~ EVERY Breath I Take ! ~ ..

Thank You for my life, LORD. Every breath I breathe is a gift from You - my beating heart, my pulsing blood, eyes that see, and fingers that can touch the ones' I love. *In Jesus precious Name (*because, if it wasn't for Him, I would have nothing; no hope.k.). Amen.
- 365 EVERYDAY PRAYERS (*and, Kim).

** The KEY !!

"FOR God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes IN Him should not perish but have everlasting life" (JOHN 3:16).
+ cross references: Rom. 5:8 [Is. 9:6]
THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.

+ JESUS carries our burden !!

"A man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering . . . , Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows (Isaiah 53:3-4)".

'We were home on furlough and nicely settled in a big roomy house in downtown Toronto. My husband was on a missionary tour in British Columbia.

The children and I loved being with my dad, and it gave them a sense of belonging after the long separation from family.

Then suddenly he was gone! Stricken with a heart attack, he died late one night, all alone. No more loving, laughing Grandpa. No more dear, understanding Dad.

Letters, phone calls and visits helped me greatly. Yet the real comfort lay in reading in God's Word such passages as, "A man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering."

To be familiar with a subject is to know it thoroughly. Jesus saw, He knew and He identified Himself with a suffering world. He watched the widow of Nain as she followed the casket of her only son. He heard the sobbing of Mary and Martha at the tomb of Lazarus. He watched it all. He became acquainted with grief - their grief, our grief.

But it does not stop there. "Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows." How precious to tear-stained eyes are those words! If we are carrying a heavy bag up the stairs and someone says, "Here, let me carry that," and he takes it from us, who is carrying it? Is it not the one who took it from us?

The passage does not say that He took it away, thrust it from us or stamped it out. He does that with our sins. Sorrow is very different. He lifts our sorrows to His shoulders and walks right along beside us. He just comes to us and says, "Let Me carry that!" '

M. KELLY

* 1 Thessalonians 4:13 " ... lest you sorrow as others who have no hope".

~ * 'In The Night' ? ! ! ~

"Thank God for You, good friend of mine,
Seldom is friendship such as thine;
How very much I hope to be
As helpful as you've been to me" - C.

* Read: 1 Samuel 20: 30 - 42.

~ Life's EVENTS ! ~

"I know there are many things I cannot control, no matter how hard I may try, and many of life's events break my heart. STILL I have hope, because, through it all I have You.

Thank you, Lord for hope.

In Jesus name. Amen."

~ Inspiration ! ~

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

** ~ AT this "NEARING" CHRISTMAS 'TIME' !!! ~ **

EACH of us are dying each day! A sobering thought, isn't it? We can run but we can never hide.

*ARE you prepared for your spiritual future/Eternity? We are separately placed here on this earth to ULTIMATELY make an eternal choice. WHERE are you going to spend your Eternity?? WHO do you need to spend Eternity with?

I've made my choice by sincerely (earnestly/genuinely) asking Jesus to "come into my heart"! I KNOW where I'm "going" (*moving forward in life to be eventually kept in a better situation)!

Take action and make the right decision NOW before it's TOO late (*WHAT's just 'around the corner' or even what will happen TOMORROW? ARE we able to truthfully answer that question?).

In the best of interest and hope for each,
Kim.

* LASTING lifetime ... !! *

"LIVE life ... NOW (give back)" (Anon).

** Walk outside yourself EVERYDAY !!! **

"TAKE a walk outside yourself every day. There is a world out there where hope makes waves and there is colour and light" (Carer-Anon).