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I was experiencing a bout of vertigo, so please take my performance of the song with a large grain of salt? : )
The picture of the homeless woman with her dog is me. Vee. Clean and sober (and yes, you will hear me repeat this from time to time) and on my way back to camp from washing clothes-hence the laundry detergent on my buggy. I documented, with many pictures, the steps the Lord took me through in traveling the consequences of my choices of life-style, before I made that last eternal decision. Although I went waaaaaay far out there into the darkness? At least I knew it! There are many who walk in darkness, but don’t know it.
The buggy was also loaded down with corrugated advertising signs that the store next to the laundry mat had thrown away. Those signs make for a decent insulation for a tent in the winter – Pam and Charlie taught me that. I had gathered the advertising signs from the trash with the permission of the store owner and, after loading them onto my buggy, I took them back to camp. But not before taking this picture. ; ) There were enough corrugated advertising signs for both Pam and me to insulate around the walls of the inside of our tents. The leftovers went to Charlie Dawg, who was always the gentleman. But, he had a 10 man tent? Which would have taken every single one. Soooo LOL
There is also a large bag of dog food in the bottom of the buggy. I used to tell the folks with gym memberships; “You don’t need a gym to get into shape? Just push a loaded-down buggy around Nashville a year or two!? That’ll get’cha into great physical shape!” Yeah, they don’t like me, sometimes, ’cause I ain’t one to mince too many words, anymore. LOL
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A poem that the Lord brought to me after an especially difficult night spent in watchful prayer.
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Sometimes, the songs are not planned and we improvise with the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This is one of those times. The lovely lady joining Sherman, Patricia, and me is Dr. Karla Brown.
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This will be a regular bi-monthly feature on My Big Blue Pearl. I would like to invite all to share the joy of sharing our experience, strength, and hope of Jesus, in whatever capacities that God gives you. The Trevecca Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Ministry was begun by Ann Foster, who moved out of state to be closer to family in her latter years. I’m grateful to have met Ann. If you think I get on fire talking about the Lord? You need to sit in on one of Ann’s praises for the LORD!? I was told that she has plans for beginning another Nursing Home Ministry in the town she now resides in. Praise the LORD!
Also, a big gratitude of thanks to Sherman Cox, for keeping this ministry alive. Thank you.
I will be introducing these folks to you as we progress. In this episode of February 24, 2024, we have Terrance Brown on the Keyboard, along with his son Justin who is also an accomplished pianist, and, Dr. Karla Brown, vocalist and wife of Terrence. Thank you for your love of the music. A love we share together. The love of the tunes. : )
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I hope this will become a weekly event, with more people joining in…. In Jesus name, Amen.
Edit 02/27/2024 – It was pointed out to me that there are no Scriptures stating the “double portion” on the Sabbath. Which is true. So, I’m going to tell you why I say this about getting a double portion of the Lord on the seventh-day Sabbath..
The Scriptures that the Lord brought to me seven years ago, when I asked our generous God for wisdom, are as follows; Exodus 16:4-7 and Revelation 2:17. Also Luke 11:11-12, and of course the ever present gift of James 1:5-8.
I have been instructed by the Lord to include these in this explanation. So, please read and chew on It a minute, before responding?
I have always known about the seventh-day Sabbath. The Sabbath has always been a delight for me, even before Christ. It is in my DNA. The seventh-day Sabbath has been a part of my family for at least four generations. But, the thing that I always noticed about Sabbath keepers, whether they were born Sabbath keepers, or are converted to seventh-day Sabbath keeping? and I’m sure many will understand this? Is that, most professing Sabbath keepers will either beat people over the head with the Sabbath and/or condemn other believers with it!? (insert emoji faces here !?!)
I have always known the Sabbath as the delight it is. And, seven years ago, when Dakota and I were homeless and just beginning this journey with the Lord, there were a few things the Lord and I discussed in our negotiations. One of them was the Sabbath message.
I said to the Lord;
“Lord? I can’t beat people over the head with the Sabbath. And, I can’t condemn them with it, either… What should I do about this?”
My question of the Lord was returned with the Word – Exodus 16:4-7, Revelation 2:17, Luke 11:11-12, and James 1:5-8.
Whether anyone believes me or not? Is not my problem. I trust the Lord on this, and have claimed it ever since. And let me tell you, last Sabbath?! I’m grateful not only for the double portion of the Lord, but also for the friendship in a brother that, when I needed some extra (prayer)? I believe he obliged. Whether he did or did not pray, isn’t the point…. all I needed was to be able to reach out and ask.
“Ask, and it will be given to you: seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you….” *Jesus Christ.
And, I know this also to be true, by faith. Even if a brother or sister doesn’t?
In openly asking…
The holy angels do. And the Holy Spirit already does. > …the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words…..
Armor Up!
The Sabbath is a delight for me. And, even if the proof I have for the Lord giving us a double portion of Himself on the seventh-day Sabbath is only by faith? I believe it so….and so He does. “The LORD is faithful to those who are faithful to Him.” (Psalm 18:25) …. That’s how all this works.
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