Healingsprings fellowship“Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It’s the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.”
~ Stephen Covey
The words of our elders, are words of wisdom.
Why do you say, O Jacob,
And speak, O Israel:
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And my just claim is passed over by my God”? Have you not known?
Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Wow! Some really reassuring words.
Good morning friends. In my experience there have been moments when I feel weary, times when I have staggered, times when I couldn’t see the woods from the trees. These are times of doubt, frustration, disappointments, unbelief, despair… Times when I just feel like hiding under my duvet, times when I feel under the weather, times when I feel physically, emotionally and spiritually exhausted.
Therefore, faith and knowledge in a supreme being who neither slumber nor sleeps, one who neither faints or goes weary; gives me the courage to keep pressing on when I hit hard times. So, because of His almightiness; we can sleep knowing He neither slumbers nor sleep, we can ask for our strength to be renewed when we are tired and weary.
The key to drinking from this fountain of life dear friends is our positioning. In order to receive from Him, we need to be within the right; dimension, space and time. It was said of John the Baptist, that he was in the wilderness until the time of his showing. The wilderness was a place of obscurity, a place of preparation where he had God’s undivided attention; a place of refuge from the storms of life, the psalmist called it – the secret place of the most high. So, locate those coordinates and lock-in accordingly for your time of refreshing!
In the words of king David:
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever. Amen.
~ Sabali
Last night I had the honour of attending the Celebration of Life of a dear friend, adopted mother and mentor – a woman like no other!
Her husband passed away just after eight years of marriage and she was left with four children to bring up on her own. We were told of some of the extraordinary length she went to ensure that her children were fed, clothed and provided for in the absence of state help. Her ingenuity and resolve was second to none. She later remarried, had her second daughter and moved over to England.
Sadly she lost her second husband shortly after they arrived in the UK, but never lost her faith in God.
I liken her to Anna, the prophetess and widow that spent the rest of her life praying for the Messiah, from a young age after the passing away of her husband.
Grace was sold-out in her commitment to God! She was a poet, writer, singer, preacher and most importantly mentor to hundreds.
Tributes poured in on and off the podium, and her life was encapsulated in these words from Paul’s letter to his young friend Timothy before he died:
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
I imagine her words to us from the same thread:
Do your best to come to me quickly, for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.
The service ended with everyone singing jubilantly to the old gospel song; When the saint go marching in.
She made us laugh, she taught us the bible, she taught us how to share our faith, and she taught us how to pray.
Sleep well Rev Grace Glorious… See you soon!
~ Sabali
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