Category Archives: Being What God Created

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Did God just cut you off?

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So this spiritual journey you are on has been going pretty good.  You’re in God’s Will.  You’re growing, living life, things are looking up……. then Whack!!!!

Cut! Not just pruned, ripped open all the way.  Exposed, hurt, feelings of “why this…., why now…., now what…., what’s going on?”

Honestly, when we pray “Lord, lead me, guide me, keep me in Your Will”, we truly mean it, right?  Even when His Will makes us feel hurt and pain?  Deep down, as we are getting cut, are we thinking, “Uh Oh, I guess my prayers are being answered.”

How has God cut you off?   job/divorce/financial/friend/health/______________(fill in your cut)?????

Did He cut you off by using the job/divorce/financial/friend/health/___________ (fill in your own cut) or

were you CUT, because of the job/divorce/financial/friend/health/___________ (fill in your own cut)

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Perhaps God is grafting us with new wood.  A graft is when a tree is CUT, then a new piece of stem is joined with this old wood.  Why?  The new stem is more fruitful, better against disease, all in all a better tree.

At the time of our CUTTING, we feel pain and hurt.  Isaiah 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways”, declares the Lord. No comfort from that verse, is there?   We have been wounded.  A protective wrap is applied to the graft until the new wood and old tree grow into a strong union.

Our journeys are filled with times that God “cut” us back in order to provide a new closeness with him.  When it happens, it hurts, it wounds.  But over time, looking back,

can you now see that new growth that was in God’s thoughts and ways for you?  Share with me a time your were “CUT”.

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It takes time.

 

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They that “wait” upon the Lord

Video of my red tail hawk (Shadow) showing how to “wait”.  A two minute video, so, “wait” till you see her at the end.  She has been designed by God for flight!!

click back on the Verse of the week for more discussion.  See Ya!  Dan Ainsworth   wildernesspreacher

 

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Beauty

jamiehorse3        BEAUTY by DanA

There’s a beauty in these mountains, this picture’s clear to see.

Three beauties in the same picture,  all God made’em to be.

Those mountains in the background, play an important part,

giving Music Meadows it’s life,… from melted snow, a new start.

Those mountains do a lot, a geographical chore.

But just BEING  there, this inspires even more.

 

The beauty of the horse is seen,

by her calm and collected pose.

A beast of burden by trade, ….but her spirit,  freely grows.

Man’s domesticated partner, God’s special gift to the West,

revealing  God’s Glory, just BEING there.

That’s what this horse, does best.

 

There’s this gal, sittin’ on top.   A beauty, that’s for sure.

Wearin’ fancy clothes and a modelin’,

this cold weather, she’ll endure.

“Why do all this?” I ask her,  and she says right back to me,

“Dad, I’m BEING can’t you tell?  What God created me to be!

The people who buy the clothes that I sell,

know beauty is inside, from the heart.  They can tell.

It’s just like those mountains,

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True beauty lives in all things, comes from deep down inside.”

 

There’s a beauty in these mountains, this picture’s clear to see,

all creation here is BEING, what God wants it to be.

But a confession from this father, that I truly cannot hide!

I should’a taught that girl earlier, there’s an easier way to ride!

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