"GOD'S 'EMBRACE'!"
© 2002 Patricia L. Carpenter
{Poem Book 8}
Have you felt
~ God's 'Embrace' ~
holding you 'close' to Him?
Doesn't it melt
~ your cold, cold heart ~
& make you want to grin?
You say "NO,
~ I've never felt ~
God's Arms of Love around me!"
Then you don't
~ 'really' KNOW Him ~
& His Passionate Love for thee!
This is not
~ a 'sexual' love ~
but ~ abiding, 'spiritual' & deep,
He'll come
~ as The Holy Spirit ~
if you will only 'weep'.
Weep over your 'sins'
~ & 'hardened' heart ~
& 'rebellious' way of life,
Turning 'away'
~ from His Embrace ~
'choosing' to live in strife!
Don't you hear
~ CHRIST 'calling' ~
over & over again?
'Todays' the day
~ to come running to Him
far away from sin!
Let His shed Blood
~ 'cleanse' you completely ~
& then ~ I tell you true:
It won't be long
~ you'll feel God's 'Embrace' ~
& KNOW that ~ He Loves you!
He'll help you 'grow'
~ stronger & stronger ~
each & every day,
So when the TEST
~ of having NO 'FEELING' ~
comes your way!
Then ~ PLEASE!
~ remember this ~
my friend,
Even though you
~ don't 'FEEL' It !
He's 'with you' till The End. *
* Psalm 89:2 12/12&14/99
Dear Ones -
When we 'close up' our minds & 'freeze up' our hearts from ALL God would have for our lives ~ we LIMIT ~
not only Him but ~ our 'growth'!
LET ~THE 'WORD' & THE 'HOLY SPIRIT' FREE
YOU {& ME} TO BE WHAT & WHO 'GOD' WOULD
HAVE US BE!
Piercing {operating on} us ~ dividing soul & spirit
(see Hebrews 4:12}
ridding us of ALL 'in' us that says "NO!" to
God & His Will for our lives!
God can DO 'no more' than what we ALLOW Him
to do in our lives. Oh, what a tragedy it becomes when
we REFUSE to 'believe' ALL of His 'Word' or
say to others: "Well, He did it for me so you must
have something 'wrong' with you if you aren't
'getting it', too!" REMEMBER ,we are all different
& come from different 'backgrounds' & ONLY
GOD HIMSELF KNOWS what is RIGHT for us
as 'individuals'!
GET TO KNOW Him ~ for it is only as we 'know'
Him we find His 'TRUE' CHARACTER so we can
'become' like Him (not like so 'n so). God likes
'variety' {remember the 'snowflakes'? ~ no two are
alike nor are a 'set of fingerprints'} & He has a job
for each of us as 'individual' personalities ~ for only
you can minister where YOU are & with whom HE
put YOU around & if I were there, it just would NOT
be the same (& vice versa)!
Faith is a 'growing' process, too, so we shouldn't 'belittle
or berate' one another. Just let GOD BE GOD & let
HIM do the 'Judging' of one's 'faith' &'growth' ~
for some people 'grow up spiritually' FAST & some
SLOW. We must spend more time 'encouraging'
one another's 'desire' to grow more in love with our
Savior & let God handle the 'timing' in one's life!
We must Pray & pray & then PRAY some more &
never 'LIMIT' GOD!
Thanks,
- Your 'PROVIDER'
