music:
"HE IS THE IMAGE"
Words: Colossians 1:15,16
Music by Steve Israel
All Rights Reserved

          The most difficult lesson of all, or so it seems looking back, was learning to wait, to trust, to have absolute confidence even when I saw no change in my circumstances or dilemmas.  This is a very common malady for Christians new and old.  Through all of this writing and sharing in books and through web pages, the highlights of my days are receiving mail from those who have been touched by what He has taught. 

          Wait on the Lord was produced because of an incredible heart burden and leading by the Holy Spirit to put together what I had learned for someone who had left a note in my guestbook.  This lady in Texas has been a dear and precious Christian friend now for over a year.  This is must reading if you are despairing of every seeing the reality of God's answers to your prayers in the land of the livng.  Wonderful insight and certainly inspired, it was given to instruct me as well as others.  Initially, I learned to wait by writhing in agony just sure that I would perish before His answer arrived, but I never did. I did, however, go through a "lamentation phase" and wrote about that too, to let other people see that it is part of our growing and learning process in our Christian life.  I am embarrassed and mortified today to see how simple-minded and fretful I was, and what a trial I must have been to my beautiful Teacher, but there is much to be learned from them, and so I freely share these too in
Count It All Joy and Last Straws and Ice Cream

          I look back today at all the powerful truths He has put in simple language for the simplest of His sheep, me first among them, and am amazed at my life with Him, and flabbergasted that 7 long years could have passed by so quickly.  I share all these things so that others can learn life lessons and grow and mature in Him too, so some can be ignited with love for Him if they have become lukewarm, and to feed the new little sheep who are daily being led to
the fold by the faithful to whom that gift was given.  All of us need to be busy about the work the Lord has given us to do.  That must be our highest priority for life.  Life is so short. so fleeting we must be diligent to be doing His work today and every day!

          Each and every one of these 65 sites and 600+ pages has been my exquisite joy to create.  In some vague way, I sense that my work for Him will be taking on new dimensions soon, though I have no clue at the moment what that might be.  What I do know because I have sought His presence and His wisdom daily, is that it will be my delight to do it, and another awesome adventure with My Lord, God, Savior and Best Friend, Jesus!  It is absolutely true that
and every one of these learning experiences was made possible, not by Him pouring His infinite wisdom into me, but by Him remaining my ever-present help and best friend through every fiery trial and tribulation!  We learn by experience and it is a most wonderful teacher.  If we were miraculously removed from every earthly situation that is difficult, depressing, devastating, etc, we would never get to experience His presence, His power, His perfectness!!!  (On the next page, you will have the joy of reading a beautiful poem about that, which I shared on the Wait On The Lord site, but it is worth sharing again).

          Seven years ago after He picked me up and washed me clean, when my whole heart was so overflowing towards Him, His Holy Spirit began impressing on me that my work was to "Feed His Sheep" by sharing in writing what He gives me.  That's where the name "God's Little Writing Sheep" began, way back then, and I could not imagine how writing anything for Him would ever be possible!  I knew so little and had everything to learn.  Though, as I said earlier, I was raised in a Christian home, I was never taught that a personal relationship with Jesus was either possible or something to seek.  The truth is that without a personal relationship with Him, we are still lost!

          What He has given me to write and share with His Sheep are the lessons He has taught me as I go through each day of my life and all of its varied circumstances and situations.  The first lesson I had to learn was "love" - when you have lived in the abject despair of any addiction that is controlling and destroying your life, you eventually come to the belief that you are totally unlovable.  Seven years ago February 2004 was His first outpouring of His Spirit to me that I was to share in writing, My Beloved Loves Me. 
          
          Next, I needed to learn and understand the importance of obedience which I shared in Listen - Jesus Is Speaking which also portrays how seriously He desires my whole heart for Himself, my time, my attention, my life first and foremost dedicated to Him.  He is a personal God who longs for a personal relationship with His people!  Oh, if His people would really grasp this! 

          He isn't concerned that I have time and money to do the things that I enjoy to relax from the cares of the world.  He wants the desire of my heart to be towards Him first as beautifully depicted in a new site, Delight in the Lord  --- He does not want my leftovers or my lukewarmness.  He desires my adoration and praise constantly, fervently, whole-heartedly too,
as in The Song Is Praise but equally He wants to love me personally and perfectly, with full knowledge and assurance of His love for me and you as shared in Accepted in the Beloved ---
has been an incredible journey which I have shared in His Writings each step of the way as I have learned from the Master by sitting at His feet, and by having the courage  to step out in faith to learn what real life is from the Creator of life.

          I need to share this wonderful truth first and foremost:  When God delivers us from whatever has us snared and bound, we have absolute and complete freedom forever from whatever we were delivered from.

          When we truly cry out to Him from the depths of our soul for Him to help us, we have the limitless power of Almighty God at our disposal!  His work is total and complete.  When He delivers, it is total and absolute, forever and ever.  I know that backsliding is possible for the redeemed as Peter described in 2 Peter 2:22, "the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." Peter also gives a very dire warning in the preceeding verse:  "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."

          That was just never a consideration for me largely because I was awed and amazed at being so totally set free, and also because of a very real fear of the Lord! (Read my entire testimony - it is truly a powerful story)

          I have never had one thought, one craving, not even the slightest inkling or temptation to take another drink, no matter what life dumped, slung, or heaped upon me, and as I share in my personal testimony, life did an extraordinary amount of all of that seemingly without end.  Through all of those trials and tribulations (the most devastating was the passing of my sweet mama into eternal life on the very day I had 11 months sobriety), I clung to Jesus as a drowning woman adrift at sea.  He never failed! 

          No situation in life is too big for Him or too impossible.  He is my Light and my Delight, and what a marvel it is to me to see how far He has brought me in these 5 years, and all that He has taught me about living in Him and Him in me.  All of that rebellion and willfullness, and wanting my own pathetic way did not disappear overnight, in fact, some days it still rears its ugly head and just has to go, because my heart's desire is to have more of Him and less of me.  He has taught me to
has been an incredible journey which I have shared in His Writings each step of the way as I have learned from the Master by sitting at His feet, and by having the courage  to step out in faith to learn what real life is from the Creator of life.

          I need to share this wonderful truth first and foremost:  When God delivers us from whatever has us snared and bound, we have absolute and complete freedom forever from whatever we were delivered from.

          When we truly cry out to Him from the depths of our soul for Him to help us, we have the limitless power of Almighty God at our disposal!  His work is total and complete.  When He delivers, it is total and absolute, forever and ever.  I know that backsliding is possible for the redeemed as Peter described in 2 Peter 2:22, "the dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire." Peter also gives a very dire warning in the preceeding verse:  "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."

          That was just never a consideration for me largely because I was awed and amazed at being so totally set free, and also because of a very real fear of the Lord! (Read my entire testimony - it is truly a powerful story)

          I have never had one thought, one craving, not even the slightest inkling or temptation to take another drink, no matter what life dumped, slung, or heaped upon me, and as I share in my personal testimony, life did an extraordinary amount of all of that seemingly without end.  Through all of those trials and tribulations (the most devastating was the passing of my sweet mama into eternal life on the very day I had 11 months sobriety), I clung to Jesus as a drowning woman adrift at sea.  He never failed! 

          No situation in life is too big for Him or too impossible.  He is my Light and my Delight, and what a marvel it is to me to see how far He has brought me in these 5 years, and all that He has taught me about living in Him and Him in me.  All of that rebellion and willfullness, and wanting my own pathetic way did not disappear overnight, in fact, some days it still rears its ugly head and just has to go, because my heart's desire is to have more of Him and less of me.  He has taught me to

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          This is one of the most delightful pages I have ever had the joy of creating for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  On February 16, 2004, I celebrated 7 years in His Marvellous Light.  Surely He did deliver my soul from hell and restore me to life in Him, the giver of life and life eternal!  What an incredibly awesome walk this has been with my Shepherd for surely I was a
          Though I was raised in a Christian home by loving Christian parents, I was willful, rebellious, wanting my own way.  How wonderfully God orchestrates our life, unknown to us, because of the constant prayers of parents.  Without their faithful prayers for over 25 years, and the grace of a loving God who heard those prayers and answered, I would not have survived.  My life was too out of control, too hopeless.  But, I know now and see so clearly how Jesus was always with me through all those worldy years as I wandered in the wilderness, the wastelands, and the wilds of this life until I was so defeated and lost that I despaired of living, and in fact, could not go on as I was, and just wanted to die. 

          I was lost totally, physically and spiritually, in the dark hell of alcoholism despite all my own willpower and inner strength in the initial battle.  The enemy will always use whatever we allow and his intent and only purpose is our utter destruction.  He came very, very close to succeeding with me.  I came critically close to becoming just another sad statistic of someone who died of alcoholism.  It happens to thousands and thousands of people in this dark world every day, and it is only by the saving grace of an all-powerful God that I am here to rejoice in Him today.  Jesus said those who have been forgiven more, love more, and that is absolute truth.  A day does not go by that I do not praise Him exultantly from the very depths of my soul for all that He has done to redeem me.  To go from being a lost sheep to being
and every one of these learning experiences was made possible, not by Him pouring His infinite wisdom into me, but by Him remaining my ever-present help and best friend through every fiery trial and tribulation!  We learn by experience and it is a most wonderful teacher.  If we were miraculously removed from every earthly situation that is difficult, depressing, devastating, etc, we would never get to experience His presence, His power, His perfectness!!!  (On the next page, you will have the joy of reading a beautiful poem about that, which I shared on the Wait On The Lord site, but it is worth sharing again).

          Seven years ago after He picked me up and washed me clean, when my whole heart was so overflowing towards Him, His Holy Spirit began impressing on me that my work was to "Feed His Sheep" by sharing in writing what He gives me.  That's where the name "God's Little Writing Sheep" began, way back then, and I could not imagine how writing anything for Him would ever be possible!  I knew so little and had everything to learn.  Though, as I said earlier, I was raised in a Christian home, I was never taught that a personal relationship with Jesus was either possible or something to seek.  The truth is that without a personal relationship with Him, we are still lost!

          What He has given me to write and share with His Sheep are the lessons He has taught me as I go through each day of my life and all of its varied circumstances and situations.  The first lesson I had to learn was "love" - when you have lived in the abject despair of any addiction that is controlling and destroying your life, you eventually come to the belief that you are totally unlovable.  Seven years ago February 2004 was His first outpouring of His Spirit to me that I was to share in writing, My Beloved Loves Me. 
          
          Next, I needed to learn and understand the importance of obedience which I shared in Listen - Jesus Is Speaking which also portrays how seriously He desires my whole heart for Himself, my time, my attention, my life first and foremost dedicated to Him.  He is a personal God who longs for a personal relationship with His people!  Oh, if His people would really grasp this! 

          He isn't concerned that I have time and money to do the things that I enjoy to relax from the cares of the world.  He wants the desire of my heart to be towards Him first as beautifully depicted in a new site, Delight in the Lord  --- He does not want my leftovers or my lukewarmness.  He desires my adoration and praise constantly, fervently, whole-heartedly too,
as in The Song Is Praise but equally He wants to love me personally and perfectly, with full knowledge and assurance of His love for me and you as shared in Accepted in the Beloved ---
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          The most difficult lesson of all, or so it seems looking back, was learning to wait, to trust, to have absolute confidence even when I saw no change in my circumstances or dilemmas.  This is a very common malady for Christians new and old.  Through all of this writing and sharing in books and through web pages, the highlights of my days are receiving mail from those who have been touched by what He has taught. 

          Wait on the Lord was produced because of an incredible heart burden and leading by the Holy Spirit to put together what I had learned for someone who had left a note in my guestbook.  This lady in Texas has been a dear and precious Christian friend now for over a year.  This is must reading if you are despairing of every seeing the reality of God's answers to your prayers in the land of the livng.  Wonderful insight and certainly inspired, it was given to instruct me as well as others.  Initially, I learned to wait by writhing in agony just sure that I would perish before His answer arrived, but I never did. I did, however, go through a "lamentation phase" and wrote about that too, to let other people see that it is part of our growing and learning process in our Christian life.  I am embarrassed and mortified today to see how simple-minded and fretful I was, and what a trial I must have been to my beautiful Teacher, but there is much to be learned from them, and so I freely share these too in
Count It All Joy and Last Straws and Ice Cream

          I look back today at all the powerful truths He has put in simple language for the simplest of His sheep, me first among them, and am amazed at my life with Him, and flabbergasted that 7 long years could have passed by so quickly.  I share all these things so that others can learn life lessons and grow and mature in Him too, so some can be ignited with love for Him if they have become lukewarm, and to feed the new little sheep who are daily being led to
the fold by the faithful to whom that gift was given.  All of us need to be busy about the work the Lord has given us to do.  That must be our highest priority for life.  Life is so short. so fleeting we must be diligent to be doing His work today and every day!

          Each and every one of these 65 sites and 600+ pages has been my exquisite joy to create.  In some vague way, I sense that my work for Him will be taking on new dimensions soon, though I have no clue at the moment what that might be.  What I do know because I have sought His presence and His wisdom daily, is that it will be my delight to do it, and another awesome adventure with My Lord, God, Savior and Best Friend, Jesus!  It is absolutely true that
          My delight is in Jesus.  My heart and mind and mouth cannot be stopped from overflowing love and praise for Him!  What a wonderful God He is to have saved a wretch like me, and then to give me the joy and privilege to work for Him and to have Him as the delight of my life!

          How great are His love and His everlasting lovingkindness!  My prayer each day for the last 7 years has been that others might see His light and love in me and desire with their whole heart to get what I have been given in Christ Jesus!

          This has been fun remembering and reliving the past 7 years, all 2555 days and nights of them, and to anticipate with expectant joy what He has planned for my life from here on, one day at a time!!! 

          I hope you will find food in my sites that inspires, encourages, uplifts, and instructs your heart.  Be assured of this one thing, He loves you with an everlasting love and, therefore, with lovingkindness He is calling you.

Delighting in Jesus always, Lin
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music:
"HE IS THE IMAGE"
Words: Colossians 1:15,16
Music by Steve Israel
All Rights Reserved

He is the image of the invisible God,
The firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created:
Things in heaven and in earth,
Visible and invisible,
Whether thrones or powers
Or rulers or authorities;
All things were created by Him
And for Him.
And for Him.

(2nd time through)
He is the image of the invisible God,
The firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created:
Things in heaven and in earth,
Visible and invisible,
Whether thrones or powers
Or rulers or authorities;
All things were created by Him
And for Him.
And for Him.

(3rd time through)
He is the image of the invisible God,
The firstborn over all creation.
For by Him all things were created:
Things in heaven and in earth,
Visible and invisible,
Whether thrones or powers
Or rulers or authorities;
All things were created by Him
And for Him.
And for Him.
Visible and invisible,
Whether thrones or powers
Or rulers or authorities;
All things were created by Him
And for Him.
And for Him.
And for Him.