You are Special

This simple children’s story titled “You are special” by Max Lucado speaks such great volumes of God’s love for us. The dots and stars in this short passage represent people’s views, judgments and expectations, good or bad. Apart of human nature is to listen to the people around us, we let them shape who and what we are, even when we don’t like it.

In the passage, Punchinello meets a young girl who did not have any stickers, stars or dots. People would “try to give her stickers, but they just didn’t stick.” “She has decided that what I (Eli, the maker) think is more important than what they think, the stickers will only stick it you let them.” If we could come under the realization of how much our God loves us, then what others say over us wouldn’t matter.

Punchinello: “You know my name?”
Eli: “Of course I do, I made you… You don’t have to defend yourself to me… who are they do give you stars are dots, it only matters what I think, and I think your pretty special.”

Punchinello: “Why do I matter to you?”
Eli: “Because your mine, that’s why you matter to me.” “…You are special, because I made you, and I don’t make mistakes!” “The more you trust my love, the less you care about their stickers.”

God loves us each so dearly… I pray we can each grasp on to what this simply powerful message teaches us. Lets trust His love for us!

The Haunting

I can’t escape you can I? You are ever present, always there. The haunting. The answer to every question, the comfort to my every pain. I run but can never seem to hide. The faithful one. I quit but am never able to really give up. I am not my own. The loudest noise in the silence of my life; you deafen me with your steady presence. I am truly preferred by you Jesus…
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I wrote the passage above many months ago... I came across it again today, and realized how truly faithful our God is. We can’t escape his presence! Lately the only truth I know is how amazing He is!!

“It is finished!” (John 19:30 AMP) He is awaiting us.

I posted this on the Bridge youth blog back in June, but I still feeling it for today, so I thought I would repost it on here.

“OUR REST IS IN THE REVELATION (AND BELIEF) OF HIS COMPLETED WORK…”
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FATHER, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD ESTABLISH US

“IN YOU”

THAT WE WOULD BE ROOTED AND GROUNDEDIN

YOUR LOVE;

SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES WITH CHRIST;

(AND) BE INTEGRATED

IN OUR

BODIES, SOULS AND SPIRITS.

THAT WE MIGHT BE SET UPON THE PATH

YOU ALREADY PREPARED

FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD

ON WHICH WE ARE TO WALK.

ENLARGE US

AND FILL US

WITH FAITH TO BELIEVE.

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I WOULD ASK OF YOU,

GOD OF THE SEEING EYES AND THE HEARING EARS,

COME ON OUR BEHALF

AND UNVEIL THE MYSTERIES YET BEFORE US.

DO FOR US

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WHAT WE CANNOT DO FOR OURSELVES;

THAT WE MIGHT ENTER INTO THE REST YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US;

AND FOR WHICH YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR US…

AMEN.

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- Donna Tommer, Judge Him Faithful

Truth encompasses all:

What is truth??

I was doing some research on the Hebrew word Truth and this is what I discovered:

“In Hebrew, the word for truth, emet, contains the first, middle and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which seems to suggest that truth contains everything from Aleph to Tav.


Since truth is all-encompassing, there is always a place for it to be practiced - there is literally no place or experience that is exempted from its presence - and therefore, there is always the demand to live in its light. Indeed, God Himself is called the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaEmet) (John 14:17, 15:26, 16:13).”

It’s funny how God does this isn’t it? In Revelation 22:13, He says “"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last,” (and I add in) and everything in between. He is truth.

Hey everyone! I just wanted to say a little about why I am starting this blog. For as long as I could remember I have sought after truth. To know truth, in whatever form it may come; sometimes contradicting with everything I was told to believe. This desire for truth is directly linked to a yearning to truly know Him.

For the past few years I have kept journals of certain “unmistaken truths” that God has shown me. I began rereading these recently and decided to share a bit with you all. I know that we live in a world where “truth” is relative, but the reality is that He is truth, and He is consistent. So as a friend of mine says “eat the meat and spit out the bones” when reading this. I love you all and look forward to sharing with you!