seashells

Seven.
Cheeks ruddy, feet sandy, eyes wide- the tiniest thing's a treasure.
She runs and stops, looking back to smile, and then takes off again.

She picks something up, smiling so hard it might hurt, and holds it up.
"Mommy!"
The sun's been up long, and she squints a wee bit.
She holds her newfound treasure higher up, almost afraid that her mommy won't see it because it's so small.

"It's broken sweetheart," Her mommy smiles.
She looks at the space below her left elbow and looks up again, smiling with the exact same smile-
a tiny mirror image.

"So am I."

Jesus your 3 in 1

From: Victor King of TGIF Ministry (www.tgifministry.com)

The Bible tells us in the old testament (Leviticus 4) that when a person
sins, he has to bring an offering to the high priest for the atonement
of sins.

There are 3 individuals involved here. The sinner, the sin offering and
the high priest. Jesus fulfilled them all.

The sinner:
Jesus took our place as the sinner.

He who knew no sin was made sin for us. 2 Corinthians 5:21.

The sin offering:
Jesus became our sin offering.

God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an
offering for sin. Romans 8:3.

The high priest:
Jesus became our High Priest.

......consider the High Priest, Jesus. Hebrews 3:1.

When you've sin, don't run away from God like a sinner, run to God for
Jesus has died for your sins and He will help you out of it.

Don't condemn, beat or punish yourself for Jesus became your sin
offering. He was beaten and punished for you on the Cross.

You don't have to go through somebody else or hide away from God once
you have fallen or sinned. Go boldly to the Throne of Grace through your
High Priest Jesus Christ. Jesus is your all in all. Look to Jesus. He is
your Salvation. Amen!

Jesus died for your sins. See your sins on the Cross of Jesus Christ.
See It Nailed. (S.I.N)

Walk in Love

This prophetic word is submitted by Teresa Seputis [ts@godspeak.net]

Little one, I have called you to receive My love, and to extend it to others. You must do the former before you can do the latter. So many of My own have been wrongly trained that you must work up a love in your hearts for others so that I will approve of you and extend more of My own love to you. But that is not how it works,dear one. You cannot love others with My love until My love had penetrated your entire being. You must be secure in My love for you before are able to successfully give it away to others.

My Son gave you two great commandments when He walked on this earth. The first (and highest) is that you love Me with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your spirit.* You may not realize it, but there is a condition built into that command. You must receive My love for you in order to love Me--for My great love towards you is what empowers you to be consumed with loving Me back. I am the initiator of this love, as I have said in My word, I loved you and I choose you before you knew to love Me.**

You are empowered to love Me because I have loved you. The more you choose to receive My love, the easier it will for you to love Me back in the way that My Son commanded you to.

I want to make this easy for you--I want to lavishly pour out My great love for and My great acceptance of you, no matter what your present-day circumstances may be. If you are in sin, the blood of My own dear Son covers that sin and presents you acceptable to Me.Can you believe that and receive My forgiveness and allow My transforming power to work liberty from sin in your life?

If you are in difficulty or in need, can you believe that I am a loving father who provides for the needs of His own dear children?***

I don't just provide your minimum needs so that you can barely scrape by--I also provide many of your wants and desires, for I delight to give good gifts to My children.****

Why do I do that? It is because I am love, and because I love you dearly. I want you to truly believe what I am telling you; I want it to be real to you that you are loved and forgiven. My love is not conditional, based on how well you perform at the moment. I will not withdraw it because you have a bad day.

Do not misunderstand, it pleases Me greatly when you choose to honor and obey Me, and it raises My displease when you choose to sin or rebel against My will. But even when you are rebellious and in need of discipline, you are still My child. I may need to chasten you at times, but that does not make Me disown you or stop loving you. You please Me more when you are "good," but I never stop loving you, no matter how much you misbehave. My grace and mercy and forgiveness will always be there for you when you repent and run back to Me. Why? It is because I love you dearly.

There is nothing you can do to separate yourself from My great love for you. You are secure in it.

When you realize this--when it becomes real to you--then you will be much better positioned to love yourself and to love others. Then it will become possible for you to obey My Son's second greatest command: to love your neighbor as yourself.

In short, when you become secure in My great love for you, you will love Me back with all of your heart, and My love will fill and overflow your life. And that will make it possible for you walk in My love, and to give it away to others, just as I have commanded you to do.

* Matthew 22:37-39
** Ephesians 1:4-5
*** Philippians 4:19
**** Psalm 37:4, Matthew 7:11