"I am with you always" Matthew 28:20 NKJV
What is God telling us when He says “I am with you always?” Here are some things I hear Him saying…
I am near. Don’t doubt my presence for a single moment. I have promised you. I am the true and faithful God. Be as certain of Me fulfilling my promise as I was when I first spoke it. Don’t doubt it. Let your heart be quiet with this assurance! I am with you because I care about you. I am with you because I love you. I am with you because I want to be with you. I am with you because I desire to have fellowship with you. There will never be a time, a moment, a second when you are without me. I am with you now. With you tomorrow. With you in the dark times. With you in the hard times. With you in the glad times. With you through all the times of your life—when you are young, when you are old, when you are busy, when you are still, when you journey and when you return home.
~meet me in the meadow
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
"I am always with you"
The Moon and Star on Earth
Monday, August 23, 2010
Tettegouche arch falls into Lake Superior
The much photographed Tettegouche Arch has fallen into Lake Superior.
Located on the north shore, 30 miles north of Two Harbors.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Pruning with Purpose
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Letting go isn’t easy—of our expectations, our timelines, our future. It sounds crazy to suggest letting go of our future, but the truth is, it doesn’t belong to us. The part we have to play in the way our lives will unfold is to put our days into God’s hands—and we can only surrender them one at a time. As much as we’d like to sometimes, we can’t rush them or slow them down. I’d love to experience joys in slow motion and trials with my thumb on fast forward.
But I’ve learned that I can learn the most when life gets difficult.
I’ve learned that God is always about changing me, not the people around me. No finger pointing allowed in our walk with Him. The people in our lives belong to Him, not us. We are called to love them and trust Him.
I’ve learned that God seems like a silent partner at times, but it’s often when we’re being pruned for the production of more fruit. Even then He’s as close as ever, trimming things we didn’t think we could let go of but needed to; holding us tightly when the pain felt unbearable; and waiting to reveal to us that we could not have bloomed as abundantly without the careful work of His hands.
And I’ve learned that the revelation brings rejoicing.
We could not love so fully, trust so completely, or live so joyfully without the process of the ‘cutting away and letting go.’ What God removes from our lives He does so with purpose, and He will always, always follow it with a greater harvest of good things than we ever thought possible.
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples.
JOHN 15:8 NIV
~Bonnie Jensen
But I’ve learned that I can learn the most when life gets difficult.
I’ve learned that God is always about changing me, not the people around me. No finger pointing allowed in our walk with Him. The people in our lives belong to Him, not us. We are called to love them and trust Him.
I’ve learned that God seems like a silent partner at times, but it’s often when we’re being pruned for the production of more fruit. Even then He’s as close as ever, trimming things we didn’t think we could let go of but needed to; holding us tightly when the pain felt unbearable; and waiting to reveal to us that we could not have bloomed as abundantly without the careful work of His hands.
And I’ve learned that the revelation brings rejoicing.
We could not love so fully, trust so completely, or live so joyfully without the process of the ‘cutting away and letting go.’ What God removes from our lives He does so with purpose, and He will always, always follow it with a greater harvest of good things than we ever thought possible.
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be My disciples.
JOHN 15:8 NIV
~Bonnie Jensen
Monday, August 9, 2010
My Annual Visit with Rachel
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Sunday, August 8, 2010
2010 20th Mt. Tabor Reunion Take 3
Saturday, August 7, 2010
20th Mt.Tabor Bible Camp Reunion at Camp Hiawatha
The front of the bags Linda had made for camp, still some left $3 each or 4 for $10
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