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"Safe Harbor" - it is a nautical term by the way and I just happen to be an ex-Navy girl - "is a place to come to when you've been damaged or beaten by the storms of life - it's a place of rest, refuge, and restoration - for a time - to receive healing or repair damages, and rest - in the Father's arms - no camping out here indefinitely - it will soon be time to get back out there and be about the Father's business. Yes, you can minister broken but how much more and better can you serve if you are restored and whole?"

"What a blessing was that stillness as He brought them safely into harbor." Psalms 107:30 NLT
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Faith vs trust ... Oct 3, 2008 4:26 pm
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I just read David's (ChristianCowboy) blog >>> A Christian (Faith) and the following was my reply to him:

Many people have knowledge of the scriptures - but understanding and applying the sciprutes is quite another thing. But yet the Word says we can ask for "understanding" in many places - and I think if we understand the Word we will apply it to our lives more. We need to pray understanding for the folks! Blessings David!!

PS - I don't think you can trust unless you have faith and don't think you can have faith unless you trust - I think trust comes first because He gives us all a measure of faith - then trust follows. Just my way of looking at it.

And I add that faith and trust remind me of stair steps - with the vertical part of the step being faith - and the horizontal part of the step being trust - faith coming first because God gave everyone a measure of faith - trust coming as a result of faith - they go hand and hand: faith > trust > more faith > more trust etc and etc and so on and so on!!

Think about it - blessings to all!!
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Prisoner for the Master ... Oct 3, 2008 10:11 am
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Another repost of mine from 2006 - blessings!!

I ran across this scripture in Ephesians 4:1-6 (Message Bible) recently and it has just tugged at my heart, “While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master” – whoa – a prisoner for the Lord – that excited me – of course we know this is Paul talking to the Church of Ephesus while he was imprisoned there and this whole chapter is about unity in the body of Christ. So let me continue with this scripture “. . . I want you to get out there and walk – better yet, run! – on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere.” Is that clear enough for you?

“And mark that you do this with humility and discipline – not fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.” Guess I should take a moment to ask if any of you have some fences to mend?? If so, you might want to go ahead and take care of this task - and do it as an act of love!! You see it here for yourself – might even bring more order into your household and your life – which is where you need to start first.

Continuing, “You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.” I consider it an honor to be a “prisoner for the Master” – He has certainly captured my heart - how about you?

Please - I encourage you to study the scriptures for yourself and allow God to reveal to you through those scriptures.
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