I want HIM to complete the WORK HE BEGAN IN MY HUSBAND BEFORE! He has dragged me out of the pit. WHEN IS HE GOING TO GET JEFF?
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AmyC read this slowly
Habakkuk Chapter 2 1 I will stand at my guard post, and station myself upon the rampart, And keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my complaint. 2 Then the LORD answered me and said: Write down the vision Clearly upon the tablets, so that one can read it readily. 3 For the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint; If it delays, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not be late.
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WOMAN! You rang a bell and sent me searching...look what I wrote 1 week after I moved out of the house last December:
Quote: Tomorrow evening my internet at the apartment (ok, so I actually refer to it as my "ghetto Barbie townhouse" - but I do it while laughing so don't smack me around for that. It's the only laugh I've had in ages.)
Anyhow, I'll update soon. But I have to post this now because it will be relevant and I'll also need the reminder.
Habakkuk 2
I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the Lord says and how He will answer my complaint...
Then the Lord said to me, "Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others. This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed".
Note that the Amplified bible says to wait EARNESTLY
Earnestly defined is:
1. serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous:
2. showing depth and sincerity of feeling: earnest words; an earnest entreaty.
3. seriously important; demanding or receiving serious attention.
4. full seriousness, as of intention or purpose: to speak in earnest.
Every action should be in preparation for the manifestation of our faith, the restoration of our families. I am constantly being distracted, losing hope, getting waylayed...I have yet to find a remedy for that... don't think there is one...it is part of the valley.
My sincere hope is that it makes a difference that I do always seem to get back on course eventually....
"Now the just shall live by faith" the Book of Hebrews says.
Then the way we live, the way others SEE US LIVING, should reflect all of our mutual stands. How long will any of us stand? I don't know. I am taking it one single day at a time. I don't know how long I will endure.
But I know how long all of us CAN endure. We CAN do it as long as we let God be our strength, our source and our hope.
That's all I know. Well that and that this valley is an awfully lonely place considering there are so many of us here...
I will update when my internet service is hooked up at the apartment.
Thank you all for the prayers. I know that's the only thing that caused me to get through the last few days.
Quote: My daughter and I decided this afternoon that we were going to walk on the beach at Yorktown. Being raised here, we take that place for granted and although my kids have gone there on field trips, I can't say I have walked the battle fields with them other than to sit on the cannons when they were little. We went onto the battlefield today and walked around. We found an old cemetary and walked around reading the tombstones that dated back to the 1800s.
At one point, I was in what I called a trench. I was down below and she was up a few feet higher than me. I looked over at the sign they had posted and a word caught my eye. The sign said "field fortification" and then went on to describe how the troops basically dug in and built mounds of dirt around themselves to be protected from enemy troops. That's when I looked around. I was standing basically in a huge oval area and all around me was a wall of dirt with grass on it. No one on top, unless they were right there looking down, could have seen me. If I were in a war, the walls all around me would have protected me against attack.
Now here's my "holy crap" moment....
I posted THIS at 1:06 this morning (3/3/07):
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For the last week I have had one word keep popping up in my head.
Fortified.
I couldn't figure out why that word kept bugging me.
I looked it up for an official definition as opposed to my just thinking along the lines of vitamins.
Interesting.
It means "strengthened against attack".
When I looked around this evening and saw the wall built around me, I was pretty much just dumbstruck.
No one in this world or even straight out of hell could convince me now that I haven't been being readied to make THIS very stand.
That word being in my mind and then me standing there like I did tonight was no coincidence.
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