tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80692315726258097002024-02-19T07:05:04.695-08:00Roseberry Hilla place to stop and smell the roses ~thankful to GOD that thorns have roses~Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-67367728858932904612012-08-14T12:37:00.000-07:002012-08-14T12:37:18.396-07:00t'Ruth....<b>tRuth....</b>
Goes through three stages;
First ,it is ridiculed;
Next, it is violently opposed;
until.....
<i>FINALLY</i>~~~~
<b>IT BECOMES COMMON KNOWLEDGE.</b>
- discovered in the bathroom. ( on the wall)
Have u discovered tRUTH?.....
Lovingly Ruth
walking with & in the TRUTH of GOD as HE reveals HIMSELF.....sometimes and often in the most unexpected places and ways but ALWAYS in HIS WORD and If I honestly and prayerfully BE STILL and KNOW HIS STILL SMALL VOICE!...
What an AWESOME lover of my soul!....Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-24332327592694418032012-08-11T08:30:00.000-07:002012-08-13T08:33:19.899-07:00All now mysterious...like fog.......Will be <i><b>BRIGHT<i><b></b></i></b></i> at last.
....will be bright and clear one day.... Just like the SUN coming out!
We can not KNOW GOD completely as much as we try...not can we understand all his ways....nor can we know anyone...we can see character over time....
What are you or I characterized by....our daily habits formed from our thoughts and beliefs ? What does GOD see and want? That is what matters and brings the peace & joy daily... That is what I have found... The pearl... THE PEARL OF PEARLS... Of GREAT PRICE that I will not sell or compromise for anything or anyone!....
Who are <b><i>we<i></i></i></b> to JUDGE anyone????
Only GOD knows the heart....
Oh let us ALL be so very care-ful & cautious least we fall and THINK we know anyone or anything...save KNOWING CHRIST and our CONSTANT breath by breath ...moment by moment NEED for a greater power ...wisdom ... Peace... Hope...joy... LOVE ...from the ONE the ONLY one TRUE GOD ... ELOHIM ... CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE... Y' SHUA... the MESSIAH.... KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS????
OH do you know,....really.. KNOW my Redeemer? ... THE LOVER of my soul as I DO? ... OH the Ecstasy I live in and the Favor HE bestows on me and ALL who walk in HIS ways... Diligently listening to HIS sweet voice and having intimate fellowship... Time ... A looking to HIS face ..." eyes" ...heart... It is like falling in love over and over again and again... Oh the bliss of earthly joys when enjoyed through heavenly vision and insight! I truly enjoy EVERY precious moment & Every PRECIOUS person ... Even the person HE is creating me to be in this alone time.
Oh such LOVE ...like the ocean that is my view here on the California Coast as I visit my brother and sister- in- love's ...LOVERLY " green certified home overlooking a gorgeous<strike></strike> beach and cliff scene!....
Yes life IS HARD because " THIS AIN'T HEAVEN" and I too have moments of agony missing ones I LOVE and LONG to see ( the MANY in heaven and those on earth that distance has separated )
But I can & do live in ecstasy most hours of the day because of my sweet union with JESUS and all the gifts HE brings and blesses me with constantly... HE wipes my tears away and hugs and touches me with HIS amazing grace... Often by the human touch and HE alone gives me EVERYTHING I need and so often SO MUCH MORE...abundant life- unspeakable JOY!!!
When you have fasted like I have ~oh the feasting is O SO MUCH more incredible - fantastico - wunderbar.....oh join me won't you?...talk to GOD...ask HIM honestly ...CRY OUT!....HE WILL ANSWER...read HIS love letter to you... The Bible...Psalms and proverbs and the words of JESUS... Oh HE will teach and guide if you let HIM...
Embrace the tears..embrace this moment... And...
GIVE THANKS!!!!.... Yes all the mystery makes life an exciting READ!
I have learned to be content ... Whether living in my car ... Partying with the homeless ( gypsy that I now am) or sailing with the millionaires....
It is all the same... Because ...the LORD IS my Shepherd... I have EVERYTHING that I need....
I KNOW GOD.....do you?...Oh taste and SEE the LORD is GOOD...
Some say Seeing is believing
To me....
BELIEVING is SEEING!!!!!
definition of believe : to rely on to CLING to... To TRUST in...Hebrew : BETAH !
Oh just ask to see JESUS...
And you will!
Gratefully & therefore
JOYfully & lovinly ~ RuthyRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-87226336786278322102012-08-10T06:01:00.001-07:002012-08-10T06:02:43.467-07:00...a sinner kissing Jesus feet..(.Luke 7)Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-8116914586319100182012-08-06T11:45:00.000-07:002012-08-10T06:02:53.479-07:00I'm back- well...coming back!Wow!
God sure moves in mysterious ways.
One thing for sure I have learned over and over
Especially when and since my first born son died at one week old in my arms due to the 'mistakes' and medication of Medical Drs.
<b><i>"When you can't trace GOD'S hand - TRUST HIS HEART!!!</i></b>
Yesterday I attended my x mother-in-law's Funeral.
What an inspiration her life & legacy was & is.
What will mine be and yours?
What is TRULY important!
To me it is living VICTORiously right where you are - no matter the circumstances
...helping & serving others but also taking care of yourself to be able to keep fulfilling your ' glorious destiny' as Abe Lincoln called it.
Sometimes we are FORCED on a rest or sabbatical by God when we get off balance in any Key area... We must embrace it and pursue GOD - HIS thoughts - HIS healing ways!
JOIN me!....? ...let us seek TRUE Health together....
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Lovingly and prayingly
RuthyRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-23424775529529679762011-05-05T21:43:00.000-07:002011-05-05T22:00:01.996-07:00Blessings...."What if your blessings come through raindrops?<br />What if your healing comes through tears?<br />What if your thousand sleepless nights become the way you know GOD's near?<br /><br /> what if.... trials of this life.... are GOD'S mercies in disguise?..."<br /><br /><br />From the new & Great song by Laura Story ( google it on u tube & be blessed !)<br /><br />My favorite saying right now is:<br />LIFE IS HARD but this AIN'T HEAVEN! - quoted from a preacher quoting a black preacher!<br /> <br /><br />I am longing for heaven more than ever but there is much to do until God calls us home- <br />Let's embrace life abundantly and abound in grace & health & joy!...<br />Lovingly, Ruth ElisabethRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-86078345009043059492011-03-09T13:29:00.001-08:002011-03-09T13:32:04.628-08:00Ethel Waters a favorite singer since I was childGreetings!<br />I am safe in the eye of my storm! Are you?<br /><br />Let me know how I can pray for you!<br />And please continue to pray for me. Thanks!<br /><br />JESUS is our example in everything!<br />And the ON!Y one we can completely trust!<br />He kept trusting & obeying His Father and forgiving and loving everyone else!<br />I miss you ...I Long to see you face to face!<br /><br />Do you have a favorite song today?<br /><br />Found this video /song that I never heard before while looking for His Eye is on the sparrow bt Ethel waters!!!<br />Wow do watch it ASAP... Her testimony in a 4 min song and mine too!<br /><br />Check out this video on YouTube:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRy7oaq40I4&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br /> For more...<br />Try this... Link: for story behind the song if you have time/ interest<br /><br />http://www.ccel.us/sparrow.toc.html<br />Another link to song:<br /><br /><br />Love that woman and that song...reminds me daily...<br />"I sing because I am happy I sing because I'm FREE~ for GOD'S eye is on the sparrow..<br />So I know He is watching you &me!<br />Romans 15.13. Joy~Peace...<br />Revelations 22.21 ...& especially... Grace to you!Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-46218690919741408862011-03-08T16:38:00.001-08:002011-03-08T16:57:57.654-08:00Got SUN?... I do...It's like the sun is shining when the rain is falling down....<br /><br />And in the Northwest that is often! ( rain and rainbows and even sunshine if you will just look for it and be grateful for just one ray of light!<br /><br />But today and yesterday felt like 70 degrees at noon as I took a sun bath twice for an hour!<br />Still healing up from new concussion of last week... Please do not feel bad or worry - just pray because I am experiencing GOd's love, provision and healing and MIRACLES abounding lIke NEVER before.... <br />Hope you are getting your Vit D.. It is not the sun that causes skin cancer -it is blocking the sun's healthy rays with toxic sunscreens , sunglasses or even just avoiding it... I hope you do not believe what the "experts" say about health in country that is one of the UNHEALTHIEST in the WORLD!!! Look to the oldn days and ways!<br />ASK God to guide you and HE will but not in ways you would expect! Read your Bible - it has ALL the answers to LIFE here on earth after all it is our Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth! ( the B.I.B.L.E) so glad I had parents who modeled that- not perfectly but perfectly for me! psalm 32:8 says " I will guide you with my eye." but you have to be close and looking not doing your own thing!<br />I highly recommend a book that talks about Sunshine and GOD's healing SONshine called CONQUERING ANY DISEASE.... Just found it in a friends's table I was visitng and it is so much of what I had to learn the HARD way and so far I agree with everything in the little bit of reading and gleaning since I found it 2 days ago... Take it to God and ask what part is for you & your situation. NO ONE IS the same but their are principles of health that are universal! Do not be afraid to learn something from anyone and EVERYONE you meet. I do and it is so exciting!<br />Blessings of Peace & life- giving sunshine & SONshine!!<br />JESUS IS the Light Of the world!<br />I am warmed through and through !<br />Are you?<br />Lovingly,<br />Ruth Elizabeth<br />Isaiah 40-41Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-50065148186943238882011-03-05T05:27:00.000-08:002011-03-05T05:38:06.193-08:00Got FAITH???FAITH....<br /><br />Sees the invisible <br /> believes the incredible<br /> Receives the IMPOSSIBLE.....<br /><br />Faithfully HIS, <br />At least that is my goal and prayer,<br />Ruth ElizabethRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-5179157771292134992011-03-03T01:16:00.000-08:002011-03-03T01:32:50.410-08:00" the teacher's lesson" someone sent me this today......just HAD to pass it along in case you did not learn this lesson yet- never too late.... ( see below)<br />( thanks Sister-in-love, Judy!)<br /><br />I am In awe of my Awesome Lord and Savior every moment of the day thanks to my best and dearest teachers: my parents!<br />They taught me this lesson below and all the other important "lessons" that help me to this day.<br /><br />Lovingly,<br />Ruth Elizabeth (Miller) Rose<br />Homesick for my parents in heaven now almost 2 decades! What comfort that I will see them someday soon along with JESUS....<br />Until then I will continue to enjoy every precious moment and person in my path and STOP to " smell the roses!"<br />join me!!! ?<br />Read this to your " students" ( thinking of you, Karie! What a precious memory our hallway "chat" was !)<br />Go get um Miss Nelson! ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br />Subject: The Teacher's Lesson<br />Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 3:01 PM<br /><br /><br />Subject: The Teacher's Lesson<br /><br />A nice thought about appreciating our blessings.... <br /><br />Lisa Beamer on Good Morning America - If you remember, she's the wife of <br />Todd Beamer who said 'Let's Roll!' and helped take down the plane over <br />Pennnsylvania that was heading for Washington DC back on 9/11.<br /><br />She said it's the little things that she misses most about Todd, such as <br />hearing the garage door open as he came home, and her children running to<br /><br />meet him. She's now the Mom of a beautiful little girl, Mary.<br /><br />Lisa recalled this story:<br />"I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband<br /><br />died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she<br />shared <br />some of her insight with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon <br />sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class<br />was <br />nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat<br /><br />down there.<br /><br />With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, '<br />Class <br />is over, I would like to share with all of you, a thought that is<br />unrelated <br />to class, but which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on <br />earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of<br />us <br />knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at<br />any <br />moment.<br /><br />Perhaps this is the powers way of telling us that we must make the most<br />out <br />of every single day. Her eyes, beginning to water, she went on, 'So I<br />would <br />like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school,<br />or <br />on your way home, find something beautiful to notice.<br /><br />It doesn't have to be something you see, it could be a scent, perhaps of <br />freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the<br />sound <br />of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the <br />morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground. <br />Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may<br />sound <br />trite to some, these things are the "stuff" of life. The little things<br />we <br />are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted.<br />The class was completely quiet.<br /><br />We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently. That <br />afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had<br />that <br />whole semester. Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and<br />remember <br />what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of <br />those things that sometimes we all overlook.<br /><br />Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today. Go <br />barefoot. Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home<br />tonight <br />to get a double dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not the <br />things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.<br /><br />If you like this, please pass it on to a friend, if not just delete it<br />and <br />go on with your life! Life is not measured by the number of breaths we <br />take, but by the moments that take our breath away."<br />HAVE A GREAT DAY<br /><br />P.S. Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!!Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-8968102433145775122011-03-01T06:21:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:31:54.304-08:00Hide away in the Love of Jesus..Hear Him calling YOUR name!<br />See the depths of HIS love<br />In the wounds of His Grace<br />Hide away...<br /><br />Come hopeless hearts<br />Do not despair<br />Hide away in the love of Jesus<br />FOR TEN THOUSAND JOYS AWAIT YOU THERE<br />HIDE AWAY IN THE LOVE OF JESUS... <br /><br />From a song by Steve &Vicki Cook on a SOVEREIGN GRACE CD CALLED <br />"Come Weary Saints!" <br />Gifted to me by me fasting buddy and dear friend and neighbor, Cynthia! thanks!<br />Everyday is like a birthday celebration with Jesus... How can I not trust Him!!!<br />JOIN ME... JOIN us in hiding away in HIS LOVE!!!!!and TRUST HIM ALONE!<br /><br />Mercy unto you, and peace, and love be multiplied! Jude 2<br /><br />Lovingly~<br /><br /> ~from a grateful rose~<br /> ruth elizabeth<br /> "Under GOD's wings"... Ruth 2:12<br /> & .... RADICALLY REDEEMED ~ are you?<br /><br />Romans 15.13. Joy~Peace...<br />Revelations 22.21 ...& especially... Grace to you!<br /><br />Lydia's snapshots of R family: http://lydiarosephotography.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />Are you prepared for whatever ?...Body, Mind & especially SPIRIT?...<br />No matter your answer check out: MY FAVORITE SITES:<br /><br /> http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com<br /><br /> http://www.daniel-fast.com/spiritual_life.htmlRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-12351503821541118232011-02-23T17:39:00.000-08:002011-02-23T22:55:32.038-08:00Eleonora Rose Gollner turned 2!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzY_SVDBeK6KVcoOF4T5E6TO4RSVlkvmhxVXmcReBgv4xgboEtV0BfMa9ue74i97ZYDrnnyyl-VGme8hDLg4CCwSFEZxInmGmbCoKnfMQSKEebzV-WOzflmeDASROv6UD8uw3n3t67VkG/s1600/IMG_4715.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 1600px; height: 1067px;" src=" https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzY_SVDBeK6KVcoOF4T5E6TO4RSVlkvmhxVXmcReBgv4xgboEtV0BfMa9ue74i97ZYDrnnyyl-VGme8hDLg4CCwSFEZxInmGmbCoKnfMQSKEebzV-WOzflmeDASROv6UD8uw3n3t67VkG/s1600/IMG_4715.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Rejoicing in GOD's miracles in the life of my sweet grand- girl!<br />Gratefully yours,<br />The gran-Momi<br /><br />You are invited to " peek" on Lydia's amazing blog and especially the update for today~ Eleonora's birthday ( February 23)<br /><br />lydiarosephotography.blogspot.comRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-61088057617046640982011-02-22T18:00:00.000-08:002011-02-22T18:04:42.080-08:00Blessing for you! "May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every day of your life."<br /> <br />Love from your friend, Beth.<br /><br />thank you Beth!<br />How precious to be friend's with my mom's dear friend of 50+ years ago! <br />We are fasting " together" even! Her in CA me in WA! Join us?<br /><br />Still abiding under His wings,<br />Ruth ElizaBETHRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-31524747456061861312011-02-18T06:39:00.000-08:002011-02-19T19:03:54.348-08:00Making melody in my heart to the LORD......and to you... and anyone else who will listen! For I must PRAISE the GOD of my salvation or I perish in body, mind & spirit!<br /><br />The LORD be with you!....<br /><br />Lovingly,<br />~from a grateful rose~<br /> ruth elizabeth<br />...abiding and trusting "Under GOD's wings"... Ruth 2:12<br />How about you?<br />Romans 15.13. Joy~Peace & ..GOD's Unconditional LOVE-John3,16<br />Revelations 22.21 ...& especially HIS... GRACE to YOU!<br /><br />I invite you to a Daniel Fast with me .I am still thanking my friend who in invited me!!! Day 10 for me and we do not want to stop on day 21! We are being too blessed and seeing daily answers to prayer JOIN US - you will be so blessed too! :<br /> http://www.daniel-fast.com/index.html<br /><br />Are you prepared for whatever ?...Body, Mind & especially SPIRIT?...<br />No matter your answer check out: MY FAVORITE SITE:<br /><br /> http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/2009/03/urgent-message.Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-36660932883519494962011-02-17T21:26:00.000-08:002011-02-17T21:48:05.186-08:00Under HIS Wings....... I am safely abiding, though the night deepens and tempests are wild;<br />Still I can trust Him I know He will keep me, He has redeemed me and I am His child!<br /><br /><br />Under HIS wings, Under His wings ~ Who from His Love can sever?<br />under His wings My soul shall abide, Safely abide forever.<br /><br /><br />Ist verse and chorus from another hymn from my childhood!<br />The story behind is amazing... Will share it soon...and the other great verses ..<br />Hope you can sing it along with me ....it is my theme fast song! ( from psalm 91 also!)<br /><br />Lots of answer to prayer each day as Cynthia & I check in & pray with each other for our list of requests from<br />Friends and loved ones- Here are just a few of main ones:<br />Cynthia's friend , Mary with cancer was the first praise- doing so well after very ill,<br /> My dear friend , Beth in CA ( was my mom's best friend when newly married at same church) had a praise today-<br />Her hand is improving each day!- Premie Jordan gained 2 pounds since last week! Wow!PTL!<br />Keep praying for him and Jenny who also is better but we want COMPLETE healing for all these!<br />My brother in law Bill has Pneummonia...do pray for speedy healin!<br />Thanks for praying- Cynth ( whose daughter recently died after sudden massive stroke ) needs extra prayers right now !<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Still feeling MOSTLY great on this Daniel Fast.<br />Sleep is quit erratic but no headaches and so many other things are better!<br />Do check it out soon. ( Daniel fast.com)<br /><br /><br />Abiding Under His Wings!<br />How about you?<br />Lovingly,<br />ruthie elizabethRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-40679623056642534062011-02-16T05:16:00.000-08:002011-02-16T05:20:21.259-08:00I will bless the LORD at all times......HIS PRAISE shall continually be in my mouth....psalms 34:1<br /><br /><br />....Oh, MAGNIFY the LORD with me~....vs 3<br /><br />Lovingly,<br />ruthie elizabeth<br />That's all folks....Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-5715418515527485232011-02-15T08:06:00.000-08:002011-02-15T08:11:56.482-08:00I had an X-ray done.......and found you in my heart....you are a significant part of my " heart"~ <br />Just want you to know you ARE appreciated, loved & cherished by me!...<br />Thanks for being a part of my heart!!! I am blessed by you!<br /><br />Let everyone you love hear it TODAY!!! And daily if possible!<br /> <br /> TOMORROW IS NOT PROMISED!!!<br />I love you & Jesus showed His love for you on a ...<br /> ... CROSS OF LOVE!<br /> Christmas, Easter & Valentines are every day!<br /><br />Be like Jesus... " Refuse the evil and choose the Good" Isaiah 7:15<br />...and like Jesus "Eat butter and Honey" ...same verse!...<br /> (except when on a Daniel Fast!)<br /><br />Lovingly,<br />~from a grateful rose~<br />Occasionally missing my wild honey during this 21 Daniel Fast ; )<br />Even got some home- spun Honey for Valentines! ( thanks dear Cynthia Jean!)<br /> ruth elizabeth<br />Romans 15.13. Joy &Peace and...<br />Revelations 22.21 ... Grace to you!<br />P.S.<br />Been up since 4:30 am ... So I gleaned A LOT today and want to share more if you want...<br />Just keep reading or come back later.... GOD bless your day!<br /><br /> roseberryhillgreetings.blogspot.com<br />P.P.S.<br /> For " extra gleanings" see following and / check out links including my blog!<br />spent 2 hours in Isaiah this am !!!! When is the last time you got a good LONG drink -About 8 years ago I got the for 1/2 price the DVD - KJV COMPLETE BIBLE - narrated by Stephan Johnson- - sometimes I will exercise with it , or take notes while listening or just leave<br />playing in background like "music" for my soul and spirit!! <br />EXCELLENT devotion About Faith not Fear!( that I JUST Now read after writing this...) <br />Here is a ' taste':<br /><br />David Wilkerson Today<br /><br />TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2011<br /><br />FAITH IS AN INVITATION MORE THAN A COMMAND<br /><br />Faith is a command. It is written, “The just shall live by faith.” Without<br />faith it is impossible to please God. Scripture adds, “If any man draw back,<br />I will have no pleasure in him” (Hebrews 10:38).<br /><br />I shudder when I think of the terror and dangers of unbelief. Unbelief is a<br />bottomless pit of fear, anguish and discouragement. The consequences of<br />unbelief are horrendous. It begins with fearing what we cannot see. One fear<br />today leads to two fears tomorrow, then three, and then fears become a<br />bottomless pit of uncontrollable anguish and despair.<br />To read the rest of short devotion:<br />http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/12326<br /><br />Also devotion ( about FEAR and the sure antidote!!! ) for the day from a Daniel Fast Blogger:<br /><br />Here is a 'taste':<br />..."The immediate response to our feelings of fear, worry or anxiety should be the Word of God. Instead of asking God to remove fear from us . . . we need to follow His instructions and fill our spirits and souls with the Word - the proven antidote for fear." - Susan Gregory, Daniel Fast Blogger:<br />http://DanielFast.wordpress.com<br />www.Daniel-Fast.comRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-64054394128732667472011-02-14T06:54:00.000-08:002011-02-14T07:38:10.951-08:00Oh LORD, You are Beautiful...YOUR FACE is ALL I seek!.... Hope you know that lovely song~ that was what my heart sang as I awoke at 6 am...<br /><br />Started my regular "Daniel Fast chapters" reading Deuteronomy 28:1-15 and counting all the BLESSINGS GOD wants to give us IF we will diligently listen and obey HIS voice and commands.... then off to Psalms 34... &. 91 ...WOW...Isaiah 58 & 51 will be later refreshment...<br /><br />I am drinking ( continually ) from the springs of LIVING water~ my soul is satisfied ( another song from childhood church and Sunday School!)<br /><br />How about you ? Is your soul satisfied?....seek JESUS , our only access to the HOLY GOD! CRY OUT! Pray! FOR Prayer is like breathing- you are not alive if you are not breathing- we should think of prayer this way !.... The thief on the cross did nothing more than pray- humbling asking forgiveness and talking to Jesus...and he was in paradise that day.... Nothing extra was needed... But after short time he would have need water to drink to stay alive physically and spiritually... And then to really thrive EXERCISE.... read His LIVING WORD , the Bible and meditate... The harder things are the more air & the more "water" we need- physically & spiritually ... And find a church body you can grow with and " exercise" your gifts.... <br />Exercise for the body is important is key to optimum health... And even more important to have spiritual exercise!!! - Using the Gifts God gave you to bless others!!! <br /><br />Balance is the Key to radiant health... Something that will never be PERFECT here on earth but should be our goal!<br /><br />That's the " nutshell of my heart today- what is on your heart?<br /><br />Do check out The Daniel Fast blogger or web to press into God and see breakthroughs in your life too!<br />BE BLESSED How?<br />Psalms 37:4 says<br /> " delight yourself in the LORD and He will give you the desires of your heart!" OH, HE has in my life and does daily!!!!<br />Like I have told my children ..<br />" Obedience brings BLESSINGS!.... Disobedience brings curses!". See Deut chap 28.... Actually whole BIBLE!<br />..... Breathe and drink and exercise with JESUS ...daily... Moment by moment....<br /><br />I am certainly not perfect and far from balanced right now but..<br />I am perfectly forgiven!!! And know the one who can balance me - IF I DILIGENTLY listen and OBEY HOS VOICE - not being a man- pleaser...pleasing GOD ABOVE ALL!<br /><br />Trusting and Obeying , more each day,<br />ruth elizabeth,<br />GOD'S rose<br />Romans 15:13<br />Romans 8:28-29<br />Isaiah 58<br />PS...<br />Just checked my inbox and found David Wilkerson's devotion that ties into what I just said so nicely .for extra blessings check it out<br />At: http://www.worldchallenge.org/en/node/12325<br />Bye... ; )Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-43058200393645117902011-02-13T05:36:00.001-08:002011-02-13T06:02:19.958-08:00Marching to ZION!!!.... Isaiah 53-54"REPENT!... For the Kingdom of God is at Hand....<br /><br />He was wounded for our transgressions... <br />He was despised, rejected of men...<br />A man of sorrows , acquainted with grief..<br />We esteemed Him not...<br />And by HIS stripes we are healed...<br /><br /><br />ALL WE LIKE SHEEP HAVE GONE ASTRAY....<br />We have turned EVERY ONE to his own way....<br />And the LORD has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all!...Isaiah 53<br /><br /> ... " REDEEMER... The HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL ...<br />the GOD of the whole earth.....<br />With GREAT MERCIES will I gather thee... Isaiah. 54:5,6,7,-10....<br />and all thy children shall be taught of the Lord!... <br />And GREAT PEACE shall be the peace of thy CHILDREN...<br />No weapon that is formed against me shall prosper... Vs 17<br /><br /><br />Lovingly,<br />ruthie elizabeth<br />.... marching to Zion!!! Will you join me?<br />Great song too- do you know it?<br /><br /> I am unconditionally loved and forgiven and redeemed! ..Rev 12:11<br />Wars & rumors of wars increase... In nations & church & family... But: <br />Check out " the end of the story".... Revelations 21-22....Grace to you all... Amen.Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-24543359335596767632011-02-12T16:39:00.000-08:002011-02-12T16:42:05.422-08:00Oh, to be like ChristMorning and Evening<br /><br />Charles H. Spurgeon<br /><br />February 11, 2011<br /><br />Morning Reading<br /><br />Acts 4:13--Acts 4:13<br /><br />A Christian should be a striking likeness of Jesus Christ. You have<br />read lives of Christ, beautifully and eloquently written, but the best<br />life of Christ is His living biography, written out in the words and<br />actions of His people. If we were what we profess to be, and what we<br />should be, we should be pictures of Christ; yea, such striking<br />likenesses of Him, that the world would not have to hold us up by the<br />hour together, and say, "Well, it seems somewhat of a likeness;" but<br />they would, when they once beheld us, exclaim, "He has been with Jesus;<br />he has been taught of Him; he is like Him; he has caught the very idea<br />of the holy Man of Nazareth, and he works it out in his life and<br />every-day actions." A Christian should be like Christ in his boldness.<br />Never blush to own your religion; your profession will never disgrace<br />you: take care you never disgrace that. Be like Jesus, very valiant for<br />your God. Imitate Him in your loving spirit; think kindly, speak<br />kindly, and do kindly, that men may say of you, "He has been with<br />Jesus." Imitate Jesus in His holiness. Was He zealous for His Master?<br />So be you; ever go about doing good. Let not time be wasted: it is too<br />precious. Was He self-denying, never looking to His own interest? Be<br />the same. Was He devout? Be you fervent in your prayers. Had He<br />deference to His Father's will? So submit yourselves to Him. Was He<br />patient? So learn to endure. And best of all, as the highest<br />portraiture of Jesus, try to forgive your enemies, as He did; and let<br />those sublime words of your Master, "Father, forgive them; for they<br />know not what they do," always ring in your ears. Forgive, as you hope<br />to be forgiven. Heap coals of fire on the head of your foe by your<br />kindness to him. Good for evil, recollect, is godlike. Be godlike,<br />then; and in all ways and by all means, so live that all may say of<br />you, "He has been with Jesus."Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-35675614225876036572011-02-11T13:19:00.001-08:002011-02-11T13:23:25.542-08:00When the world is shaking... HEAVEN stands and........when my heart is breaking He ( God) holds me in HIS Hands... Adapted from JJ Heller's song " YOUR hands",<br /><br />How are you ?<br /><br />Choosing to abide,<br />ruthieRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-17772728435759197132011-02-10T13:08:00.000-08:002011-02-10T13:37:24.958-08:00Har e pu oo d oo key anakey ELOHIM!That is how the following verse sounds in Hebrew.<br />" Be still and know that I am GOD". Psalm 46:10<br />A Jewish Rabbi that I met on an airplane taught me this phrase <br />in my Father's tongue: Hebrew!<br />My earthly daddy always called me his Hebrew princess!<br /><br />To see the real spelling and to look up any verse in most any language or do a word search check out:<br /><br />http://biblos.com/psalms/46-10.htm<br />Very handy when looking up a reference you forget or just seeing other versions !<br />Fun to get " lost" in Bible study!<br /><br /><br />This is my returning and main meditation the last 2 years!<br />What are you pondering?<br />lovingly,<br />ruth elizabeth<br />Day 3 Daniel Fast<br />Still excited , though physically weak and tiredRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-58852653294453267982011-02-08T13:18:00.000-08:002011-02-08T13:37:14.790-08:00What is a Daniel Fast?http://www.Daniel-Fast.com/about.html<br /><br /><br />Go to link to be blessed- especially if you need a miracle in your life....<br /><br /><br />May GOD'S LOVE shine on & in & through you today - and me too! <br />May your eyes squint like mine are right now...physically and spiritually...<br />Warmed through& through by.....<br />HIS AMAZING LOVE shown by Jesus life and death and resurrection!<br />.... when you get too hot just plunge into the ocean of God's love with me!<br /><br />Repeat with me: JESUS loves me!!!!<br /><br /> humbly yours~<br /> ruthe elizabeth<br /> Day 1 Daniel fast.... Daniel 10:2-3 and chapter 1Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-35350922336618380512011-02-07T19:34:00.000-08:002011-02-07T19:36:37.608-08:00Jenny is home and happy!Dear Friends,<br /> <br />Thank you for praying for Jenny, she is home and happy. The doctors gave us a mostly good news scenario. The diagnosis (as best they can determine) is some form of Reflexive Neurovascular Distrophy or RND. That is the last info we have. The treatment involves intensive rehab to rebuild strength and break the pain cycle. We are waiting for an opening in a clinic that specializes in this kind of problem. The therapy is intense and painful, but the prognosis is good. The head of the pediatric team told us that with lots of hard work she may able to do the things she once enjoyed such as hiking, etc. within the next six months.<br /> <br />Blessing to you all. Please continue to pray for Jenny and us as we seek wisdom for her treatment.<br /> <br />Joe. ( her dad and our church pastor)<br /><br /><br />Thank you for praying and continuing to pray for full, abundant health for Jenny- love, ruthieRuth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-61914948266045957832011-02-06T07:11:00.000-08:002011-02-06T07:42:46.567-08:00Pray for sweet Jenny- and join me at your State Capitol?Please pray for our PastorJoe's daughter, 17 year old Jenny, who woke in severe pain the night before last and could not walk. She is in OR hospital on high pain meds and undergoing tests with no answers so far!<br />Pray for proper diagnosis and GOD'S complete healing for this precious friend of mine!<br /><br /><br />OK- this is REALLY critical also: please go to link below, read and pass along ASAP!!! Thanks!! <br /><br />http://manhattandeclaration.org/video-contest.aspx?lbVal=101<br /><br />Lamentations 2: 19. Cry out.. Lift up your hands... For life!Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069231572625809700.post-78460302654529115882011-02-03T13:32:00.000-08:002011-02-03T14:47:39.007-08:00First signs of spring!Greetings!<br />Despite freezing temps here in the beautiful northwest- there was sunshine and plenty of signs of spring this last week:<br />~lots of Song birds singing and praising GOD and flowers returning!!!~ violets, snow drops & lawn daisies , known as " ganse blumchen" as my German mother called them! These are precious reminders of God's love and faithfulness to me!<br />Plenty to raise my spirits~ how about you? <br />What makes you happy and gives you spring- like hope in your " winters"?<br /><br />Songs are the best for me - old or new- here are three favorites:<br />An oldie preferably sung by Ethel Waters ( one of my parents favs-) " His Eye is On the Sparrow"<br />. ..so I know He is watching YOU & Me!<br />Here is Ethel Waters just about when I heard her as a child:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpMVu-N6EAE&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br /><br />And a newie : "Better Hands". ESP the version sung by a 9 yr old name Steven on U tube!<br />Check out this video on YouTube:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43SYaqOFA8&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br /><br />Second new song is "Your Hands" by JJ Heller <br /><br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-F6DGGF4Qs&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br /><br /><br /><br />What are your favorite songs or " gleanings" from this week? What flowers have you picked or seen?<br /><br />Lovingly from<br />A grateful rose<br />ruth elizabeth<br /><br />Revelation 17:14~ a favorite and new verse to me from my Wednesday bible study in Revelation by ( Eliza) Beth Moore.<br />...and these shall make war with the LAMB, but the LAMB shall overcome them, for HE IS LORD of Lords and KING of Kings:<br />And those that are with HIM are called and chosen and. FAITHFUL".... - oh I want to be faithful....Ruth E*starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564133693073841465noreply@blogger.com0