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Did God just cut you off?

So this spiritual journey you are on has been going pretty good.  You’re in God’s Will.  You’re growing, living life, things are looking up……. then Whack!!!!

Cut! Not just pruned, ripped open all the way.  Exposed, hurt, feelings of “why this…., why now…., now what…., what’s going on?”

Honestly, when we pray “Lord, lead me, guide me, keep me in Your Will”, we truly mean it, right?  Even when His Will makes us feel hurt and pain?  Deep down, as we are getting cut, are we thinking, “Uh Oh, I guess my prayers are being answered.”

How has God cut you off?   job/divorce/financial/friend/health/______________(fill in your cut)?????

Did He cut you off by using the job/divorce/financial/friend/health/___________ (fill in your own cut) or

were you CUT, because of the job/divorce/financial/friend/health/___________ (fill in your own cut)

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Perhaps God is grafting us with new wood.  A graft is when a tree is CUT, then a new piece of stem is joined with this old wood.  Why?  The new stem is more fruitful, better against disease, all in all a better tree.

At the time of our CUTTING, we feel pain and hurt.  Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways”, declares the Lord. No comfort from that verse, is there?   We have been wounded.  A protective wrap is applied to the graft until the new wood and old tree grow into a strong union.

Our journeys are filled with times that God “cut” us back in order to provide a new closeness with him.  When it happens, it hurts, it wounds.  But over time, looking back,

can you now see that new growth that was in God’s thoughts and ways for you?  Share with me a time your were “CUT”.

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It takes time.

 

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What’s in your well/heart?

Gold!! in the bottom of my well!!!!

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Click on each of the pictures above for a closer look. These are pictures of the hand dug well (1890′s) on our place in Colorado.  Watch the following video.(It takes two minutes…because it’s that DEEP!  Notice, do you see the gold specks on some of the stones?  Someone asked me if I was going to get in the well and get the gold………. I’m not!!!!! Too deep, Too Scary, 60 feet in the ground!!!  BUT……. I’m gonna give my son Jordan a call….. He likes adventures!!

This well reminds me of my (and YOUR) heart.  You have to look deep inside, but there is some gold in there.  (Also some trash has fallen in and needs to be taken out)  Ask God to help get the trash out of your well/HEART.  Focus more on that GOLD that’s in there.

Scuse me! I’m on the phone…….. Hey Jordan!  What ya’ doing this weekend!   ……….  See Ya!!

Don’t forget,   check out the following video of the well!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I84RIzrNdcE

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Big Ole Pile

Big Ole Pile…. That’s me!!    by DanA

In this world, there’s a catch pen, a congregation of cows,

and behind the fence, these cows walk slow but sure.

And gradually over time, and it don’t take that long,

this ground gets covered, with manure.

How the manure piles develop, why they congregate here,

that’s something I aint quite figured out.

Yet it’s reminds me of me, and my very own life.

So here’s what this story is about.

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See you got to understand. I was low down and stankin’.

The cleanest name I could be called was manure.

Twasn’t the best of situatons, wasn’t my plan or idea,

I didn’t want this for my life, that’s for sure.

Stuck on that stomped ground, gettin’ crusty on top,

I stared straight into the bright morning light.

And there on the fence, nailed to a fence post,

was this man with his arms stretched out tight.

Jesus Christ I yelled! caused it scared me so,

that’s just something that I shouldn’t see.

Cause remember where I am? Right there, close to the middle,

see right there, yep that big ole pile of…. that’s me.

What I’m seeing can’t be, my eyes must be lyin’,

my heart says its real …. What’s this about?

I didn’t know what to do, didn’t know quite what to say.

Lord Help me!!… was all that came out.

That’s all that it took, cause He reached out, picked me up,

and from there began my new journey.

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Cause remember where I am! Right there in His Hands

see right there, that big ole pile, that’s me.

The Son of God grabbed me, and with His perfect touch,

His Spirit molded in me, through and through.

Old things past away, all things became new.

God planted seeds, and watered and things grew!

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From a heaping pile of nothing, comes new life and new meaning

Shucks, a song is now placed in my heart.

My Saviour saw fit, to come pick me up,

this organic mess, now has a new start.

His flowers now grow, from His seeds and His water.

From inside, God’s love sprouted out.

All you big piles out there, who’s lives have been changed…

you know what I’m talking about.

I’ve been changed By His love. I really can’t explain it.

You’ll agree ,that it’s still, a mystery.

Didn’t recognize me! Why, here I am, sproutin all of them flowers? DCIM100GOPRO

Thank you Lord! God’s Glory! That’s me!!