GREENE STREET LETTERS: A Season Of Gratitude

Thursday, November 27, 2014

A Season Of Gratitude

Excerpts From

Psalm 55

As for me, I will call upon God,

and the LORD shall save me.
Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.

Cast your burden on the LORD,

and He shall sustain you.
He shall never permit the righteous

to be moved.

Life seeks to overwhelm me....

It wants to drag me down and drown me under a flood of negative thoughts, emotions and feelings. Like sirens on the shore, it lures me with promises of peace and contentment. But such cries are empty and hollow, and will only end in death.

But the Lord...............
The Lord God Almighty who stands above the din and roar of life....

Offers His hand to lift me up above noise and clatter.
More than just lift me up, He offers to me a life of abundance...
A Cornucopia or His goodness......

Peace of mind, heart and spirit......

The warmth of His love....

The voice of His Spirit inside me, guiding me....

The firmness and stability of His Word and His promises....

The community of others who have given themselves to Him......

The richness of His grace.....

The fullness of His forgiveness.....

Such are the real things to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving day.

There will be meals to consume....

Conversation to engage in.....

Hugs and handshakes....

Football and afternoon naps....

But I never want to forget who should be the center of my thankfulness.

So.....

Father....

I have been blessed beyond measure by Your hand.

You have taken me, saved me, filled me with Your presence....

And given me a hope that sees beyond this life.

You have loved me with an everlasting love...
And I am keenly aware of such.

You have given to me an incredible family, in spite of my goof's and mess up's.

And through out our lives....

and the 42 years of marriage, You have woven your truth in our days...

And in our very being...

Everything I have....
Everything I am...

Is because of You...
I am truly Yours...
As a friend of mine once told me....
We are coins in Your pocket, God.
So spend me as You desire.

Jesus...

You are the Lord of my life...

You are the Savior of my soul....

I honor and worship You this day...

In Your name I pray...
Amen.

From the "B's" in Attalla, Ala......

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving...

God on you...

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Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

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We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

A Season Of Gratitude

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