Philippians 4:6-7 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses every thought, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 41:13 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) For I, Yahweh your God, hold your right hand and say to you: Do not fear, I will help you.
John 3:16-18 The Message (MSG) “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person’s failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
My favorite:
Isaiah 61:1-7 New Living Translation (NLT)
Good News for the Oppressed
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
They will rebuild the ancient ruins, repairing cities destroyed long ago. They will revive them, though they have been deserted for many generations. Foreigners will be your servants. They will feed your flocks and plow your fields and tend your vineyards. You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God. You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches. Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor. You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.
Natural Hugs and Kisses to Supernatural Hugs and Kisses
Our Grand-Babies
My cousin Maria.