Sharon Sharing God: SATURDAY STROLL

Saturday, June 2, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - Open My Eyes

Welcome to "SATURDAY STROLL!"

In these posts I will be interacting with Scripture – making it a conversational walk of faith.

Sometimes we'll be talking with Jesus, sometimes God will be talking with us.

There might even be *guest appearances* by some of our beloved characters from the Bible!

So put on your walking shoes – you know we can all use the exercise!

OPEN MY EYES, LORD

As Jesus and the disciples left the town of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind. Two blind men were sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

"Be quiet!" the crowd yelled at them.

But they only shouted louder, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

When Jesus heard them, he stopped and called, "What do you want me to do for you?"

"Lord," they said, "we want to see!"

Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Instantly they could see!

Then they followed him.

***Let me take the liberty to re-write this passage***

As Sharon was preparing to leave the town she's lived in for 28 years, a large crowd of Satan's forces followed behind. She sat by the road, and shouted to Jesus, "Lord, have mercy on me!"

"Be quiet!" the devil and his demons yelled at her.

But she only shouted louder, "Lord, have mercy on me!"

Jesus stopped and called, "Sharon, what do you want Me to do for you?"

"Lord," she said, "I want to see YOU in all of this!"

Jesus felt sorry for her and touched her heart. Instantly she could see!

Then she followed Him, trusting again in where He was leading.

I have had so many struggles as I face my imminent move to the mountains. This passage really spoke to me - and to any of us who just plain get overwhelmed by life.

Sometimes we just need to shout in prayer!

And the Lord always answers.

Jesus, give us YOU - let us see YOU - let us know YOU - help us to follow YOU!

(Selection from Matthew 20)

Where in your life right now do you want Jesus to open your eyes so you can see Him?

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5 comments:

UnknownJune 2, 2012 at 8:44 AM
Hi Sharon,

Yes I want to see Jesus in my plans for the future. Most of the time I think I can, but sometimes those Satan messengers of doubt harrass me too.

God Bless - Nita
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Chatty CroneJune 2, 2012 at 6:50 PM
How are you doing and I hope it is all coming together for you - I know you have a lot of work going on!
I do have Jesus and plan to keep him forever.
Love, sandie
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CharlotteJune 5, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Amen. I love the way you applied this scripture to your own life. It helps to apply it to ours.
Blessings,
Charlotte
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DebbieJune 6, 2012 at 3:57 AM
I totally relate to the times when we have to just shout to the LORD. I've done it myself more than once. I think the key is that you/we are shouting TO Him and not AT him. That small difference makes all the difference.

(And I'll admit that there have been a few times, one actually, when I shouted AT Him. It did not bring peace.)
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DeniseJune 6, 2012 at 7:21 PM
Amen, amen.
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"So [I] have been greatly encouraged in the midst of [my] troubles and suffering, dear brothers and sisters, because you have remained strong in your faith. It gives [me] new life to know that you are standing firm in the Lord. How [I] thank God for you!" (1 Thessalonians 3:7-9)

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MY WORD FOR 2016

GRATEFUL

Grateful: feeling or showing thanks to someone for some helpful act; appreciative of benefits received; warmly or deeply thankful; indebted; beholden.

Word origin: 1550's, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" – derived from the same word origin as the word "grace."

The trick to changing your behavior is to become more thankful.

The practice of gratitude involves a focus on the present moment, on appreciating your life as it is today and what has made it so.

Let us begin an eternal quest to express in new and creative ways our thanks to God.

So I'm breathing in Your grace,

And I'm breathing out Your praise.

Let our prayers be the overflow of a grateful heart to God.

Three steps in prayer:

PRAISE – praise, reverence, worship, adoration, and awe for who God is and what He does

ASK – honest, earnest, and intense requests

THANK YOU – always end with thanksgiving for everything

Pulpit commentary:

In everything give thanks.

In every circumstance – in joy and in sorrow; for everything – for prosperity and for adversity; in every place – in the house of God and on the bed of sickness.

Christians should not only be engaged in constant prayer, but in constant thanksgiving.

For this – this thankful spirit – is the will of God, His desire.

God by the gift of his Son has laid us under the obligation of perpetual thanksgiving. Our whole lives ought to be one continued thank-offering for all the blessings of redemption.

Gill's Exposition:

Thanks are to be given to him for all things…

For all temporal good things;

for our beings, the preservation of them;

for food and raiment, and all the mercies of life;

for the means of grace, the word and ordinances, and the ministers of the Gospel;

for spiritual blessings, for electing, redeeming, regenerating, adopting, pardoning, justifying, and persevering grace:

for a meetness for heaven, a right unto it, and a good hope of it;

and especially for Jesus Christ, for such a…Saviour, and advocate with the Father, as he is; and for life, peace, joy, comfort, righteousness, and salvation in him.

Thanks should be given to God in every circumstance of life; in adversity, as Job did; when not in so comfortable and agreeable a frame of soul as to be wished for…even under the temptations of Satan…since the grace of God is sufficient to bear up under them, and deliver out of them.

[Give thanks] in afflictions of every kind, since they are all for good – temporal, or spiritual, or eternal.

WHAT IS LOVE?

Love is when you are missing some of your teeth but you're not afraid to smile because you know your friends will still love you even though some of you is missing.

By Emma K. - Age 6

"Out of the mouth of babes..."

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.

Anonymous

When you are uncertain, it helps to have someone remind you what is true – someone who knows you well, who sees you, and keeps track of you – not just your body but your soul.

Emily Freeman

Sharon Sharing God

Saturday, June 2, 2012

SATURDAY STROLL - Open My Eyes

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