The four living creatures have eyes all around. I liken it to my childhood kaleidoscope. With just a slight twist of my hands the whole scene changed. Each time the creatures saw the Lord they proclaimed, “…Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!”

Each glimpse caused them to give glory and honor and thanks, and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lord and worshiped Him. They cast their crowns before the throne. In verse 11 they said, “You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.”

Since these were all heavenly beings who dwelt in the Presence of the Lord, what will it be like for us when we enter eternity? I think of the chorus to the song, “When We See Christ.”

It will be worth it all when we see Jesus, life’s trials will seem so small when we see Christ; one glimpse of His dear face all sorrow will erase, so bravely run the race till we see Christ.”

I remember the sound as we pulled into the Niagara Falls parking lot on the Canadian side. As the six of us rounded the corner, our first glimpse of the Falls captured our whole being. The scene before us was beyond words to describe. The magnitude of the power was astounding.

Psalm 119:161 says, “Princes persecute me without a cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your word.” The persecution did not distract their heart, because God’s word filled it with awe.

I like to picture Revelation 4. What an astounding scene for John to take in. The first thing he saw was God’s throne and the One who sat on it. Verse 3 says He was, “…like a jasper and a sardius stone…and there was a rainbow around the throne in appearance like an emerald.”

The next scene was around the throne. There were twenty-four thrones with twenty-four elders. Verse 5 says that from the throne, “…proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices…” In verses 6-8 the four living creatures were described. They did not rest day and night.

In Exodus 15, Moses and the children of Israel sang a song. In verse 11 it says, “Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, fearful in praise, doing wonders?”

I love Isaiah 40. Verse 18 says, “To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare Him to?” In verse 25 the Lord asked the question, “To whom then will you liken Me? Or to whom shall I be equal?”

Verse 28 says, “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.”

Romans 11:33 says, “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!”

In Psalm 8:4 David posed this question. “What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?” We are created for relationship. How can we but stand in awe?

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Victorious Garden: true heart forgiveness

This is a compilation of seven ebooks now in audiobook form from Amazon or Audible

Here is the back cover

Why do some get stuck in the quagmire of unforgiveness?  Why are some relationships more difficult to maintain than others?  What causes angry outbursts, or withdrawal and depression?

The Bible clearly reveals God’s higher way to victorious living.  Jesus came to set the captives free, and to give us abundant life through relationship with Him.  This book explores various aspects of how to heal our heart from the destructive patterns of unforgiveness.

You can be free from the hurts of your past.  It all begins with your thoughts.  Your thoughts control your brain, but your brain controls your body.  Negative thoughts, buried hurts, bitterness, unresolved issues, and anger all destroy your health.  As you diligently apply God’s word to your heart, your thought processes will be purified and renewed.  You will then experience the truths of His word that will set you free to be who He created you to be.

You can look these up for yourselves. In Joshua 8:19-20 the entire city of Ai and their people were defeated. In Daniel 3:24-27 the three Hebrew young men were thrown into a fiery furnace. The Lord met them in the midst. Verse 27 says that their hair was not singed, nor their clothes, nor was there the smell of fire on them.

In Daniel 6:22-24 we read that Daniel was thrown into the lion’s den, yet he was unharmed because the Lord shut the lion’s mouths. The king was angry and threw the evil plotters and their families into the den. Before they landed, the lions devoured them.

In Exodus 14 the Lord supplied the children of Israel with manna for 40 years. They loathed the manna and complained when they looked back. Numbers 11:1-6. Joshua 5:12 says that it ceased on the day they got into the promised land. Not only that but Deuteronomy 29:5 says, “…Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.” !!

We are not to live in yesterday’s faith. Hebrews 11:1 calls it now faith. God’s instructions to David were totally different from the first time. In 2 Samuel 5:24 he was told to wait until “…you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly…”

This is a lesson for us to totally rely on the Lord in our present impossibilities. We wait on the Lord each time, because He has the wisdom we need. Learning to be still and wait is a discipline that has to be developed. Isaiah 30:21 says, “Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it…”

In Exodus 14 the children were locked into an impossible situation. Pharaoh and his entire army were behind them, and the uncrossable Red Sea before them. Verse 13 says, “…Do not be afraid. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord…”

The Lord divided the Red Sea and they walked across on dry land. When the Egyptian army followed, He took off their chariot wheels, and brought the waters back over them.

I allowed my mind to circle back into God’s word to recount times when God miraculously intervened in humanly impossible situations. He is the same today for us as He was for them. That is so stabilizing and encouraging. 

Hebrews 13:5 says that He will never leave us nor forsake us. Verse 8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” I love 2 Timothy 2:13. It is one of my anchor verses. It says, “If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.”

In 2 Chronicles 20 the children of Israel were threatened by a great multitude coming against them. Watch how the Lord intervened, as He defeated their enemy through praise. Verse 22 says, “Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people…and they were defeated.” 

The Philistines had come out in battle array. 2 Samuel 5:17-25. King David inquired of the Lord. The Lord delivered in a miraculous way. The Philistines again deployed themselves. David again inquired of the Lord. 

The Lord is our Masterful Orchestrator. Everything He does has purpose that uniquely fits into His plan for our lives. My writings are part of the good works He purposed for me before time began.

It wasn’t until early 2019 that I was able to resume work on His project. Seven more ebooks to publish, then the process of creating paperbacks began. Amazon doesn’t cost anything but time to publish. Ecclesiastes 11:1 says, “Cast your bread upon the waters…” Now after years of publishing, He opened the door to convert my ebooks into audiobooks. 

Psalm 16:7 says, “I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; my heart also instructs me in the night seasons.” We know that meditating on His word yields fruit for us to eat, and for others as well.

Meditating implants His word, it feeds our spirit man, and it often reveals hidden lies that control us. The next time you are sleepless, I encourage you to meditate on His word. Of course that means that it has to first be in you in order to ruminate on it.

I was memorizing Psalm 119:148. It says, “My eyes are awake through the night watches…” Does that ever happen to you? You may have trouble falling asleep, or you wake up and can’t go back to sleep.

The verse continued with a purposeful solution. It says, “…that I may meditate on Your word.” As I repeated the first part over and over, my mind went back to a season in my life in 2016. 

The Lord woke me up to meditate on His word in the middle of the night. It was a time of obedience without understanding the why. He would give me a few words or a phrase from Scripture. As I meditated on them, He would give me other verses and insights to connect with them. In the morning I would type what He gave me.

His plan slowly unfolded to end up as 28 short published ebooks over a period of seven and one half months. Later He revealed that they were to be five paperbacks, with seven chapters each of the same subject. Then I had another brain injury and it all stopped.

Romans 8:29 declared the Lord’s goal. The question: Is it yours as well? It says, “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son…” Our Potter is always at work. He uses the pressure of our trials to center us on Him. 

We are vessels of earthen clay. 2 Corinthians 4:7 says, “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” What is our part?

Romans 6:13 says, “And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.”

Verse 18 says, “And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.” Verse 2 says, “…How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” Verse 11 is the answer. It says, “…reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin…” We keep our thoughts centered on  Him, through the constant awareness that we are dead to sin.