Hi Siestas!
I’m Diane.
I’ve enjoyed working here for many years in the area of Resources and Customer Care. (We have the BEST customers ever). I’ll soon be retiring but may I never retire from God’s Word! His Word always ministers life to me.
I chose to share two verses with you that I’ve been camping on during a season of personal loss. My sister, Cindy, passed away suddenly July 1st.
“Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands.”
2 Corinthians 5:1 (ESV)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
2 Corinthians 1:3,4 (ESV)
That second one is a real mouthful but oh, so rich! It’s a fact that we will all face times of loss and will miss our loved ones. Tents do wear out. They weren’t meant to last. This earth is not our true home. But praise be to God who assures those who trust in Him that He will personally provide a forever home when we leave this planet. And for those still here, He promises comfort and true peace. I can testify, it’s real!
Then, there’s more…
Jesus uses us to comfort others from His supply, not our own. He’s so efficient and so faithful!
My prayer is that He will show Himself in all of your seasons too.
His and Yours,
Di
Nan Smith, Leawood, KS.
Micah 7:7. ” As for me, I watch expectantly for the Lord, the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.” NIV
Janine – Corona, CA
“You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.” James 2:24 (NIV)
Natalie Malec, Grand Prairie, TX
“Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. May your gracious Spirit lead me forward on a firm footing.”
Psalms 143:10 NLT
Julia Eisiminger from Ortonville, Michigan, “You are althogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.” The Song of Solomon 4:7 (ESV)
Isaiah 12:2 NASB
Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
For the LORD GOD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation.”
Pam Marshall from Mason, Ohio:
“If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 (NLT)
Hi from Susan in OP Kansas!
The LORD is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
Psalm 103:8 NLT
Teresa. Orange City. Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17
“Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching you have heard from me, with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.”
2 Tim. 1:13, NIV
Shelly Elston, Portland, OR
“Happy is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.”
Psalm 128:1
NRSV
Karen Sanders, Burleson, TX, “Be joyful always” 1 Thessalonians 5:16 NIV
Brooke Gage, Highlands Ranch Co
“Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.” Psalm 139:16 (NIV)
Debbie from Semmes, Al
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thes. 5:16-18 NIV
Sarah Boyce from Columbia, MO
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is love. 1 John 4:7-8
Fran Scott, Stafford TX: “We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Linda Wright, Sugar Land, Texas – When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3 NIV
Ephesians 1:17 ESV
…that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him…
1Peter 5:6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God that he may exalt you in due time.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:3
ASV
Shawn in AZ
Because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:16 NKJV
Janice, Springdale, AR
“Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked,
so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from You!
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
Genesis 18:25 ESV
Margaret Neil Jackson, TN
for our God us a consuming fire.
Hebrews 12:29 NIV
For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the first born among many brothers. Romans 8:29 NIV
Jennifer T from Fairfax, VA
With long life I will satisfy him
and show him my salvation. Psalm 91:16 ESV
Sheree Campbell, Phoenix, AZ
“For the spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self discipline” 2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
Song of Songs 1:2 (NIV)
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is more delightful then wine.
Sandy, Clatskanie OR
Phoebe Cunningham from Tucson, Arizona:
For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
John 1:16 ESV
Leah from Lacey, WA
Therefor don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.
Matthew 6:34 (HCSB)
Michelle, Chehalis, WA: Psalm 143:10 ESV – Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
Claudia from Edmond, OK
“God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.” In Timothy 3:17. NLT
Denise from Reliance, VA
NKJV Psalm 25:16
“Turn Yourself to me, and have mercy on me,
For I am desolate and afflicted”
Mary Beth, St. Louis, MO
“Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.”
Psalm 139:16 (ESV)
Sheila from Mount Airy, NC- “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2(NIV)
Tracy Goldblum, San Diego, CA
Ephesians 3:13 NLT
So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
Nancy
Barboursville WV
“For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Galatians 5:14 NIV)
Theresa, Camden ME, Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. James 5:16 NKJV
Jan Jensen from Waterloo, Iowa: “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.”
Colossians 1:1,2 NIV
Laura from Littleton, CO
This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of Him. 1 John 5:14-15
Krista – Winchester, VA
I delight to do your will, my God; your instruction lives within me. Ps. 40:8 HCSB
Barbi, Post Falls, Idaho. “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” John 14:1 ESV.
Elsie – Castle Rock CO
Psalm 143:10 ESV
Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! let your good Spirit lead me on level ground!
“Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Colossians 4:2 ESV
“You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of The Lord is near.” James 5:8 ESV
Kelly from Delaware, OH
Colossians 3:8 (NIV) “But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.”
Debi Newsome from Lumberton, NJ
“The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord shall not be in want of any good thing.”
Psalms 34:10 NASB
Roseanne, Tacoma, WA
Let your eyes look straight ahead, and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet, and let your ways be
established.
Do not turn to the right or the left; remove your foot from evil.
Proverbs 4:25-27 NKJV
Joan from Richmond,VA
This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25
Kathleen Partin. Saint Joseph. Michigan
2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven, not built by human hands.
EVS.
Tracy Chapman- Andice, TX
Ephesians 6:11 NASB
“Put on the full armor of God,
so that you will be able
to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil.”
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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of
POWER and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND,
2 Timothy 1:7 NIV