To Get or to Receive...and a few other Thursday Thoughts

Happy, hope-full Thursday!

Hope-full no matter what!!

because of 

Whose Name we can call upon;

Jesus!

Acts 3:19-20

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,

 that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

 20 and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you—

even Jesus.

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What a peace each morning, to rest in the Giver's Hands 

whatever the day unfolds!

And when we ask of Him whatever He wills, 

then all we have we have received!!

When we neglect to ask, then all we have 

is simply what we get, 

minus the joy of the awareness of having received.

When we receive something

the receiving of it inspires thankfulness/praise

to the Giver!

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If we ask, we receive

Otherwise we just ‘get’

The end result that ‘reach’ achieves

May seem the same, and yet

Though seizing of ‘the prize’

May share a common end

The ‘given’ and the ‘gotten’ guise

Are worlds apart, my friend

One works with wantful thought

One begins on its knees

Then, how we gained The Same Thing sought

Only the Giver sees

© Janet Martin

Have Thine Own Way, Lord

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it is hard to store treasure

in heaven, 

while laying up treasure 

on earth

the measure to whom much 

is given

without heaven's store

bears no worth...

What will life be 

but a squandered

wonderful gift

groaned-grinned?

If, all we have gained

when plundered

is nothing but chaff

 on the wind

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I'd Rather Have Jesus

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rationalism,

spiritualism,

sensationalism,

oh my!

Lord, pray these never 

overpower the sway

of three little words

'here am I'

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If all I had was what I give

Oh, would it be enough

To satisfy my mouth with bread

And my longing with love?

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And this last one inspired by my husband 

who is a truckdriver and just left the scene of a fatal accident

moments ago

(a car crushed by a gravel truck)🙏😥💔

Our life is like a flower

That someday God will fell

...and of that day and hour

not one of us can tell

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