Flashback...

Good Morning Father,

Facebook, does what it calls a "Flashback" it captures things one was doing a year or so ago on the exact date. Thinking... what was on my heart and mind a year ago?

Flashback to my LifeJournal, February 10, 2016, "No Other"

This was the entry...


“So remember this and keep it firmly in mind: The LORD is God both in heaven and on earth, and there is no other. If you obey all the decrees and commands I am giving you today, all will be well with you and your children. I am giving you these instructions so you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you for all time.” Deuteronomy 4:39-40 (NLT) 

Good Morning Father,

As I sit in your presence this morning, meditating on words of life and truth. Your abiding presence-- something I long for daily. Daily drinking from your fountain, daily desiring the rivers of living water to flow from me and to share with those in need. We all desire to live a rich, long life. We are told that a day with the Lord is as a thousand years. I suppose I have lived longer than I know. I have experienced so much joy... and sorrow...the truth is-- joy without sorrow is not joy at all. Who would know good if bad was not present. These thoughts too wonderful for me and yet I seen to grasp the depths of its meaning.

Lord, you are taking me down another path of learning and maturity for your glory. I have come to understand even more that one can trust and yet experience suffering. Jesus trusted and yet he suffered at the hands of those who would seek to destroy him. Of course, the truth was that he was in control at all times, nothing taken... everything given. Nothing can be taken from us, but freely given is what is required of us. Freely given self, freely given praise, freely given sacrifice, freely given services, freely given love and truth. Everything good must be freely given.

Today, many sick and suffering are on my heart. As I reflect on the writer of the book of Luke... Luke was a physician. You permitted Luke to know the True Healer. Imagine a physician, witnessing the power of healing not from man made hands or science. You healed with a word, you healed with a touch, sometimes you sent a word from a distance. The conclusion: You are the God that heals our infirmities, every dis-ease that we encounter is subject to your power.

...Many private prayers followed...and a year later...I can see that God heard every prayer-- answered prayers and some still pending, but I can see the handiwork of God. The conclusion, there is "No Other!"