tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012612012300860971.post7958468367545469293..comments2024-01-09T14:32:30.146-05:00Comments on Everlasting Joy: Too Independent for My Own Goodsharon brobsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05886459608541959680noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012612012300860971.post-81633281703181744372014-07-11T19:30:46.713-04:002014-07-11T19:30:46.713-04:00Thank you for your visit and your beautiful words....Thank you for your visit and your beautiful words.sharon brobsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886459608541959680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012612012300860971.post-35998114079447673082014-07-11T19:29:51.560-04:002014-07-11T19:29:51.560-04:00Hugs to you sweet friend! Thank you for stopping b...Hugs to you sweet friend! Thank you for stopping by. Can't wait to see you!sharon brobsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886459608541959680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012612012300860971.post-57544156725161872312014-07-11T19:17:32.032-04:002014-07-11T19:17:32.032-04:00You know my story, Sharon! So, I definitely know ...You know my story, Sharon! So, I definitely know the heart of this beautiful post! See you soon!Verna Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625597471226124717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012612012300860971.post-80992446927993058992014-07-11T16:08:14.706-04:002014-07-11T16:08:14.706-04:00I love the way you wrote this. We are children who...I love the way you wrote this. We are children who think we know best. It is a deception. A yielded heart is free in the Lord. I wrote about this recently. This is how I see His handiwork:<br />The enemy of all enemies is deception.<br /><br />But you have planted wickedness, you have reaped evil, you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your own strength…(Hosea 10:13)<br /><br />This is why my heart must yield to His touch – must accept the sound of His correction. He knows the truth. He can never be deceived. He is a Surgeon moving with expert hands to cut out the cancer of deception.<br /><br /> “This is going to hurt. It’s pretty deep, but we’re going to get it all out. Trust Me.” <br /><br /> “Okay, Sir. I accept, just don’t leave me. Why can’t You just make it go away.”<br /><br />“My daughter, this is not trash that you just throw away. You have held on to it so long the roots go deep down into your soul and it has a mind to destroy you. I refuse to let it destroy you. Trust Me.”<br /><br />I climb up on the operating table and He begins the work. <br />He is patient with me - slow and effective in His approach.<br />Each lie is removed, destroyed and the heart renewed <br /><br />“Self” screams loudly because she is losing her place. <br />Self-deception cowers in defeat. <br />Lies are powerless in His presence.<br /><br />He has corrected me and transformed my heart. I am His masterpiece! I am free in Him. Oh! What an amazing thing it is to be in the hands of the Living God.<br />Christine Malkemeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06707256777439465083noreply@blogger.com