FIND THE GOOD THING TO DO AND DO IT!: ~ CRAFT ROOM CHAOS CHALLENGE! ~ I WAS OVERWHELMED!...

FIND THE GOOD THING TO DO AND DO IT!: ~ CRAFT ROOM CHAOS CHALLENGE! ~ I WAS OVERWHELMED!...: Hi! I am Linda. Watch the change from CHAOS to ORDER!    CRAFT ROOM CHAOS CHALLENGE In 3 short vids! I hope you are inspire...

~ CRAFT ROOM CHAOS CHALLENGE! ~ I WAS OVERWHELMED!

Hi! I am Linda. Watch the change from

CHAOS to ORDER! 

 CRAFT ROOM CHAOS CHALLENGE

In 3 short vids!

I hope you are inspired to take the challenge! 

Video #1 BEFORE

Video #2 PROGRESS

Video #3 FINISHED PRODUCT  COMING SOON!!

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I Choose...

I wake up. My body stirs. I rise.  My feet touch the floor. I feel the cold.
I make the short way to the kitchen and start a coffee for myself. I am alone.

There is quiet. No one to see to, they are all living adulthood.
My nest this morning is pleasant with much potential and things to do.
As I stand in the darkened front room my thoughts wander. You are there.

In my workroom I open the blinds and morning has barely made itself known,
I hear that birdsong trilling from the tall trees just outside my window and I see 
The lovely uneven treeline reaching to the sky. They have stood all night. You are there.

Your spirit of goodness is always there, that spirit of care.  I often don't realize.
My mind competes with your presence with thoughts of must haves and must dos.
Plans that impinge on the truth I dwell in. I close them all down, every care and draw on you,

You are here.



This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24
Lord, your love fills the earth. Psalm 119:64

 Linda Dulin 2/04/2019 A.M.

DAY ONE  Organizing my home workspace.                                                

Systematically combing through from corner to corner.

7 Verses Packed With Food For The Christian Soul

These 7 Verses are packed with so much food for the christian soul that I say, Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I and to repentance where I fall short, and the empowering of the Holy Spirit to do the will of God in my very own one life!
 
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. 17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is RIGHT in the sight of all men. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. 19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. 20 “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

SOMETIMES LIFE JUST SUCKS! A CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW

After a series of bad breaks in my senior years of life I have been feeling pretty useless. I have looked at my circumstances and asked in the depths of disappointment and despair, Why? What have I done? Am I a bad person deserving to be tossed around like a ruinous ship in terrible stormy sea?
And thinking back from the earliest memories of my life till now I see sorrow and hardship and I realize  the answer is no. I didn't do a thing to deserve the scenario that was parceled out to me.  Then, I think of someone I know who life treated with worse horrors than my experiences. It was a great man, a loving man, One the world was unworthy of.  He was by far the greatest, and in  selection innocent of wrong doing. Truly not guilty, and why I was compelled to write this.
That man is Jesus Christ. I am reminded in Hebrews 12:

Jesus, the Example

12 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ^2 [a]fixing our eyes on Jesus, the ^[b]author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

³ For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary ^[c]and lose heart.

A Father’s Discipline

⁴ You have not yet resisted ^[d]to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; ⁵ and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
⁶ For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”

⁷ It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we had ^[e]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of ^[f]spirits, and live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. ¹¹ All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.

¹² Therefore, ^[g]strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, ¹³ and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
¹⁴ Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; ¹⁶ that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. ¹⁷ For you know that even afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.

Contrast of Sinai and Zion

¹⁸ For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, ¹⁹ and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. ²⁰ For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.” ²¹ And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.” ²² But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of ^[h]angels, ²³ to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, ²⁴ and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

The Unshaken Kingdom

²⁵ See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, ^[i]much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. ²⁶ And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” ²⁷ This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. ²⁸ Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us ^[j]show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; ²⁹ for our God is a consuming fire.

RECOGNIZE YOUR CAMELOTS by Linda Dulin

 TIME STOOD STILL.

A Beautiful Space in Time

'Don't let it be forgot 

 That once there was a spot 

For one brief shining moment 

That was known as Camelot.'

I have learned that Camelot is not a physical place but, moments in time in many ordinary places and some extraordinary places. You can experience Camelot in the midst of joy in a rocking chair reading a story book. 
It can even be discovered in the midst of sorrow and chaos through pure goodness expressed through another human being. 

True Camelot is revealed to seekers who look at the greater picture for it is not one brief shining moment, rather a lifetime of shining moments, some that exist within us already, and many that 
are to come. 

Reflect on the beauty of your life and look forward and recognize the moments of Camelot that are to come. Some experience shining moments of the past without realizing they are to be found in the presence of today as well as tomorrow, not just yesterday. This failure to acknowledge a whole universe of Camelots swirling toward them causes a breakdown in their life system. And so they are consumed by the terrible sadness that they cling to. 

They fear by letting go that a beautiful part of living dies but, it is not so. To let go of the sadness is to allow the beauty of all the moments in time of the Camelots past, present, and those to come to shine ever so beautifully, and with unparalleled  contentment within. Isn't that what Camelot is? Beautiful, unparalleled contentment?

  In the following the error is corrected. It is a beautiful gift of direction from the bible: 

Finally, brothers & sisters, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Philippians 4:8

And so, here and now re-penned:

“Don't let it be forgot 

 That forever in your heart,

 There are many shining moments 

 That are known as Camelot.”                                                     

Father God.

Thank you for being faithful to preach the gospel to the poor; 

to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, 

and recovering of sight to the blind, and for being faithful 

to set at liberty them that are bruised... Luke 4:18 

And I pray fervently that you minister these things to the reader who happens here.

From one of these. 

Linda Dulin December 2018

                                                                                                                                                   L.D. 

This is why believers are divided

“But Christ has blessed you with the Holy Spirit.” 1 John 2:27
How then is there such division in the Body of Christ?

Only the Holy Spirit has perfect Truth. This is my basis for having a willingness to listen to different ministers of the word from different denominations in particular in the Body of Christ, realizing that one who may have some truths may be in error in something else. How can this be in those guided by the Holy Spirit of God? Division is caused and confusion and an often total disconnect in the world wide Body of Christ between denominations. So, what is the truth? Hear the word of the Lord God: For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. (1 Cor 14:33) 

We Are All On The Same Side, Aren't We?

Come let us reason together. If God himself speaks this to us as in the following: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; ( Isaiah 1:18) Surely we are called to reason in all things concerning the word of truth and to do so in peace. The spirit of love and peace does not turn on those of other or even the same denomination in ridicule and hatred with an attitude to destroy. We are all on the same side and God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are on the throne. Remember James 1:20 says:
for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

 https://biblehub.com/isaiah/1-18.htm

Another basis in the bible for seeking the truth in the Holy Spirit is that we are instructed to test the spirit and to also ask the Holy Spirit to guide us into his truth. Are we afraid to listen with the Holy Spirit as our Guide? What does the following verse say to you? Hear the word of the Lord: 

1st John 2:27  But Christ has blessed you with the Holy Spirit. Now the Spirit stays in you, and you don't need any teachers. The Spirit is truthful and teaches you everything. So stay one in your heart with Christ, just as the Spirit has taught you to do.

 Find many bible translations of each scripture for yourself here:

https://biblehub.com/1_john/2-27.htm

 

Welcome the process of being guided by the Holy Spirit into His Truth, welcome the Holy Spirit. 

Be a lover of the Truth of God. Be a student of the Bible. Be a seeker of God's Truth not of your own truth, God's Truth, not the Truth of one particular sect of the Body of Christ which can render you dogmatic. Seek to be guided by the Holy Spirit of God, which as the word says, will lead you into truth. Not a preacher, a bishop, a priest, but the Holy Spirit. 

DOES IT SAY DON'T LISTEN TO ANYONE?  

NO! I am saying let the Holy Spirit of God reign supreme above all most important as the one who gives you the truth! After all, it is HIS TRUTH!

Prove The Spirits

We are admonished in 2 Timothy 2:15 to: Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. * We are further admonished to test the spirits in 1st John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Only the Holy Spirit has the complete Truth. He will help you to discern God’s Truth and teachers of truth. Even when they may go off the path of truth! Above all in this process let the love of God be ruling foremost in your spirit!

Believing you have the corner on Truth is dogma whether you are one person or a religious group or sect. This is why we as blood bought christians, those who profess to be followers of Christ Jesus our Lord are greatly DIVIDED! 

Perfect love casts out fear. Love one another. Love the Truth, not lies, not comfort, not accommodation of sin. even if it is a law of the tradition of an organization that does not adhere to bible truth. Be a seeker of the Truth of God guided by the Holy Spirit as you test the spirits on this earth professing to have and expound Truth. Whose truth do we want anyway?

Remember, we are all ever growing or we are becoming stagnant. 

Why would we allow ourselves to be molded into a particular church doctrine that if we look into the word is not in the truth? And, rather than change the error seek to change or disallow what the word of truth teaches by the guidance of the Holy Spirit which is given to believers.

 What is this? Are these followers of Christ Jesus in truth? What are these following? 

Don’t Be Lazy. 
Open your mind and heart to the Holy Spirit as you read the Bible. Don’t seek your own truth, or a certain doctrinal teaching. Seek the truth of God through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit, reason with the many bible scholars in the printed word, as well as those who are teaching on many subjects of the Bible in pulpits of various sorts,  to include the many videos available to you free online.  Being very careful to not get out of step with the Holy Spirit but embrace his voice as you ask for his truth in the matter as you test the spirits.

Don’t give yourself in to any dogma or cult thinking. In God there is no room for dogma, or cult thinking which does not elevate the Living God, it only elevates that person or an organization in a lie. The lie? That unless you are a follower of our church doctrine you are on the outside. You have not quite entered in. No place is that written except in their own church laws developed in a lie. It is a heresy of ego imposed long ago.  Love for the Body of Christ in truth is not present, only for that sect of ‘believers’.

The Truth of God must reign higher than lies and any false doctrine. How can this be promoted?

Many examples of false doctrine could be easily pointed out, but to what end? The purpose of this article is to say, if the Holy Spirit lives in you, ask him to guide you into his truth, not man’s doctrine or tradition. 
Those things are no substitute for God’s truth which he will open up to you for the good of the entire Body of Christ, true believers, seekers of the Truth of God, nestled in the many imperfect church groups throughout the world, don’t settle for falsehoods that divide the Body of Christ.

  1st Corinthians Chapter 13 known as the place in the bible where God's love is well defined for us. A perfect God laid out the highest order for his people to be LOVE. Faith, hope and love, and the greatest is LOVE. He made certain we have an understanding of the love he speaks of. If a believer really desires to follow Jesus Christ they will want to understand this. As a matter of fact it is written in 1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Go here for the full text about LOVE. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into more truth as you read and meditate:
https://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/13-4.htm

A Word Of Caution
Be a truth seeker. Seek God's truth, his revelation, not your own. 
I repeat, be aware of your own ego when seeking truth and desire God's truth, not your own. As you seek the truth continually remind yourself and God in humility that you seek his truth and not your own.  

We don't have all the answers but a Living God does.

Here is a link to a free Audio Bible. It is a great study help.
https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/audio/

May the love of God and for God reign in your heart and be spread abroad. Holy Spirit of God I ask that You help us more and more every day to operate in love, in Jesus name I pray for all of the church, your church Lord, the Bride of Christ, the Body of Christ.  Amen.