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Be still and listen to the stillness within - Darlene Larson Jenks.

No answer eludes us if we turn to the source of all answers-the stillness within.  Prayer accompanied by meditation will always provide the answers we need for the situations facing us.  The answers we want are not guaranteed, however.  We must trust that we will be directed to take the right steps.  Our well-being is assured if we let go of being the one in control and turn our wills over to the care of God, our messenger within.

How comforting to know that all answers are as close as our quiet moments.  God never chooses to keep the answers from us.  We simply fail to quiet our thoughts long enough to heed them.  Our minds race, obsessively, all too often.  We jump from one scenario to another, one fear to another, one emotion to another.  And each time our thoughts capture a new focus, we push the answer we seek further into the background.

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The process is simple, if I want to follow it.  The answers await me if I truly want them.  I need only sit quietly and ask God to offer the guidance I need.  And then I will sit quietly some more.

K. Casey

~ ** The ORIGINAL - 'Aardvark Antics' : A "FOODIE" Blog ** LAMB-chop witness ? ! ** ~

"Let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth." - John 3:18

"HAVE you ever heard of witnessing with a lamb chop ? W.H. Lax, a Methodist minister in London for 38 years, did just that.

An old man was gravely ill, and Pastor Lax called on him. The man had no time for ministers, and as soon as he saw Lax's clerical collar he turned away and refused to speak.

Lax suspected that the man's food supply had run low. So when he left the house, the minister stopped at a local butcher shop and had two lamb chops sent over. He called again in a few days and the old fellow was a bit friendlier. On his way home, Lax left another order with the butcher. By his third visit there was a noticeable change. The man was congenial and outgoing; he even allowed the minister to witness to him.

WHILE Lax was away on a preaching mission, the old man died. Apparently, he had put his trust in Christ, for just before he died he said, "Tell the minister that it's all right now. I'm going to God. But be sure to tell him it wasn't his talking that changed me. It was those lamb chops !"

MEETING someone's need can provide a great opportunity to share the gospel. It can melt the most hardened heart and open doors that have been locked for a lifetime.

Do you know someone who needs a "lamb chop" today ?" - HWR

* How can you show your love and concern by meeting the needs of people in your neighborhood or workplace ?

KINDNESS IS THE BEST

~ Humility ? ! ~

"Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honour and life" PROVERBS 22:4.

~ God Is Enough ~

"And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8)".

"God is enough. He is our all-suffcient One. He is able to make all things possible for us through His grace. The original word for this grace is "charis" or "free blessing." It is spontaneous and universal. So it is in God's adequacy that we fnd the provision which abounds with every blessing we need. He will keep nothing from us to fulfill His glorious purpose.

For what reason are these wonderful gifts supplied? "So that in all things at all times, having all you need, you will abound in every good work." Or, as one writer put it, you will have ample means in yourself to meet each and every good cause!

As we abound in all the lovely gifts of our Almighty God, there should be a natural overflow of grace from our lives. This overflow can touch those around us who are in need.

We need to ask God to make our service for Him more abounding. Remember, He is able to equip us with the abilities to meet the task.

Daily WAIT upon Him for His grace.
Be WILLING to be emptied of your own desires and to follow His direction for your life.
Seek WISDOM from Him for each day.
Work WORTHILY of God's high calling through diligence and faithfulness."

ARLISS M. ALLEN

( ** Pray; (always talk to Him throughout the day), Praise Him; (thanking Jesus/God for His wonderful character, and being in action - He's working behind the scenes of life), and read the Bible DAILY - absorbing what is being said). Cheers.k.

* See associated post dated 27/11/2010 - ETERNITY.

** ENDURING promises .. !! **

God permits personal trials so that we can see Him working in our life !! k.

"God's Word tells us that His mercies and compassions are "new every morning" (Lamentations Chapter 3:22-23) Just as each new day presents us with a different challenge, the Lord reveals the beauty of His character, the fulfillment of His promises, and the tender provision of His grace.

We don't know what today may bring. BUT we do know this: God will amaze us with His unfailing, ever-new compassions. The depths of the valleys just make His mountainpeaks that much more breathtaking". DCE

'WHERE GOD GUIDES, GOD PROVIDES'.

AWESOME !!

"Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men" - Psalm 66:5.
HOW many times in the day do I rush; not slowing down enough to say "thank you" to my Sovereign Lord for all that he has provided me with in that day! He says to my inner self "you worry too much". He indeed cares for every aspect of my life revealing quite often that I "worry too much"! I need to let go of so many things that block a deeper appreciation (understanding) of Him.