Terri's Wellspring

He is the one who forgives all your sins, the one who heals all your diseases.

Psalm 103:3 God’s Word

The gifts of forgiveness and healing are eternal gifts from our Heavenly Father.  The acts of asking and receiving forgiveness bring restoration to our relationship with Jesus Christ. He is faithful and just to forgive us when we have fallen short, whether we are on the first day or the 10,000^th day of our journey with Him. What a blessing of love and mercy that God has for us.

The sincere words of “I’m sorry” or “please forgive me” can bring a world of good to our earthly relationships too. Most misunderstandings can be turned in the right direction with the petition of forgiveness. We pray today for new and restored relationships with the Father. We also pray for the blessing of healed relationships between family, friends and wherever it is needed.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do, and He will show you which path to take.   Proverbs 3:5-6 (New Living Translation)

Guide my feet, while I run this race – cause I don’t want to run this race in vain. On life’s journey we have to make many decisions. Each step of the way, we are compelled to ask God to direct our steps based on His will for our lives. This scripture and the words to this old spiritual are recognition of the importance of God’s leading in our lives. Even though we may be tempted or convinced to do what we feel is right in our hearts, if it is not aligned with God’s word or His direction, we must think again.  Yielded to His will, we are able to make Godly decisions that create the blessed life He intends for each of us.

Hold my hand, while I run this race – cause I don’t want to run this race in vain.

Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105

We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God—those whom He has called according to His plan.    Romans 8:28

Life is often a series of varied experiences that with a naked eye it would be hard to believe that one thing contributed to the other. I am sure that many of us go through some things in life and wonder how this could possibly be a part of His plan for me. And it may be true that some things are not His perfect will for our lives. We may have made some choices not based on His Word and some hard lessons may need to be learned. Or maybe someone else’s poor decisions may have negatively impacted our lives. Despite all the things that we experience, once our situations are given to God, He is able to take the remnants of all of our experiences and weave them together for our good. This blessing from God I liken to a beautiful quilt that is composed of the shapes of our experiences. The individual shapes are colored with a spectrum of our joys and our pains. Standing alone an individual shape may be incredibly undesirable and ugly but in God’s hands woven with His grace and His mercy, stitched with His love, His peace and His joy it becomes a part of the beautiful fabric of our lives in Him.

Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans. He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good. Romans 26-28 MSG

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 19:14

Our thought life is an important aspect of our walk with the Lord. The conscious and sometimes random thoughts that go through our minds throughout the day have a powerful influence on how we live. What we think and ultimately the words that we speak have both the power of life and death. We have heard it before but often say careless things about ourselves, our circumstances and others. As His children, we desire that our thoughts and our words should please our Heavenly Father, reflecting His will for our lives. Consider your thoughts and your words. If negativity and uncertainty are a continuous theme, remove them from your vocabulary. Not sure what to say, use His words. The Holy Bible is full of direction and assurances for His people concerning every aspect of our lives: relationships, healing, direction and God’s plans for us.

Think and speak life today!

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14