Welcome!  Blessings!  Thank you so much for your prayers for me.  I am doing much better already.

I have a special prayer request.  A very dear friend & sister in Christ named Diana has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.  I say that they haven’t seen anything rare until they’ve seen what the power of God can do.  Our God is always in rare form!  She told the doctors that her life is in God’s hands and He can do whatever He will.  Please join me in praying for her.  We need a miracle and God’s got plenty of them—all for us!

As I mentioned before, I attended a women’s prayer retreat almost 2 weeks ago and the Word and prayer atmosphere were tremendous!  One of the facilitators, Elder Loretta Cohen, ministered about complaining.  I will share later on how the Lord prepared me to soak up what she taught.  But this devotion is just a portion of what I got out of it.

To complain is to talk yourself out of a blessing.  While God invites us to pour out our complaint and come reason together with Him, He finds it unacceptable to murmur against Him out of ungratefulness, unbelief, selfishness, self-will, immaturity and unreasonableness, etc.

Complaining about circumstances is nothing less than speaking against the Lord.  If God is the sovereign Lord of our lives, then we are talking against Him when we complain about circumstances and situations.  It is never safe to murmur against the Lord, yet some people insist on living dangerously.  It’s usually the reason many find themselves "under the circumstances" (Numbers 16:31-33) or in a heated discussion (Numbers 1:11).

If someone said just a portion of some of the things about another person that Christians have said against the Lord, they would be sued.  The public would be outraged at their indiscretion in speaking so negatively and openly against someone.  The same scriptures that instruct us not to speak evil of one another also apply when it comes to saying things concerning God. 

If we start counting our blessings, we will never arrive at the point where we could complain.  For instance, are you confronted with a living expense that you can’t afford?  Thank God that He can!  It’s a blessing that You have Him to provide and that He will indeed make provision for it.  Thank Him until it comes to pass and then thank Him that it’s no longer an issue.  Say, “This is the Lord’s doing; this is for the Lord to do; this trouble belongs to the Lord…and so do I!  He will never forsake my family or me or have us begging.  Bless His Holy name!”  Believe and receive; rehearse and repeat the report of the Lord—His holy Word; His exceeding great and precious promises!  For if you do, you’ll be blessed, and it’s not safe to say anything else!

This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.  This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:23&24

It’s never safe to make a statement that would speak against

The way the Lord has deemed it best to mold and shape events.

It’s never safe to say something according to our views

When His will does not coincide with ways that we would choose.

It’s never safe to speak in ways that scorn and criticize

How God sees fit to work when we can’t see why with our eyes.

It’s never safe to talk in ways that cause the Lord to grieve

Because He does not move in ways that our minds can perceive.

The devil who accuses us takes great delight to use

Ungrateful hearts to look at God and find cause to accuse.

And every time we murmur and His workings we despise,

We charged our Father foolishly and judged Him as unwise.

So, let our hearts rejoice at what God does to make our day;

For any other words than praise is never safe to say.

Ephesians

5:20 – Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

4:29 – Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

4:30 – And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

4:31 – Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

In every thing give thanks:  for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.  1 Thessalonians 5:18

Be Fluently Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome!  Blessings!!!

One word before we get started—OOOOWWWW!!!!!!  That’s the universal word for urinary tract infection!!!  I praise God that my doctor, who is a Christian, was able to get me into her office pronto & prescribe some anointed antibiotics!!!  I do praise God for Doctor Y. Lynn Taylor.  She actually has scriptures built into the walls of her office & God’s presence is there!

Okay, enough about me!

When the subject of "faith" comes up, people often speak of confession (as in “name it, claim it”).  But God’s position is “talk it, walk it” for the bible says that faith without works is dead, not faith without WORDS!  Faith that does more than talk—now that’s what God’s talking about!

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God must first believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.  Hebrews 11:6

Some say that they believe in God, as if that will appease Him;

But only those with total faith in all He is can please Him.

Faith that makes a proud and haughty heart bow in contrition,

Faith that makes a sinner see their critical condition;

Faith that makes a needy soul come boldly to His throne,

And know that it is not by merit, but His grace alone;

Faith that speaks and makes more than a carnal declaration;

Faith that trusts in Jesus Christ completely for salvation;

Faith that demonstrates what it believes and does much more;

The faith that makes one live for God is faith God’s looking for.

Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well:  the devils also believe, and tremble.  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?  James 2:19&20

Be Exceedingly Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome!  Blessings!

Thursday night is the night that I facilitate bible study with the women at the Allegheny County Jail. & Yesterday (Thursday), we had terrible storms in Pittsburgh.  The streets were flooded & blocked; trees, utility poles & power lines were down; homes were damaged & flooded, you name it!  One man saw a funnel cloud coming from the direction of one of the rivers and then he witnessed a possum flying through the air!

Just as I was about to leave work to go to the jail, another bad storm hit.  The skies were angry with blackness.  Instead of afternoon, it appeared to be midnight.  The thunder and lightning were so fierce that at one crack, a man wailed, “Man…Jesus got shotguns!!!”  I almost wanted to respond, “How merciful He must be to have perfect aim & always miss us!”   Anyway, my mother called and told me that a tornado watch was in effect and a state of emergency had been declared.  Everyone was strongly advised stay wherever they were.  I prayed in my heart, “Lord, I’m going.  I can’t miss bible study.  I need to be there.  Please clear the weather up.”

When I left a few minutes later, the rain had stopped completely and the skies were baby blue.  Except for the wet ground & the traffic lights being out, I would not be able to tell that there was a storm at all.  Traffic was crowded & to a crawl, yet the Lord allowed me to immediately catch the bus that I needed in order to get out of town.

I went home and gathered my lessons & things and started back out again.  I remembered a co-worker saying that her husband was driving on the same boulevard that I take to get to the prison & it was bumper-to-bumper because the traffic lights were out.  I could only thank the Lord as I drove that same road minutes later and there was no traffic at all.

I encountered only one detour and the Lord just helped me to think outside of the box.  The road was flooded and all of the vehicles seemed to be taking the way that the policeman was waving & turning right.  I turned left and that street took me directly to town without any congested traffic.  Instead of missing the bible study completely, I was only a few minutes late!  Thank You, Jesus!!!

When I got to the unit, the women were waiting with a jubilant welcome.  One woman exclaimed, “We prayed you here!  We prayed that the Lord would bring you safely.  We know how scared you are of storms and that it was really bad out.  So, we really prayed for you!”  Another woman said, “I didn’t think you were going to be able to come but you made it!”  It is customary that we open our bible study with each one thanking God for something and them putting in her prayer request.  One woman said, “I want to thank God for sending someone who cares about us enough to come through the storm to be here with us.”

You know, those women have mountains of problems.  There is so many things that they could be praying about and yet they prayed for me.  They are tremendously precious.  When I share my prayer request, few Christians follow up like those women do.  They’ll ask me about requests that I’ve forgotten about.  They don’t ask questions to get more information, they just want to know that it’s okay now.

When I heard their rejoicing of how God brought me, I thought of you—yes YOU!!!  I thought of all of my Christian siblings that must be going through some type of storm.  I began to pray for your strength and courage, that your faith fails not.  I see you standing, I see you safely arriving to your goals, to your divine destiny as I greet you with jubilant expectation and say, “I prayed you here!  I knew the storms could make you afraid. You shouldn’t have been able to come, but you made it!  Hallelujah!”  But until then, know that Jesus said, “I have prayed for you.”  Every step that you make, hear Him saying, “I prayed you here!”  Don’t be discouraged; He rejoices your progress; He celebrates your stamina.  He enjoys walking with you.  He’s watching over & orchestrating your every move.

Like I’ve recently mentioned, the Lord will not only direct you, but He will direct your paths.  He will cause the path that you're on to go in the direction that He has planned.  Be encouraged!!!  The Lord is praying you there!!!  I’m praying you there!  Others are praying you there!!!  Are you with us?

Isaiah 43:

1 – But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and He that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art Mine.

2 – When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

3 – For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour…

5 – Fear not: for I am with thee…

In devastating winds known to blow strong trees to the ground;

Through earthquakes and tornadoes where no safe place can be found,

Through rushing of floodwaters that has taken cities under;

Or booming threats that ring out from the roaring voice of thunder,

To darkness of the skies that none can penetrate but lightning;

Each strike illuminates but makes the atmosphere more frightening,

From hailstones that hit hard and heavy everywhere they land,

To desert storms that blast and sting unmercifully with sand,

Or many hidden dangers that await in fallen snow,

Life has some type of storm through which someone must dare to go.

No doubt another’s storm is vastly different from mine,

It may even appear that some walk only in sunshine.

Yet there’s inclement weather that can’t always be discerned,

And we may not be privy, but we can’t be unconcerned.

We must pray for each other, helping all along the way—

Until our journey ends with Heaven’s bright and endless day.

So let’s lift one another up in faith to God in prayer;

So when we meet, we’ll tell each other, “I have prayed you here!”

But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.  Luke 22:32

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.  Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy.  And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.  Colossians 1:9 & Philippians 1:4 & 9

Be Infinitely Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome!  Blessings!

So many things that we would like avoid or eliminate (and would if we could) are the very things that God uses to lead and guide us.  Instead of attempting to rid ourselves of them or put as much distance as we can between them and us, we should be drawing near to God and attentive to what He’s doing and how He’s using them to manifest His presence, and point the correct way and block the wrong way.

Why go ahead of God when we wouldn't get or be as far as we are without Him?  If God is so good and so gracious to be there to lead us, the least we could do (and the best that we could do for ourselves) is follow!  He knows what’s best and He’s so great that He can use a cloud to enlighten us, illuminate our way and brighten our day!  Bless His holy & righteous name!

When the cloud tarried...then the children of Israel...journeyed not.  Numbers 9:19                 

The best of times in life,

Where rays of glory filled my way;

Was when the presence of the Lord

Had clouded up my day!

Be Unstoppably Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome!  Blessings! 

A missionary, who wishes to remain anonymous, wrote a poem “Wait And You Will See Him.”  It is about his experience of waiting on the Lord.  In it, he was in prayer, quoting all the scriptures that seemed to obligate God to answer him immediately.  God replied and said that He could instantly do and give him all the things that he requested but he would miss out on knowing the Lord.  He wouldn’t know the power that God gives to the faint and the list goes on and on.  I have included it in a separate post (it should appear right after today’s devotion).

When we wait for God, we are waiting for Him to tell us what He has ordered & when we wait on God, we walk in obedience according to the steps He has ordered.  I will elaborate on this subject a little more later on but the Lord recently opened Proverbs 3:6 to me:  In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.  That scripture is saying that God will not only direct us, but He will direct our paths.  He will cause our paths to lead in a way where we would not readily go and to a place where we may be reluctant to venture to.  When we walk in His will & at His pace, the paths we walk all lead to blessings.  All of His paths are mercy and truth (Psalm 25:10).  That is just one of the many benefits there is to be had waiting for and on the Lord.

And therefore will the LORD wait, that He may be gracious unto you…blessed are all they that wait for Him.  Isaiah 30:18

Don’t think to take on one step further, until you are called;

Though some may think your ministry is failing or has stalled.

Do not be rushed or pushed into what some say you should do;

And do not move ahead unless the Lord’s instructed you.

According to God's purpose, all your times are designated;

And when you see the end result, you will be glad you waited.

Too often progress is confused or measured by our speed;

But more than ground to cover, God's concerned with what we need.

God has a purpose to fulfill as we achieve our goals;

Each phase is of eternal worth that benefits our souls.

There's more to the completion than just simply getting there,

And every season has more purpose than we are aware.

God has an all-wise purpose when our pace slows to a crawl;

In time, we'll see our quickness wasn't so swift after all.

For we'll arrive much sooner just to find that we've been cheated;

And see all that we've missed and a great purpose was defeated.

So, never forfeit progress for what seems instant and fast;

But wisely use your time to wait for God for what will last.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.  Ecclesiastes 3:1

...All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.  My times are in Thy hand...  Job 14:14 and Psalm 31:15

Be Purposefully Encouraged!

Pam

I did not write this poem (although it is one of many that I wish I had written).  The first time that I heard this awesome poetic message, it was read by one of my precious sisters in Christ who was incarcerated at Muncy State Prison during the church service.  This poem was written by a missionary after a 2-month illness. I always try to give accurate information concerning the writer but this author wishes to remain anonymous in order that God get all the glory, as he says it was God who gave it to him.  Praise God—perhaps we’ll meet in heaven!

Here it is—Get ready to be blessed!!!

Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried:

Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.

I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate,

And the Master so gently said, "Child, you must wait."

"WAIT? You say wait?" my indignant reply.

"Lord, I need answers; I need to know why!

Is Your hand shortened? Or have You not heard?

By faith I have asked and am claiming Your Word.

My future and all to which I can relate

Hangs in the balance, and YOU tell me 'Wait?’

I'm needing a 'yes,' a go-ahead sign,

Or even a 'no' to which I can resign.

And, Lord, You promised that if we believe

We need but to ask, and we shall receive.

And, Lord, I've been asking! I need a reply!

Lord, I need answers. I need to know why!”

Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate

As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."

So I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut,

And grumbled to God, "So I'm waiting...for what?"

He seemed, then, to kneel, and His eyes wept with mine,

And He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.

I could shake the heavens and darken the sun.

I could raise the dead; cause the mountains to run.

All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be.

You would have what you want...but you wouldn't know Me.

You'd not know the depth of my love for each saint;

You'd not know the power that I give to the faint;

You'd not learn to see through clouds of despair;

You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there;

You'd not know the joy of resting in Me

When darkness and silence were all you could see.

You'd never experience the fullness of love

As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove;

You'd know that I give and I save (for a start),

But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart,

The glow of My comfort late in the night,

The faith that I give when you walk without sight,

The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked

Of an infinite God, who makes what you have last.

You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,

What it means that "My grace is sufficient for thee.”

Yes, your dreams for that loved one overnight would come true,

But, Oh, the loss! if I lost what I am doing in you!

So be silent, My child, and in time you will see

That the greatest of gifts is to get to know Me.

And though oft may My answers seem terribly late,

My most precious answer of all is still, "WAIT."

I received comments (& 2 Eprops yet!) from a scammer that opened an account on XANGA 8/7/07.  (S)he claims to have come into a fortune (millions of dollars) and is looking for someone in a foreign country to use their bank account to hold this money in trust for him/her, etc.  I know you’re much smarter than that, to fall for such foolishness but I want to warn you, nevertheless.  I reported this site to XANGA but there’s really nothing on it that is in violation.  This person is just using a membership to do criminal acts of fraud by posting messages & comments.

Please be wise as serpents & harmless as doves!!!  Give no time or place to the devil.  Even attempting to contact this person out of curiosity or trying to conduct your own investigation could leave you a victim.  These types of people know how to get information about you without you knowing, or without you even agreeing to buy into their offer.  Please, I beg of you, this is how the identities of some people are stolen and/or their bank accounts wiped out. BEWARE!!!

Here is how the comments read (I crossed out the email address):

Welcome!  Blessings!

“Love at first sight” can quickly end with a second look.  But true love at first sight sees the same thing that it would see in a long, hard stare and is yet enamored by the sight of it.  Who else but God?  He loved me first: before I could give Him every reason not to!  Thank God that when my life was a sight, I was a sight for His eyes!  When He beheld something of worth in my life, it was definitely the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.  When He saw fit to not turn away and saw something to desire, it was faith that works by love in action.

So now I can look by faith and see the impossible being accomplished because I’ve already seen it done in me!  My life was impossible but look what the Lord has done!!!  Is there any thing He can’t work out?

If you don’t know the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, please ask Him to forgive your sins and invite Him into your life.  You will never regret it!

…faith which worketh by love.  Galatians 5:6

The Lord called me “Beloved,” though it was so clear to see;

That there was nothing lovely nor could there be, about me.

How is it that God looked on me when I was an eyesore;

And then describe me truthfully as all He could adore?

How could He see grime, rust and dross and call my life pure gold?

It had to be there in His eyes, was beauty He foretold.

How could the Lord not say that my life was a worthless loss?

Because He spoke of me from the perspective of the Cross.

He brought Himself to look at me; then saw one He’d prefer,

Because in love, He called those things that weren’t as though they were.

So, when I look to Him in faith, it’s natural that I’d see

There’s nothing He can’t do because of what He saw in me.

…God...calleth those things which be not as though they were.  Romans 4:17

Be Insightfully Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome back!  Blessings!

Blessings—That’s what I received at the Gospel Lighthouse Word Ministries Women’s Prayer Retreat this past weekend.  What a wealth of spiritual impartation and fellowship!  How good and how pleasant it is for the children of God to dwell together in unity!  Thank you so much for your prayers for me—God heard and answered every one of them!

The theme was “Beyond The Veil” and it seemed that the things that the Lord has been sharing with me prior, were priming my spirit to receive and absorb the great teaching that Pastor Emma White; Elder Loretta Cohen & Elder Kalissia Bennett brought to us.  It is so needed for believers to go beyond the veil of their own understanding and press into all that God has prepared.  I will be sharing much more in the days to come.

Pastor Emma White stated that the indication of, and the problem with having a shallow relationship with God is that the pleasure of that relationship is less than the pleasure a person has when life is well.  In other words, life going well is more important than that person’s relationship with God.  They would be just fine and happier without God’s presence if they could only have His benefits.

Life lived in God’s presence; dwelling in the secret place of the most High is life at its best for every Christian.  Any trouble that causes us to pray and seek God with the end result being us drawer ever closer to Him; has done more good than harm.  That trouble is a blessing and more of a solution than a problem.

The NASB translation of Psalm 73:28 says But as for me, the nearness of God is my good…and the God’s Word Translation says Being united with God is my highest good…  The emphases that those translations bring out highlight the thought for today.

Psalm 73:

25 – Whom have I in heaven but Thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.

26 – My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

27 – For, lo, they that are far from Thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from Thee.

28 – But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all Thy works.

What good is life without the Lord or what good would I be,

If I had everything in life except His life in me?

What good would I see in this life or what good could I do,

If God would not be in my life to help and see me through?

To have Him for my all in life, none other could compare;

Though those who live ungodly seem to have it good and fair.

Even when there’s heartache, I will be the first to say,

“I have the Lord and wouldn’t have it any other way!”

Be Oddly Encouraged!

Pam

Welcome!  Blessings!

I will be away to attend a Women’s Prayer Retreat.  I am looking forward to the fellowship and impartation with my precious sisters in Christ and my beloved elder brother, Jesus the Christ.  So, I won’t be posting until Monday but I will be listening always.  I don’t attend very many conferences and things.  But when I do, it’s because I expect to be changed as a result.  I expect to return in the Spirit of the Lord and the power of His might.  I expect my life and ways to be different.

As I was putting the finishing touches on this devotion, these scriptures came to me:

Isaiah

43:18 – Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

43:19 – Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

42:9 – Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

God is speaking to us and telling us not to be discouraged in our land of affliction.  Never determine in your heart that this place is so hard that you’ll not be able to forget it or recover.  This place is enabling you to recover all.  Do not think that it’s just the same old things over and over again.  The things that you are now experiencing are already old and have become former things; they have come to pass just as He told you and they have come and gone.  He is doing a new thing as He speaks.  Just as God has been true and correct about these present events, He is the same about the new things that you have yet to see.  Hallelujah!

The events in the life of Joseph are too much to deal with in one setting, even this isolated event of Joseph naming his sons.  God was not finished blessing Joseph when he named his sons.  God is able to do exceeding abundantly above all we ask or think.  God is so great and His purpose is so great that He can only put a small portion of it in our dreams.  And that small amount that He reveals is yet overwhelming.  Our faith will always appear to be the size of a mustard seed when compared to the great things that God gives us to believe Him for.

I just pray that I name my experiences according to the outcome.  I pray that all of my struggles will be known only by a song of joy; my pain by praise, my misfortune by mirth and my hardship by Hallelujahs!  May I name my experiences according to what was the determining factor; names like God's faithfulness, God's power, God's restoration, God's goodness!

And yes, we will see what becomes of our dreams (Genesis 37:20)!

And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh:  For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.  And the name of the second called he Ephraim:  For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.  Genesis 41:51&52

My life is a miracle of blessed contradiction;

To prosper in a place such as a land of my affliction.

A place of hardship that I should have never made it through—

Turned out to be the place I thrived abundantly and grew.

The land of my affliction where it seemed my dreams had died—

Just brought them to fruition as they greatly multiplied.

The place where I had suffered many things that was unjust—

Afforded me an increased faith in God and steadfast trust.

The land where I experienced long years of intense pain—

Brought forth the richest harvest in my life of golden grain.

The land where I endured false accusations, lies and scorn—

Caused my storehouse to overflow with healthy stocks of corn.

In my land of affliction, there were famines that waxed sore;

But I still was fed in plenty and I took in even more.

Not only did the Lord sustain me in that land of drought;

But He also refreshed my parched soul as He brought me out.

He led me from my native land where I felt I belonged;

And blessed me more in that strange land where I was grossly wronged.

His presence was there with me and He caused me to abound;

In that same land some hoped and thought would be my burial ground.

Though it was meant for evil, my God moved His mighty hand;

And made a wealthy place for me out of a barren land.

God dealt with me so wondrously and I have been so blessed;

'Til I just recall the good and have forgotten all the rest.

When my affliction is recounted, be it known and said:

God raised me to a better life when I was left for dead.

As it is written, For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.  Romans 8:36&37

Isaiah 55:

8 – For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the LORD.

9 – For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.

10 – For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

11 – So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth:  it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

12 – For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:  the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

13 – Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:  and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Be Steadily Encouraged!

Pam