**Funny how I wrote all of this, especially that second portion, right after writing about forgiveness. -JB**
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow!
Praise Him, all creatures here below!
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host!
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen.
I have to apologize if you’ve been seeing notification after notification of all I’m rambling about here. I’ve been making post after post and it’s not like I’m totally happy about everything that I’ve made public here, but again, I’m reminding myself (and all of us, I suppose) that this is all primarily for me to just defragment all that’s in my mind, and to allow things inside this noggin to flow in and out freely.
The same way a river just continues to smooth out edges, continues to remove and move anything loose in its path, continues to provide fresh nourishment to everything in its shores, and so on, so every time I’m on here I’m opening the floodgates and allowing the dam to give way to the flow, allowing the Word and all revelation to flow in and through my mind, clarifying what I’m thinking about, removing anything that doesn’t belong, and refreshing my entire being.
Yeah, I guess writing does all that, doesn’t it? It’s also why we exercise. I mean, sure, we’re burning calories, we’re losing weight, but we’re also getting our minds used to movement, getting our muscles all riled up to build up… and, also, we’re allowing blood to flow through our entire body faster, to smooth out vessels, to loosen up and eliminate plaque, and to bring oxygen and everything else the rest of the body needs in each department.
Yup. Writing AND exercise does all that. Not sure why we’re delving on this on this day of all days – Valentines’ Day, that is – but, well, it all looks like a good start.
Oh, and yes, thank you for your time reading through all this. I’m not necessarily sure what you’re all picking up here. If you’re looking for stuff to incriminate me with, or dirt to use against me, I don’t know, you’re free to manipulate whatever comes out here; I mean, if you do find anything (and given enough time and intention you’re sure to see something), and even if it does find me guilty of shortcoming, falling short or disgracing myself and anyone else, I pray that the Holy Spirit just causes all of it to point to Christ and His finished work.
May my imperfections point to His goodness, and may His goodness lead all of us (myself included) into repentance… and may we all be transformed by the renewing of our mind.
To God be the glory, great things He hath done,
so loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
and opened the life-gate that all may go in.
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father through Jesus the Son,
and give Him the glory, great things He hath done!
The enemy came to steal, and this time he did. And it was painful.
Fortunately, Christ came to give us life, and life abundant. It’s not something to ask for, it’s something already done. Eternal and everlasting life is here and now, we live forever because Christ already died and rose again.
What the devil and the enemy has meant for evil, the Lord works for good.
What has been stolen will be returned sevenfold.
We are not begging God, but speaking from authority as sons and daughters of the Most High.
We speak from a victory that has already been won.
The promise – that God causes all things to work for the good of those who love Him – is guaranteed by Christ and His finished work, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
We cried pretty good at the police parking lot, but it was all in prayer.
I took the time not only to express how much this hurt, but how much everything else I’ve been brooding over has hurt as well.
In some incidents such as this one, the pain was sudden, the pain was intense.
For other issues, the pain was immense but panned out over extended periods of time.
So we let it all out. We cried out to the Lord.
We found comfort in the reading of His Word; rather, the recalling of His Word, by way of Christ’s finished work and the power of the Holy Spirit.
We remembered Joseph, whose trial involved both sudden and intense pain, as well as an extended bout of suffering which lasted years, even decades.
We were encouraged, as through it all, He sought the Lord, and found favor with man (Pharaoh, the baker, the butler, Potiphar, the warden)
We were comforted, as after it all, when he confronted his own flesh and blood who flung him into despair so many years ago, it was him who said ‘“Do not fear, for am I in the place of God? 20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. 21 So do not fear; I will provide for you and your little ones.”‘ (Genesis 50:19-21)
On the ride home we were reminded, that our God – The Creator of the Universe and all things seen and unseen, the Maker of the heavens and the earth, of time and space, eternally wise and infinitely powerful – This God, the ONLY God, is our Father, and as such, is part of our family.
Because of the Holy Spirit, who has caused us to believe in Christ, that we would be saved, and our household as well, we believe and proclaim that our Father is involved in all that’s happening, all that’s happened in our families.
We take heart, and we are encouraged, for we know that as we acknowledge our Father in this unfortunate circumstance, He will direct our steps, and establish our thoughts, with peace that goes beyond all understanding.
We take heart, and we are encouraged, for as we continue to place our trust in the Lord, and in His name, we will not be put to shame.
The enemy messed with the wrong family. God is good Father of House Lardizabal.
And for a moment I caught myself thinking and even attempting to encourage my mother, that ‘it could have been worse‘; No, this time I choose to stand for my family, and proclaim that, again, we have a Father who will not let us down.
We have a Father who has seen all this that has happened, and while we have much to learn from this painful situation, we have no doubt that He will come against these bad actors who have dared to harm His sons and daughters.
In fact, it brings us to genuine concern, causing us to pray sincerely for them, that in all of this they would come to see the absolute goodness and glory of God, leading to their repentance unto transformation, leading to their salvation.
All glory and honor to God, our King, and our Father. He is good, and He is good all the time.
Stay vigilant and take care of each other. Stay prayerful.
God bless us all!
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