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   " O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.  I am ashamed of my lack of desire, O Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still.  Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed.

Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, 'Rise up my love.my fair one, and come away'.  Then give me the…

After reading a few of the recent posts I was reminded of something that I believe the Lord would like me to share. This is for all who feel unloved or unaccepted , or simply ' not good enough'.  I have ( and to some extent still do )

experienced all of these in my life.

Sometimes the Lord teaches us the greatest truths in the simpliest situations. I guess ist's something like the simple things of God cofounding the greatest wisdom of men.

He taught me…

I just finished watching a movie entitled' Amish Grace ' . It told the story of the murders of several young amish girls in their small school in a town called Nickel Mines. It is a true story and happened a few years ago ( I don't remember exactly how many).

A man went into the school house and began shooting the children, Several young girls died and 5 others were wounded. The man was then killed He left a note saying that he was doing this to ' get back at God for his own…

I was sitting in service tonight listening to the Pastor speak about ' grace in the wilderness' , from Jer 31:1-2.

One of the examples he used was the woman with the ' issue of blood' that encountered Jesus. As the pastor related the story the Lord took my mind to a different part of the story than the one the pastor was on.

He mentioned that the woman received a miracle at the time of her greatest need. While it cannot be argued that she did the Lord seemed to…