Lord help me to always be bold in and for You. Help me to be quick to admit my mistakes and quick to set things aright. Help me to hold my love for You and faith in You out for everyone to see that they too may come to know You  and love You. Amen

Love

Lord I am not ashamed of my love for You or my faith in You.

I want all the world to see You and know You too.

I know that it's not like me to be so bold.

I know it's Your love flowing through me, that makes me want to bring others in out of the cold.

My heart aches for everyone to have a real relationship with You.

Lord my heart breaks when I see people in time of trouble with out You to turn to.

So How can I keep from singing, how can I keep from praising, how can I keep from telling about You.

No I don't want to keep from showing, No I don't want to keep anyone from knowing, all the wonderful things You do.

My Lord Jesus I am in love with You!

I want everyone to love You too!

Moony Bugs

When I was a little girl my uncle introduced me to what he called moony bugs. My uncle showed me how to look in the yard for a little cone shaped pile of sand. Then he told me to get on my knees and lean close to the pile and say in a loud voice" here moony, moony, moony" until the little crab like creature would come out. I did and sure enough the little crab like creature came out! Perhaps it was some sort of underground spider I don't know. I think it was the vibrations of my voice that made it come out to investigate. Anyway for a 5 or six year old it was interesting and fun. When I was still young in the Lord I use to hide in the sand. I call it Christian sand. I felt real comfortable confessing my faith in and love for Jesus in front of other Christians. But I felt rather shy about doing so in front of people whom I knew would reject and ridicule me and Jesus. Thanks be to God that has changed. I don't mind that my old B. J. (before Jesus) friends say "oh no here she comes, that Jesus freak". I don't mind seeing people squirm when they see me coming because they know I am going to talk about Jesus. It doesn't bother me if  the friends I made A. J. (after Jesus) say "doesn't she ever talk about anything else but Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, and life with them or what new thing she learned from them?!" I admit I still feel a little out of place and shy but my heart for God  and my love for others wont let my mouth keep still. I want every one to know God in a more real way. I want every one to know Him and fall deeply in love with Him. I hurt for people who don't have or know they can have a real relationship with Jesus. I hurt for people who in great grief and tragedy don't have God to turn to. God's love flowing into and through me has pulled me out of hiding in the Christian sand. My love for Him and others and my faith in Him keeps me from going back there to hide. When I am made fun of  or not received well I  feel sorry for them, not for myself  because I have something special with Jesus and my heart bleeds wishing they had it too. And If  I speak something that I believe I received from the Lord I am not afraid to fall flat on my face. If  I am wrong and someone makes me aware of it sure I am embarrassed but I pray I will be quick to admit it and set things aright. But I wont go back and hide in the sand.

O my God, I trust in You; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me. Psalm 25:2, For whoever is ashamed of  Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with holy angels. Mark 8:38, For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Romans 1:16, According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death. Philippians 1:20, Having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. 1 Peter 3:16

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