Dance, Dance, Dance

“Then Miriam…took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances”  Exodus 15: 20.  

Girls-it's okay 

to dance!!

 Miriam expressed thankfulness to God before an audience of a million people but there’s a popular saying, 'Dance like no one is watching.' If you’re alone, why not dance to God as an expression of your love for Him. Jesus says what you do as faith unto God in your privacy will be seen by God and blessed. (Matthew 6: 6)

Enjoy your freedom and praise God for life, breath and being beautifully woman. God loves you to be free and uninhibited before Him, such as David danced when bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 6: 14) The Bible never says God was displeased with Miriam's exhibition of joy. 

 

 In God’s sight, women and men are equal, though by God's blessing and the necessity of difference, they do different things.

 But even so, a woman's a place of honor in being feminine is God given. No matter what, enjoy your life as a woman and thank Him with dance.

It Won't Die

 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God 

unto salvation for everyone who believes" Romans 1:16a.

When my husband was farming, equipment cluttered our lawn. Mowing was an obstacle course around tractors, balers, mower/conditioner, spreader, forage wagons, trucks, automobiles, parts, and tires. If the equipment stayed there very long, or leaked fluids, (frequently), it killed the grass, leaving brown patches or plain dirt.

I would grumble about the ugliness and think, it'll never grow again, but I came to learn the green grass would always return. The diesel oil, engine oil, hydrolic oil, and grease never damaged the ground to where the grass wouldn't reclaim it. In fact, our lawn is now twice as large as it was when we were farming. No equipment parked every-which-way, the grass has reclaimed the ground where once was packed dirt.

The sinner's heart is like that bare ground.

When the soil of the soul is dead because of vileness, or something heavy covering it, blocking out the light, you may think it'll never be alive again. What's the use of telling this person about my Jesus, they won't listen.

Stop and reconsider.

You may think talking about Jesus with a hardened Atheist, or blasphemous mouthed person would be a waste of time. I want you to change your mind. Tell them about Jesus. Tell them about your faith. Give them Bible verses. The vilest sinner can be brought to life by the love of God and the power to salvation. Just like light and nutrients can regrow the dead, brown grass, the right nourishment of Jesus' love and light can bring life to that dead, black heart.

Jesus can bring in His light and His cleansing, healing power to establish life in the dead soul of anyone. Their heart can be flourishing and vibrant for all to admire and praise Him for it's vitality.

Like the slow process of the grass reclaiming the damaged ground, through your love of God and faith in Him, with patient testimony, maybe they won't die but come to salvation.

"For when we were still without strength, in due time 

Christ died for the ungodly" Romans 5:6.

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Pictures of the lawn during 

and after farming

Airplane shot courtesy of Brenda Seekins

 

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A born again Christian since 1985, Susan Estes lives with her husband Ivan, in Palmyra, Maine. Her service for God includes teaching Sunday School, hosting a Ladies home Bible study, and Guest Speaker. Publishing credits include several blogs, short stories, and magazine articles. Susan is a former newspaper journalist and columnist.

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Some Good Chocolate And/Or A Good Book

$3.99 is a good buy on a box of chocolates, or you can get several chocolate bars. You'd buy $3.99 worth of chocolate wouldn't you?

It will take less than a minute to eat one bar, or maybe a few days if you're conservative with your box of candy. But that $3.99 would be well spent on the enjoyment of that yummy sweetness, right?

Now $3.99 is also a sweet buy on a good book. You'd spent that much on a chocolate bar, so you'd also buy a good book for $3.99 wouldn't you. Especially as that book will last longer than a chocolate bar. 

"Some studies say a good dark chocolate is brain food."

Well, a good book is brain food!

Here's a good book that's not only brain food but heart food, soul food, and comfort food. Is chocolate your comfort food? Take a hefty bite from this book and see how it tastes and feels on your palate. You'll be pleased at the results.

What could you enjoy for $3.99?

Try this!

Squished! Why God Seemingly Destroys Our Fruit

 $3.99 @ Amazon.com

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Excerpt from Chapter IX. Old Things Become New

When God had purged the earth with water, the Bible tells us He remembered Noah. Not that God had forgotten, but the time had come to let Noah out of the ark. Noah’s family emerged to a new life, just as we who trust Jesus have new life in Him.

My church split and people went away angry. It felt as if we were floating uncontrolled through the storm. Our little church got littler and closed in. Bewildered and worried, I didn’t think we were in an ark for our own good, I thought the water was overwhelming us.

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God hadn't forgotten us either, and Squished! is about God doing a marvelous work through some painful pressure. God may have squished us hard but He planned all along to produce something new and wonderful from what looked like destroyed fruit.

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A born again Christian since 1985, Susan Estes lives with her husband Ivan, in Palmyra, Maine. Her service for God includes teaching Sunday School, hosting a Ladies home Bible study, and Guest Speaker. Publishing credits include several blogs, short stories, and magazine articles. Susan is a former newspaper journalist and columnist.

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