From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Our days are so uncertain,
we don’t know what tomorrow will hold.
Today is the tomorrow that we
thought about yesterday.
How did your plans unfold?
Have you ever wished you could have yesterday back?
Or a tiny piece to re-live?
Are there things unsaid that you wish had been spoken.
or things held back – still to give?
Lord, help us to do our best each day.
It needn’t be worthy of praise.
A warm smile, or an offer to help
never fails to brighten our days.
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Oh, armored one with your:
Pointed beak,
Big Fat Tongue,
Long sharp claws,
Lumbering gait,
Tunnel master,
I just want to talk to you.
Don’t disappear
Into your shell.
Into your burrow.
Please come out
I won’t harm you,
Or the secret life you live.
Slow and so free.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
When I cried out in my sorrow,
His presence came shining through.
Don’t ever suffer in silence.
Christ is always there for you.
Do you know that God smiles?
It’s recorded in His word.
That is so encouraging.
A fact I had never heard.
“When they were discouraged
I smiled and that encouraged them
and lightened their spirits.”
(Job 29:24 TLB)
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us
from God’s love. Neither death, nor life, neither angels
or demons, neither our fears for today, nor our worries about
tomorrow–not even the powers of hell can separate us from
God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below–
indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate
us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our
Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
Isn’t it comforting to know that God loves you and will
never leave or forsake you?
God loves you because of who God is-
not because of anything you did – or didn’t do.
Life presents its challenges,
Of this we are all aware.
But the Lord is there throughout it all
to comfort through our despair.
“When they were discouraged, I smiled and that
encouraged them and lightened their spirits.”
Job 29;24 TLB
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
What is loneliness?
It’s an unanswered cry for love.
Everyone needs someone.
Love stems from our Lord above.
What is a wounded soul,
but one aching for hope.
Reach out with a helping hand-
You will help the hurting to cope.
Good encouragers have to be genuine.
“Let love be without hypocrisy” (Romans 12:9)
When you lift up the defeated,
it is Christ that all will see.
“Sometimes you think you’re being buried,
when you’re really being planted.
God is using this season to grow you.”
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From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Just as our body requires exercise,
we need to stretch our mind.
Think higher and feel deeper;
To yourself be kind.
Open your heart.
What do you want the world to know?
It’s never too late to plant the seed of optimism,
and stand in awe as you watch it grow.
Every day is a blessing.
Keep looking up, dear friend.
Put your trust in our Savior.
Life on earth is not the end.
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all ye lands.
“The holiest of all holidays are those kept
by ourselves in silence and apart.
The secret anniversaries of the heart.”Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Our life is in God’s hands.
All of our days are fashioned by Him.
In His book they all are written,
not by accident or whim.
Every jug of milk or can of tuna
has an expiration date.
Well, so have we.
God’s timing is best,
but it is not for us to see.
Psalm 139, Verse 16
Thine eyes did see my substance
yet being unformed, and
in Thy book all my members
were written, which in continuance
were fashioned, when as yet
there was none of them.
When asked, “What is the greatest surprise
you have found about life?”
Your response will be, “The brevity of it”.
Yes, life is but a minute,
but eternity is in it.
Keep looking up, dear friend.
Jesus is waiting at the Cross for you.
His dearest desire is to communicate with you.
Life on earth is not the end.
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Choose your words carefully
for they are powerful, you’ll agree.
They can encourage one’s heart
and turn sadness into glee.
How does one express love?
How do you define it?
It stems from the heart-
There is hope and promise in it.
“Colors fade, temples crumble,
empires fall, but wise words endure.”
Edward Thorndike
Words of love
“Therefore comfort one another with these words”
1 Thesalonians 4:18
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.
Have you used one to say “Thank you”?
From the Heart
Louise Gibson
Source: Reflections of the Heart: Metamorphosis
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Source: Reflections of the Heart: January 2007
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