Encouragements

I have a Treasure-Store in The Lord.... AND....part of it comes from times that have caused me to be Well Seasoned in God. Think how much character we would lack in the Natural if we never had a problem or a challenge in life? This also applies spiritually......we actually take on a New-Found Strength in the Eyes of God.......and come into a place of more LIBERTY!

Cheerful Empathy

He was my song through the night

When I found myself in a plight

My strength is renewed

I can sing a new tune

He was my song in the night.

He was always there for me

Gave me times of tranquility

The waters were calm

I was in His Palm

Engraved in the Hand of God.

Now there is laughter and peace

There were then when my soul was at ease

New life springs forth

And what is more

There will be a time for you too.

Janet Vargas © June 2012

I Thank God!

There were certain pressures

God never intended for me

His Spirit stayed beside me

and made me surpass them all.

It takes pressure to make a diamond

that's what they sometimes say

May you sparkle as brightly

as I feel I am today.

Janet Vargas © Jan 2013

Prevail in God

When those times of pressure come

run to Him instead of away

And He will become your Strength and Stay

if your heart does not give way.

In Him you will find a Rock of Refuge

He will become your Strong High Tower

Where you can see the bigger picture

"Character is Forming in You"

preparing you for better days.

If you have no pressures

where's your Strength to give others

family, friends and those around?

But life should not all be pressures

that baffle and astound.

Stand your ground with a spirit of rejoicing

you do this by giving deliberate Praise

For the Mighty Work that Christ has wrought

over every foe.

That includes those who challenge you

they only seek to confuse.

He's the God of PEACE and not confusion

plant these Words in your heart

And He will surely Sanction you

He LOVED you from the Start.

Janet Vargas © Jan 2013

Take Heart

My flesh may fail and my heart may also

but this I know_ I can rely on my God

For I have made Him my Refuge

the Refuge of my heart

For me it is Good

just to be Near Him.

I wish you Well

Very soon the sun will set

Just before the night-fall

At times today my soul was blessed

I meditate as I have my rest.

There have been times that challenged me

But the day has dawned and I feel free.

I wish you all well ~ May Jesus be with you

at the break of dawn

Needed Rest

He gives me repose when I am there

away in the cleft of the Rock

And there I’m sure He fully knows

those things on me to bestow.

When I am lost with Him in prayer

“not a worry, not a care”__

is my strength for being there.

The Apostle Paul tells us that we can Rejoice when we run into problems and pressures because through them we develop Endurance that develops our Character and that strengthens our Hope in God. The NLT says that this Hope will not disappoint us because the Holy Spirit is given to Fill our hearts with LOVE.

Can I testify to this, that when we are faithful in times of pressure and prevail with Praise, we develop Strength and Character that brings us into NEW HOPE and EXPECTATIONS. He brings us into a Spacious Place as David would say_ where we can start to move places in God and experience the Joys of Life He has planned for us in Fuller Measure! And there is no-one like the Holy Spirit who can Fill our hearts with SUCH LOVE in both the hard times and the Good.