Notes from the Northland

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Happy Birthday Evelyn Hart Pohjola!

58 looks pretty good on Evelyn!

Old Friends, Good Friends....
We have been thru thick and thin together!
God is good to bless us with each other.
Yvonne, Evelyn, Toni and in back
Dianne, Elaine and Susan

You Are Not Alone

Colorado~ photo by heather bauer christine

You are not alone—
For God is with you.
You are not defenseless—
For God is your protector.
You are not inadequate—
For God is your sufficiency.
You are not useless—
For God has a purpose for your life.
You are not worthless—
For God sent His Son to die for you.
You are not without hope—
For God has a place prepared for you.
You are not unloved—
For God loves you with an everlasting love.
You are not rejected, or abandoned—
For God calls you His own.
~ meet me in the meadow

“I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”
Hebrews 13:5 NLT

Sunday, June 27, 2010

God Has Chosen You

~photo by toni drake

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: John 15:16 KJV

God was the one who formed you, gave you the breath of life, and brought you into the world. He did this so that His arms could embrace you and His love could keep you—He wanted you to know that your relationship with Him would always be of more value than the things He would have you do for Him. He wanted you to be certain that He loved you completely before you ever did anything in His service, so that your service would never become a way of trying to earn His love or favor.

As you came to know His heart and hear His voice, you heard Him speak a call to your life. This call would mean that He would never ask you to do anything for Him that He expected you to do without Him. He alone would be your sufficiency. His only desire is that you daily open your heart to His resources—never saying, “I can’t,” without also being able to say, “He can!”

You are now in the place He has called you. He has made no mistakes in leading you. Even in the hard places He is working out what is best—not only for you and for others, but also for His Kingdom. He is not looking at your statistics or programs to measure you; He is looking at your heart to see if you are faithful. He wants you to know that the results of your obedience are for Him to determine. Be assured that it is His presence that will keep you and make you strong.

You are in God’s place at God’s perfect time. Your days are in His hands, and He is your future. He has gifted you and placed His hand upon you to bless you and make you a blessing. The burden of your ministry is not yours to carry—as you rest, He will work; as you abide, He will bring fruit; as you sow, He will give the increase. He is your shield and your exceeding great reward.

He is your provider. He will take care of you. He will nurture and sustain you. His Spirit is the wind to cool you, the water to refresh you, the power to enable you, the oil to anoint you, and the river that flows through you to touch the lives of others. Continue to be God’s man, in God’s place, doing God’s will, in God’s way, and always remember—God has chosen you!
~meet me in the morning