IF GOD HAD EMAIL! I'm sitting at the computer, checking my email hoping to get a reply from a email I wrote. Man in not my source! JESUS is! But I "hoped' to 'hear' something back, perhaps a response to aid me in my walk. Apparently, God had nothing else to say , but I still checked in hopes for a word that would 'light' my path, to ease the hurt, to encourage me that I am not alone in what I suffer. It made me to think of God. How about if God had email, and I emailed God, what would His reply be to me? If I emailed Him, and presuming He would email me back. Would He address my pain, wouldn't He give me encouragement and hope and call me by His name? Would He not acknowledge me, or ask me how I feel? I pray that He would, because I believe He is real. He understands the pain we all go thru, He knows the details about me and you. He knows when we've been good and bad, and He knows when we suffer and are sad. He knows the plans He has for you are good. He also said I will never leave you, nor could, because I am for you and not against, in my Word you can trust and depend! I pray that He would send the oil of gladness to wash away your sadness. I pray that He would include a prayer that was personal, just meant for you. Where is the compassion of JESUS today, has His spirit left us cold and grey.? He had compassion for those who were bent low; for those who suffered He never struck them with another blow. Why do you and I not do the same? Aren't we His followers, called by His name? I know that He will never turn anyone away, who comes to Him and for those who will obey. Why do we not discern those who are called by His name, and why do we treat each other as an enemy of His? Aren't we all the same? Born with destiny, and walking in His love. We show favor to a few in our own little clan, but never pity those less than . We are broken vessels without honor, if we can't hold the love of the Father. When we refuse to love each other, what can we do but shudder. The greatest commandment He left was to love another as our own self. How it must grieve His heart, when we fail to read the book of hope and love, it is the email God wrote thru His beloved sons and daughters, was purposed to be a blueprint for us to follow. We should not disappoint our Father, and true friend, nor should we disappoint each other in whose life was spent. What will it take for us to unite? Disasters, or worse things to utter???? Pray not, that we would stop being so selfish, and stop to think of someone else today. Look beyond your own hurt and pain, and look to a lost and dying world who knows not the Father's love is real. We are blessed in comparison, but we live these empty lives wanting someone to notice, someone to share with and care, yet we find not one, as JESUS did in His own trial. But we must believe, even if we don't see, that HE Is always there, administering His love and care. He knows the hour upon you is dark, and He knows the way is rough, He knows your hurt and pain. He went before you, and look at His death and what you have gained. He promised that you will die too, but resurrection power He has in store for you. A life that you gave is now not your own, because your bought with a High price, by God's only beloved Son. He willingly spilled out His blood, and gave you a promise of this new abundant life and love that He so freely gave. So be encouraged in your pain and agony that knows what He is doing….and He will see you through it, just trust in Him and All will be well with your soul! Tamara 9-26-06