In ‘Other’ Words: Tuesday’s New Quote ~ JOIN US!

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Tuesday’s In Other Words will be hosted by Deborah on her blog, Chocolate & Coffee. Take time to think and ponder on  the quote below and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, visit Deborah’s blog  and share a  link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.  And of course, if you do not wish to write on it, please visit those that do!  🙂

“What wonders a bit of encouragement can do! It’s one of the most awesome treasures God has given us – the ability to inspire, motivate, and reassure others.

~Barbara Johnson~

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In ‘Other’ Words ~ Next Tuesday’s quote on Suffering. Write with us!

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Tuesday’s In Other Words will be hosted by Jennifer on her blog, Scraps & Snippets . Take time to think and ponder on the quote below and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, visit Jennifer’s blog, Scraps & Snippets and share a  link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.  And of course, if you do not wish to write on it, please visit those that do!  🙂

“Only when we understand that God has ordained our suffering can we begin to make sense of it. Only then can we be certain that He has a purpose in it. When tragedy comes, when adversity strikes, we will not be shaken. Yes, we will cry. Yes, we will grieve. But we will move on confidently knowing that God is on His throne, that we are in His hand, that our circumstances are His doing, and He is working them for our good.”

~Terry L. Johnson, When Grace Comes Home

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In Other Words ~ Next Tuesday’s Quote

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Tuesday’s In Other Words will take place on Karen’s blog, In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus. Think and ponder on the quote below and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“How we respond to difficulties will determine whether we are a winner or a whiner. One of Satan’s first temptations when our life appears to be on hold like Joseph is to tempt us to live by feelings instead of faith.”

by ~ Michael Yousse

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In Other Words: Tuesday’s New Quote

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Tuesday’s In Other Words will take place on Patricia’s blog, Typing One-Handed. Think and ponder on the quote below and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to Typing One-Handed on Tuesday and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“Peace I leave with you;
My peace I give to you;
not as the world gives do I give to you.
Do not let your heart be troubled,
nor let it be fearful.”

John 14:27 NASB

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In Other Words: Tuesday’s New Quote

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Tuesday’s In Other Words will take place on Kathryn’s blog, Expectant Hearts. Think and ponder on the quote below and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to  Expectant Hearts on Tuesday and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“It has been well said that ‘earthly cares
are a heavenly discipline.
But they are even something
better than discipline-
they are God’s chariots,
sent to take the soul to its high places of triumph.
They do not look like chariots.
They look instead like enemies, sufferings, trials,
defeats, misunderstandings, disappointments, unkindness.”

by Hannah Whitall Smith

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In Other Words: Tuesday’s Quote

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Next week KAREN will be hosting, so please visit her site, In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus on Tuesday. Think and ponder on the quote she has chosen and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus on Tuesday and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion.
You must set yourself on fire.””
~by Arnold H. Glasow

Note from hostess: When I saw this quote I not only thought of success but it made me think of our Christian life and our relationship with others as well. They too are not the result of a spontaneous combustion and that is what I would like to write on with this quote

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In Other Words: Tuesday’s New Quote

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lease join us on Tuesday by sharing on the quote shared below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here, on Writing Canvas, along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Next week MIRIAM will be hosting, so please visit her site, Miriam Pauline’s Monologue on Tuesday. Think and ponder on the quote she has chosen and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to Miriam Pauline’s Monologue on Tuesday and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“But Jonah ran away from the LORD
and headed for Tarshish.
He went down to Joppa,
where he found a ship bound for that port.
After paying the fare,
he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish
to flee from the LORD.”
Jonah 1:3

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In Other Words ~ Is God your Pilot or Co-Pilot?

“We need to get to the point where we are tired of God just being a resident of our life
and make Him President of our life,
the Commander and Chief,
the One in charge.”

~ David Jeremiah

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very so often I still see this bumper sticker or license plate, “God is my Co-Pilot”.   I want to yell out the window – “STOP!  Get out!  Move over!  Let God be your PILOT!”  But then I think, how often do we let God be our Co-Pilot – or even the back seat passenger? What place does He truly have in our lives?

I think it’s even easier as a mom, to hand our children over to God, say “they are Yours” but when we go through the struggles of raising them either we want to try to fix their problems, their rebellion, their sicknesses “ourselves” going around like a frantic mother hen and then, after we have done this, not resolving anything, we throw our hands up and shove them back to God (and in a short time take them back again).

I think of how we idolize others.  We  get in long lines to see famous people – to touch them, to get their autograph – just a glimpse of them.  We wear t-shirts with their name on it, or their name on a label.  We blog about them, we read their blogs or buy a magazine because their picture is on the cover.  We say someone is awesome, but isn’t, only God, truly awesome?  Have we taken away the superiority of God? Do we really know Him and want to learn more about Him as we do those in movies or on TV?

I am thankful for the country I live in, and the freedoms I still have (though I am concerned).  I love going to parades, and standing up as war veterans pass by holding our American flag.  We stand up to honor and respect them and our flag.  If a flag touches the ground, we burn it.  But what about God’s Word?  Do we respect it.? Where is it “thrown” after the Sunday service?  Does it gather dust through out the week?  Is God’s word memorized as we memorize the verses of songs?  Do we pour over it as we do a novel or the newspaper?  Is God truly in charge with His Word, in our putting Him first as Commander and Chief of everything?

As I write this, I know God is prompting me, again, where I don’t put Him first and make Him Ruler of all.  May we be continually reminded of our Awesome Holy God and be in awe of Him. Is God your my Pilot or Co-Pilot?

This week, Karen is hosting “In ‘Other’ Words” on her blog In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus . Be sure to visit her site and the links to the other women who have shared on this quote. Then come back here on Friday, for next Tuesday’s new quote for In ‘Other’ Words. Be blessed.

In Other Words: Tuesday’s New Quote

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lease join us next Tuesday by sharing on the quote shared below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words.

Next week KAREN will hosting, so please visit her site,  In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus on Tuesday. Think and ponder on the quote she has chosen and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, go to Karen’s blog on Tuesday and leave the link to your blog and visit the others who have also written on it.

“We need to get to the point where we are tired of God just being a resident of our life
and make Him President of our life,
the Commander and Chief,
the One in charge.”

~ David Jeremiah

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In Other Words: His Purpose

“God’s promises are never affected
by our failures.
He can use us at any age. ”

by Michael Youssef from Leading the Way

Ihave several friends who are going through the heartbreak of losing children – not in actual death – but to the world.   Their children were brought up in good Christian homes, homeschooled, know the truth, know God, yet have chosen to live ungodly lives that have torn up and grieved parents so deeply.   Families are separated, lies told, never seeing grandchildren, another child in a work detention home, and yet there does not seem to be the the turning back to God.  I imagine moms laying awake many nights, crying and praying, fearing the worst, hoping for reconcilliation.  One mom told me she feels at times her son has died, there just was no funeral.  I tried to encourage her that God still loves her son and wants him back even more than she does.

Did these children grow up in perfect homes or have perfect parents?  Absolutely not!  The parents would be the first to admit this!  Despite our failures as parents, God still promises,

Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old,
he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6

“OLD” could be a long way off.  It could be well after  the parent’s deaths.  That’s where faith steps in, claiming the promise, and our continued praying.  Our children get to the age when they make their own decisions.  They have to learn a lot.  They have to fall and we cannot always pick them up and fix their problems like we used to kiss their owies and make them all better.

And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God,
to them who are the called according to His purpose.
Romans 8:28

Our failures as parents
PLUS
the failures of our children EQUALS
God still using it for His good when we allow Him.

It does not matter the age of the parents or the age of the children.  HIS PURPOSE is He can indeed use us at any age.  We as parents can share with younger parents what we have learned and what we would do differently and what we did do right.  Young parents need to know they are not alone and that we  have walked the same paths ahead of them.  And then our children, despite their failures and going wayward, God can still use them and WANTS to use them, even if it means them learning some awful lessons.  It may mean not until they are much older – but God can use them with their younger generation(s).

He wants to use us – any age – any circumstance – any failure.  Are you ready?  HE is!

This week, KAREN is hosting “In ‘Other’ Words” on her blog, In Love W.I.T.H. Jesus. Be sure to visit her site and the links to the other women who have shared on this quote. Then come back here on Friday, for next Tuesday’s new quote for In ‘Other’ Words. Be blessed.

In Other Words: Next Tuesday’s Quote ~ Please join us!

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lease join us next Tuesday by sharing on the quote shared below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words. Next Tuesday will be hosted by Miriam on her blog,

Miriam Pauline’s Monologue

Think and ponder on this quote and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, visit Miriam’s blog on Tuesday, leave the link to your blog there and visit the other gals who have also written on it.

“God does not speak simply to be heard.
He speaks to be obeyed.
Obedience is the Alpha and Omega of discerning God’s voice.”

by Priscilla Shirer
Discerning the Voice of God: How to Recognize When God Speaks

In Other Words: Caution ~ Road Slippery When Wet

Several times on the way home Saturday night with our five youngest children in our van, my husband noted that something was wrong with the steering.  He thought maybe it was just the black icy roads, yet whenever we came to a curve or turn, the van just did not seem to handle well.  We did not think too much of it once we got home.  Maybe because we did not want to.  This is the slower time for my husband’s business and who wants to think of paying for car repair bills.  We did not go to church Sunday morning since we had sick little ones.  Sunday afternoon we had to pick up our older children from a winter retreat.  Not even thinking of the steering problems of the previous night, we left.  Our driveway has a slight incline, that can be hard to get out of on these long  wintery days, and as my husband turned to steering wheel at the end of the driveway,we stopped.   We weren’t going anywhere.

The tie rod at the front came loose.  One wheel was going one way, the other  turning the opposite direction.  We were so thankful this did not happen when we took our young children out the previous night.   It could have been very dangerous, even life threatening.  Instead, it happened at the end of our driveway.  I am so thankful for the way God protected our family and even others that could have been around us.

We ignored the warning signs.  We just did not want to think about repairing a car.  Sometimes when we do this ignoring, we hope it will just disappear.  Our Christian walk can be the same way.  I think of the little quote someone wrote in one of my Bibles inside the front cover:

Sin will keep you from this Book.
This Book will keep you from sin.

God gives us many warnings and guidelines throughout His Word.  We can become overwhelmed with life, with bills (and car repairs) and neglect going to Him.  The warning signs are there- we become unhappy, more irritable, worried about tomorrow.  We are missing God’s directions in His Word, giving us peace, reminding us He’s not forgetting us, giving us promises for that day for that time in our lives.

What cautions AND promises does God want to give you today?  Have you visited His Word?

This week, Amy is hosting “In ‘Other’ Words” on her blog, In Pursuit of
Proverbs 31. Be sure to visit her site and the links to the other women who have shared on this quote. Then come back here on Friday, for next Tuesday’s new quote for In ‘Other’ Words. Be blessed.

In Other Words: Tuesday’s New Quote

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lease join us next Tuesday by sharing on the quote shared below for our weekly, In Other Words. Each Friday a new quote is given here along with who will be hosting that week’s In Other Words. Next Tuesday will be hosted by Amy on her blog, In Pursuit of
Prov 31

Think and ponder on this quote and share about it on your blog on Tuesday. Then, visit Amy’s blog on Tuesday, leave the link to your blog there and visit the other gals who have also written on it.

“CAUTION: Road Slippery When Wet”

Amy shares why she chose this quote, to help you write about it: It may seem strange but I want to focus on the fact that every action has a consequence and God gives us warning signs throughout the Bible so that we can live by them and avoid “accidents”.

In Other Words: First Step in Faith

I invite you to participate in the drawing
for a wonderful child’s book below.
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t’s that first step with so many different parts of life, that is just so hard.  It starts early in the morning getting out of bed.  The snooze button is hit one too many times, until the kids start banging on the door wanting breakfast NOW!

I love watching my little ones take their first step.  They pretty much trust mom or dad, knowing we’d catch them if they fall.  But they test us – to make sure . . .  They wobble with hands out, barely taking that first step as they land in our arms.  Everyone is joyful and praises the child, who then again tries it, maybe a full step this time.

Isn’t our walk with God so often like this?  We stumble and fall on our way to Him.   We know He is there, but how much do we really trust Him with?  He proves Himself over and over again to us that He will never leave us, or forsake us, and yet, we try so often to do it on our own – and then maybe trust Him for a bit – and then take it back – because we think we can do it better – or God is not answering soon enough.

I love what Corrie ten Boom said about faith:

” Faith is like radar that sees through the fog. “

God sees through the fog even though we cannot see clearly what is happening in our lives.  He knows the outcome.  When that prompting is on our hearts to make a call to someone we need to reconcile with, to tell our children we are sorry for blowing up, for that test we need to take at the hospital or instead of throwing our hands up and totally giving up – put your hands out and give it to God.  Yes, easier said than done, but take that first small step in trusting Him – with giving yourself completely to Him and allowing Him to put the puzzle pieces of the rest of your life together.

This week, Denise is hosting “In ‘Other’ Words” on her blog, ShortyBear’s Place . Be sure to visit her site and the links to the other women who have shared on this quote. Then come back here on Friday, for next Tuesday’s new quote for In ‘Other’ Words. Be blessed.

Be sure to join my book drawing for a wonderful child’s book.

In Other Words: God is the Ruler yet

Verse 3 of the hymn, "This Is My Father’s World" by Maltbie D. Babcock

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oday history is being made.   It  will be etched in our minds forever.  I remember clearly when  President Ronald Regan left office,  waving as he entered the plane, and then the plane circling around the White House, as if to say, good-bye.

There is a lot of fear, especially among Christians with the entering of our new President.    These are uncertain times, and there is indeed need to be on our knees praying for our country AND our president.  Obama’s choice to have a gay bishop (another article here) to pray before the inaugural address to the “God of our many understandings”, is so sad.  Does  the one and  only God weep over our nation today? Tomorrow I will be sharing more on FOCA, the Freedom of Choice Act, which President-Elect Obama wants to be on the top of his list to pass.  It’s scary.  It will affect our stand on abortion if it passes.

This picture hangs in the Capitol. May it be a reminder to pray.

Yet, despite all the uncertainties and fears, God is still in control.  He is sitting on the throne, and knows what our future holds.  If God can make the world, throw all the stars in the skies, have my daughter at the hospital just when she went into heart failure, keep a friend safe whose tire went flying off her car while driving on slippery roads, He can and is still in control of our country and our president.  It does not mean we not do anything.  We have battles to fight.  We need to let those in government positions know of our concerns.  We need to pray for God to heal our land. Jesus died on the cross for President Obama just as He did for you and me. He wants his soul as He wants ours.

Though the wrong may seem so strong,
aren’t you thankful
GOD
IS
the Ruler yet?

Today I am hosting In Other Words.  If you have written on the above quote on your blog, be sure to leave a link with Mr. Linky below to your blog and visit the others who have also joined.