Amber Alert

I just recently ran across a "church sign" stating
""Amber Alert" - Jesus missing!
Last seen in your heart."
We are all familiar with the term "Amber Alert" and that it is the universal bulletin and notification that a child is missing and to be on the lookout for them.
Now this statement as a church sign just makes no sense at all to me. Aside from the literal meaning of the sentence actually not making sense,the idea that Jesus could be missing is just ludicrous! Don't get me wrong, I do "get" what they were going for, but... really now... it's a stretch, don't you agree?
It is never Jesus that is the one missing. He is never the one we have to go looking for, because He is always right there, just as close as breathing His name. It is I that must make the effort to not go missing from His presence. It is I that has to be found when I choose to separate myself from His love. To call out an all Amber Alert for a God that is missing is just not Biblical.

In all my life never one time have I ever had to go searching for the Lord. I have found Him to be instantly there whenever I need Him. There are times that I feel closer to His presence than others, but that is because of me moving, not Him. Seasons of changes in our relationship come, but that is predicated by me and my reaction to situations, not any doing on His part. He said I will never leave you, nor forsake you, and I have found that to be TRUTH. Even in the darkest trials of my life I have never found Him to be missing. Maybe He doesn't respond to my every whim, but I KNOW He is there looking out for me. Sometimes we feel in a desert place with no direction, and we don't have the feeling that God is there, but we still KNOW that He IS there waiting on us to get to the place where we can hear His voice again.
Now I am sure that the person who created the sign had good intentions, but really now they need a Bible Lesson! If you are going to make public declarations, be able to back it up! He is not missing, He is risen and lives with us forever more!

Encouragement for the "wait/weight"!

Just wanted to send a shout out to all those of you who find yourself "waiting on the Lord!" Keep up the good work... for in it you find strength. I have recently found myself counselling several who are stuck in the "wait zone" and they have begun to feel the "weight" of it. I have found that it is much easier to encourage someone than to actually wait myself. I seem to have all the great words to say when I am no longer waiting, and my prayers have been answered, but of course in my own "wait" time, I became anxious, frustrated, and even at times down right fearful that God would not help me out! I know He has never failed me, but what if He really doesn't want me to have this thing that I think I need so desperately? What then? Well if we have ever prayed the prayer " Not my will, but thine be done." then we can rest assured that He heeds that prayer above the ones where we might ask amiss. God is not deaf to our prayers. We know that he hears us, and if he chooses not to answer every time we knock, that is His perogative. Sometimes no answer is answer enough. And then there are the times when we just won't take "no" for an answer, and God gives us just what we were asking for. In those times we usually find that we didn't want what we got when we got what we wanted! Waiting on the Lord is an ability that none of us master. We are always learning how to wait for Him, and in every circumstance, the wait is different. Sometimes we just have no clue what God is doing, and then there are times when we can see His hand in every little minute that we wait. Then there are the times, when it seems like God really was late, and everything fell apart. Later on we discover, that He allowed just what needed to happen at the exact time it needed to happen, it just wasn't on our wish list. All I really know for sure is that the Bible gives us many promises concerning waiting on the Lord, and in every one of them strength is the end result whether we got what we were hoping for or not. And I know His word will not return unto Him void. He honors every single word that has been written in that book, and this I can trust in. So wait upon the Lord, He knows what He's doing, and you don't want to get your hands into the mix and mess it all up. I know that in baking bread, if you knead it too long it becomes tough, so keep your hands outta it...and Let God do the baking! lol!

Update

Well, well, well, It's been a long long time since I visited this spot! Alot has happened. For one.. little Crissy has gone on to be with the Lord! It was a sad day and sad still every time I think of her as she was a huge part of our lives. We enjoyed life with her for 14 or so years, since Shelly was 5. We feel kinda lost without her, especially when we come home and she is not there to greet us with the kisses and hugs. Maybe some day we can find another little puppy to share life with us, but none will ever replace those special memories of that precious Crissy!

I have been blogging on Everyone's Connected and enjoyed it thoroughly, but since they reformatted I do not like their new set up, so thought that since I have already established this Blog site, I may as well begin using it! We will see how it goes! I do enjoy sharing my thoughts and life, but of late my time has been so limited that I have not had time. I think life has slowed down a little and I may actually find 15 minutes or so a day to record my thoughts! So I begin again!