Someone who cares...

Have you ever talked to someone and you could tell they really don't want to talk to you and they certainly don't really care what you are saying? This happened to me today and I was feeling hurt and very belittled. Like I was not worth their attention or not important enough for them to care.

So after my personal pity party, I was reminded of a few things:

1) THERE IS ONE WHO KNOWS MY WORTH AND THAT IN HIS EYES I AM WORTHWHILE !

Matthew 10:29-31 (Message Bible) says:

"^29-31"What's the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.

We are worth so much to God! He even knows the numbers of the hair on our heads. Wow I am even worth more than a million canaries--hey I'm told in Genesis that I am also created in God's image Sounds like I am worth a lot.

THANK YOU LORD!!

2) THERE IS ONE WHO WANTS TO HEAR MY WORDS AND HELP !

Philippians 4:6-7 (Message bible) says:

^6-7Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

He wants us to call unto him with our thoughts, worries and concerns. He cares so much about them that HE will work everything for the good and I like what they message version says "settle you down" He will settle your heart as no one else can, because He already knows our heart and what we need.

King David in the Psalms is a good example of someone who went to God with all types of prayers. Prayers of thanksgiving, Prayers of Fear, Prayers of Anger and God reached out to him in his prayers. God even called him a man after of my own heart. David showed God who he really was in his prayers. In today's terms, David held nothing back in his prayers. YET GOD said HE IS A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART. Sounds to me that God appreciates us when we tell him all things.. He LISTENS and CARES for every word we say!!

In closing, if you are hurt, offended by someone or something this world may throw your way; Remember God thinks you are pretty special and He always wants to hear from you!!

^{1 Peter 5:7(NIV)} Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

~~djdeb's ramblings ~~

The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. PSALMS 18:2 kjv

Lately I catch myself praying short prayers of "Lord, give me strength". Over and over I am seeking him for strength.. Never would I have imagined that I would feel so tired, worn out and lethargic. That has described my last few months. I have been sick with bronchitis and some other cold symptoms, but I believe behind it all is my thyroid acting up. Tomorrow I am going to get some blood work and am praying that it will give the level that is needed for an increase in my medicine.

If you have ever heard of anyone with thyroid problems, I am sure you have heard their struggles with their levels. As I am sure I have mentioned before I was hyperthyroid to begin with and ended up having radiation to kill most of the thyroid. The dying of the thyroid takes years to occur (something I learned recently--even though the radiation occurred years back) and the regulating your thyroid levels will always be a part of my life. So I have said all this to say that I have sooooooo needed "strength" and the only place I can seek it is in Christ. He has gotten me through the workdays and I have rested most weekends.

I feel as if many do not understand and see me tired out primarily because of my weight. My weight is a big hindrance and some of it is a result of hypothyroidism. So I am going to continue to seek God for the strength and pursue the doctor to use the medical support there is available for me.

The other night I was suffering a migraine and was trying to rest and all I could sing was this song.

I kept singing I believe your my healer, I believe your more than enough for me.... JESUS you're all I need!!! Lord, I'm holding tight to your promise of strength in your word and will sing in my heart this song to you My Healer!

National Day of Prayer-No longer observed in the White House

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The above link will give you a short article that tells about the new administration no longer observing The National Day of Prayer at the white house. It saddens and makes me fearful of what is to come in our country. From not being able to give your opinion on national TV, when you are asked it. Because it's against what is deemed the Majority's opinion. To this new declaration regarding the National Day of Prayer events at our nation's capital.

I know I should not be fearful, because God is in Control. It's just I am fearful of the unknown... and I know it is going to get worse before it gets better (Heaven)!.

We as Christians need to seek God's face for strength, wisdom and guidance. To be able to give a bold, Christ-ordained, scripture-inspired answer when we are questioned about our faith, morality or chosen beliefs.

A biblical example of how our words can effect our testimony for Christ is the story of Apollos

Acts 18:24-28 says-

24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. 25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; 28 for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ.
(NKJV)

I highlighted some interesting parts of this scripture. We see in the first verse here, that Apollos was eloquent in speech. To me being eloquent in speech, is someone who takes the time to think before he speaks and speaks so others will understand. Usually they are also a studier of what they speak of and that allows them to come across in a confident manner.

In verse 26, he was willing to learn more from others. Beyond what he knew already.. How many of us our stuck in the "I know what that means" frame of mind and are not open to hearing other's thoughts on things.

Lastly in verse 28, he in PUBLIC refuted the Jews and showed them through the SCRIPTURE that Jesus is Christ. He backed up what he believes with what he knows is the truth. He is not ashamed but publicly shares!!

We are going to be called to stand up for what we believe and not pull back and blend in with those around you. For the bible says in

Romans 1:16-
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (kjv)

My pastor has said that the Christians in the book of Acts were going through a similar time as we are going through in our present time. For they lived in a non-christian nation and sadly our nation is no longer a nation under God.

Dear Lord, I come before you asking for your spirit to be with your believers. Strengthen us in the wisdom of your word and fill us with your power. So we will boldly come out from the world and be a light to you. May the world of unbelievers be able to see our light and may we not blend in with those around us. For we need to be careful, (even more so now) in what we say or do! For we are representatives of You Lord.

I pray for those in the Administration that want to stand up for you Lord, that they would be filled with your spirit. So they may say and do all that needs to be done for your glory in this nation. I thank you Lord for all that you have done for our nation and in my life and I thank you for all that you are going to do for us. In the name of JESUS,
AMEN