Friday, June 26, 2009

Return and flourish



Today's reading from Hosea 14 was beautiful imagery...The Lord says, Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever. I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.

God is always so willing to heal us and forgive us. Stay away from the things that keep us from being all that we can be through The Lord. In verse 8, I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me."

In thinking about my own life, which is all I can go by...I know He forgives and I know that I've been transformed from a shy, insecure woman to a woman that speaks out only because I know my Father wants me to share His amazing love and forgiveness with others. He wants everybody to be all that we can be through His mighty love for each of us! We are able to indeed flourish through God's amazing love...we will indeed flourish like grain or the grapevines, if we allow God to be all that He wants to be in our life!

I encourage each of you to study the Word for yourself and see what God is leading you to do. Listen and grow and get ready for the most wonderful dance of your life!

Dancing,

2 comments:

Linda said...

Debbie, You are so right---you have been transformed and so have I, each in our own way. :-)

Frankie said...

Debbie, as I have been reading about God's people, I see how God abhors idols in our lives. I am asking HIM to show me the idols in my life that I might turn from them.

In Hosea 14:8, I plugged my name in and read it as the Lord speaking to me, "O Frankie, stay away from idols! I am the one who answers your prayers and cares for you. I am like a tree that is always green; all your fruit comes from me."

Praying that today I listen for The One who answers my prayers and cares for me.