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>Good morning sweet ladies! I woke up this morning >thinking about Exodus 33. I was thinking about the >fact that I know in this chapter Moses is going to ask >GOD to SHOW HIM HIS GLORY. As I came down to my >office this morning and began to think about this I >was excited about getting to this place in the >chapter, but I didn't get there. I did read it, but >the FATHER called my heart right back to verse >14...and we stayed there this morning. Let's take a >look at it and a couple other verses in the WORD. >THIS IS GREAT! >Exodus 33:14 And HE said, "MY PRESENCE SHALL GO WITH >YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST." I have to tell you >that I love those WORDS. What a thought, GOD promised >HIS servant that HE WOULD GO WITH him, but did you >notice the rest of the verse...AND I WILL GIVE YOU >REST. To my heart this morning the FATHER seemed to >be saying, "Vick, you will find your rest RIGHT SMACK >IN THE CENTER OF MY PRESENCE." HOW ABOUT THAT! Will >you take just a minute right now in the busyness of >your morning and climb up into HIS lap, rest your >weary head on HIS chest, and allow HIM to give you a >moments' rest IN HIS PRESENCE. THERE IS NOTHING LIKE >MOMENTS LIKE THIS WITH THE LORD JESUS! It reminds me >of my girls...sometimes they like to come and just >have me wrap my arms around them and hold them...other >times, I just want to go to them and wrap my arms >around them and hold them. I wonder if there aren't >times in my life that the LORD JESUS says, "Vick, stop >what you are doing for just a minute and let me hold >you in my arms!" When my girls get really tired and >cranky I know they need rest...they need me to >sometimes to just pick them up and hold them in my >arms and help them to calm down so that they can >rest...The LORD JESUS speaks to my heart even as I >type this..."Vicky, sometimes you need ME to just wrap >my arms around you and hold you close...even though >you are busy and don't want to rest." Last night, I >was putting the girls to bed and my middle one kept >saying, "But Mom, it's the middle of the day...it's >still light outside...I don't want to go to bed!" >Of course, I am the Mom...I know that regardless of >the light or darkness outside it was time for her to >go to bed...SHE NEEDED TO REST. I wonder how many >times I say, "But FATHER, it's too soon to stop and >rest...I need to get this one more thing finished...I >can't rest yet." >The FATHER says to my heart this morning, "Vick, I CAN >MAKE YOU LIE DOWN..." The thing I love about when the >LORD JESUS makes me lie down is that THERE ARE GREEN >PASTURES. The thing about the green pastures is that >SHEEP LOVE GREEN PASTURES...they get good food from >the green pastures. When the FATHER lies us down...HE >does it in a place where HE can nourish our soul. Can >I ask you a question this morning? Is HE making you >lie down? Would you look around for a minute and see >the GREEN PASTURE that HE has put you in...NOW CLIMB >UP IN HIS LAP AND REST IN HIS LOVE." >Perhaps HE hasn't "made" you lie down yet...would you >be willing to come and just climb up and sit without >being "made" to do that. You see, when my girls >choose to go to bed because they know they are tired >and need the rest...IT IS SWEET AROUND MY HOUSE, but >when I have to force the issue...IT IS NOT SWEET. >Sometimes, it takes difficulty to get us to lie >down...I wonder if maybe it wouldn't be easier if we >would just submit our hearts to HIS and just willingly >acknowledge that we need to rest a while before we go >on. Think about it...and let me know what you think! >I want to leave you this morning with two other verses >and then I will pray. Deuteronomy 4:37 Because HE >loved your Fathers, therefore HE chose their >descendants after them. And HE PERSONALLY brought you >from Egypt by HIS power. >Isaiah 63:9 In all their affliction HE was afflicted, >and the angel of HIS PRESENCE saved them; in HIS love >and in HIS mercy HE redeemed them; And HE lifted them >and carried them all the days of old. > >O FATHER, THAT OUR HEARTS WOULD REALIZE THE PERSONAL >NATURE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US. THANK YOU FOR >WORKING IN MY LIFE PERSONALLY! THAT IS MORE THAN MY >HEART CAN CONCEIVE OF. THANK YOU THAT WHEN I HURT, >YOU HURT. THANK YOU THAT YOU REDEEMED MY LIFE IN YOUR >LOVE AND MERCY. THANK YOU FOR LIFTING ME AND CARRYING >ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE! THANK YOU FOR BEING A >FATHER WHO LONGS TO WRAP YOUR ARMS AROUND YOUR >CHILDREN AND HOLD US CLOSE TO YOUR HEART. HOW AMAZING >ARE YOU! I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOUR PERSONAL TOUCH IN >MY LIFE. I LOVE IT THAT I CAN COME TO YOU AND SHARE >MY HEART AND KNOW THAT WHILE YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT I >AM SHARING YOU STILL LISTEN TO EVERY WORD OF MY HEART! > YOU ARE SO AMAZINGLY GOOD TO ME. THANK YOU, THANK >YOU, THANK YOU! IT IS ONLY BECAUSE OF JESUS THAT I >PRAY THIS PRAYER! AMEN > >Ladies, I hope that you are encouraged this morning to >climb up and sit a while with YOUR FATHER. HE IS >WAITING FOR YOU! > >ONLY and ALWAYS Because of JESUS- >Vicky

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