Forgiveness and love.

As I walked the beach meditating on God's Majesty and the wonders of Creation, I was reminded of how much our Almighty God loves us.
Psalm 139 : "How precious to me are your thoughts , O God. How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them they would outnumber the grains of sand." I know those words well. I found it comforting to learn Psalm 139 by heart a couple of years ago. I know that His thoughts toward us are as countless as the grains of sand on the shore, but as I dig my feet deeper into the sand, the head knowledge becomes heart knowledge and the realization of the depth of God's love for us washes over me.

As I soak in His love I reflect on His forgiveness. To those who truly repent. The precious blood of Jesus washes us clean from all our sins. As I get older, I am finding it easier to forgive others, but I still struggle to forgive myself. I was going to take a pebble and write one of my sins on each then throw it into the sea, to symbolize freedom from each sin. But my sins are too many. I have made many poor choices in my life and have lived out some awful consequences. And how many times a day do I still let God down? But I thank God for the freedom that comes with confessing our sins, to Him and to others. What is in the light can no longer be used by the enemy to influence us. The enemy has taken enough from me and this day I say NO MORE!!!! I lay my sins and failures at the foot of the cross, to be covered by the precious blood of Jesus. He bore them all. He took them all upon Himself, for me too. So that I could live in freedom.

Psalm 116

¹ I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;

  he heard my cry for mercy.
² Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

³ The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
⁴ Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!”

⁵ The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
⁶ The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.

⁷ Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

⁸ For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
⁹ that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

Precious LORD and Savior, may I live a life that reflects thanks to you for the gift of Salvation, freedom, forgiveness and love.

Dia de la Patria at Covenant Church, Managua.

 My prayer for Education in Nicaragua:
   
Heavenly Father,of all knowledge, wisdom and truth, we thank you for sending your only Son, Jesus, the first teacher, to teach us the way to you.

Father God, we pray for all those who are in authority in this nations' education system. We pray that you will bless them with the gift of your Salvation. May those in leadership positions get to hear Your Word Father God, and by hearing your word, may their hearts be transformed so that they will revere you and make decisions according to your will. 

Father God, we lift up to you today all the institutions of learning here in Nicaragua/the universities, school, pre schools, home schools, church schools and daycares, anywhere that learning is taking place.

We acknowledge that there are schools here with plenty, and there are schools here in need. There are children so hungry they cannot even think about learning to read and write. Many children cannot go to school because they are sent out by their parents to work, beg or perform in the streets. They risk their very lives to bring in a few pesos for food or addictions.

  Father, these are your children. You knew the exact place and time of their birth, you know each one of them by name, and it is your desire for them to prosper and succeed.

 Father, like Moses, I am not eloquent of speech, but I speak from my heart and say shake it all up LORD, bring change, in whatever form it must come. Show us how to provide equal opportunites in education. Remove the obstacles that tell us we don't have the resources to make change, if only I had money I would.... if only I had a degree I could.... Father, help us to realize that those who believe in you have the top resource available in The Universe, we have Your Word, which is The Sword of The Spirit, it beats any other weapons out there made by man. Father, we know that our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Help us to be mature and diligent enough to use The Sword of The Spirit, and pray fervently and without ceasing for the children of Nicaragua.

 

Especially those of us who have been appointed as teachers. May we stop asking you to do what you have comissioned and equipped us to do! United in prayer, we can change the atmosphere and have victory in your name!

LORD, we stand firm in our Faith that you have the perfect plan for the children of this Nation. And we pray that it will not stop in the schools Father God, but transformation through Salvation will be carried into the homes and passed on to build up communities who love you LORD and will advance Your Kingdom of justice, love and peace.

Renew us LORD, refresh us, give all teachers a God perspective so they can see each student as you see them. Give teachers a renewed passion for teaching, give them strength, energy and creativity in methods and lesson plans in order to encourage each child to reach their full potential and become who you created them to be.

 

 May the teachers be be filled with Your love and patience to equip the children with spiritual discernment and moral courage as well as academic excellence so they can make moral decisions based on the Truth of your Word that will impact society.

Father God, we praise you for we are fearfully and wonderfully made. You have created us with a wonderful capacity to learn on many levels/practical, social, cultural, intellectual and spiritual, may we continue to learn throughout our lives until we reach the full knowledge of You.

Ephesians 3v20 Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than we could ever ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work in us, to Him be glory in our schools, the church and in Christ Jesus thoughout all generations, for ever and ever, Amen.

 

I love the beach!

Casares Beach.
I love the beach. I have always felt that it recharges my batteries.

I sense the presence of God all around me in every day life, in a breeze or a butterfly, but here at the beach I am aware of God's presence in a different way.

 I see His Majesty in all of Creation around me. His Mighty strength sends the fierce waves crashing into the cliffs. How does the tide know exactly when to turn, and how do the winds know which direction to blow, and where and when should it rain? It is storming now as I write this. Who can tip over the water jars of heaven, who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, who can count the clouds? Who knows the way to the place where the lightening is dispersed, who knows the path of the thunderstorm? Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew? Who can bind the beauty of the mountains around me, who can bring forth the stars at the right time? Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God?  

THE LORD Our God is Sovereign God, He Created it all and He rules over it all. Everything is in His hands! He is in control of it all!!!

God of wonders beyond our galaxy, YOU ARE HOLY!!! Thank you LORD!

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Job 38, 39. The LORD speaks.

 

Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis...

^{Nicaragua has recently experienced earthquakes, volcano eruptions and storms. Hmmm, this scripture comes to mind:}

I Kings 19v11-13

The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. ¹² After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still small voice. ¹³ When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.

LORD, please help me to take time out to hear your voice.

Click on the link below for more info on what's happening here in Nicaragua:


http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/09/10/nicaragua-volcano-eruption/70000057/1?csp=34news.