Small Straws by Marsha Burns: Look back to remember where you have come from and evaluate your progression. This will give you a starting point in your forward development. It is important for you not to get lost in past events so that you can forge ahead with hope and courage. Renew your belief, and allow Me to be your Guide, says the Lord. 

Lamentations 3:22-23 Through the mercies of the Lord we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

April 4, 2025. Why do you continue to rehearse your failures? Don’t you know My mercies are new every morning? Therefore, each morning you get a FRESH START. Don’t think about the failures of the past. Let each morning bring hope for a new beginning. Don’t try to “stir up” the past. Start fresh and new each day with hope and joy. It’s a choice.

Philippians 3:13-15 “Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you;”   Robin Robinson Bohlin

April 4, 2025. Do you really know My voice? Are you allowing other voices to guide you? You are living in a time where I want you to lean into Me more than ever. Be quick to obey what I’m telling you to do. I need you to be ever diligent in listening to what I’m saying. Every day I will give you the wisdom and direction you need. Will you listen and do what I say?

John 8:47  “Whoever is of God listens to God. Those who belong to God hear the words of God. This is the reason that you do not listen to those words, to Me because you do not belong to God and are not of God or in harmony with Him.” Pam Jackson

April 4, 2012. (Reposted)  Keep an open mind to what you are being told about a change. Right now you can’t see the confusion, but nevertheless it is there. Look at this situation anew. Look at this from the stance of someone else, and you will see what is being said. You need to see the commotion this will cause, but it can be fixed. This is the reason I tell you to keep an open mind, and you can learn from this situation. Right now the whole thing is confusing. Don’t make a big deal out of what needs to be changed. But subtleties can be made that will make this situation much clearer.

Psalms 107:35 “He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water;” Bev Robinson

April 4, 2012.   (Reposted)      Your pursuits toward things in the natural are a bit foolish. Though your desire for things apart from Me are common among all people. Are you as willing to spend as much time pursuing Me and the matters of My Kingdom as you spend in chasing earthly belongings? Spiritual things (not religious things) are far greater than the worldly hunt for the satisfaction of your soul. Establish diligence toward eternal issues more than your pursuit of short lived gratifications. Be as diligent in your love of Me, as you are in your quest for material things. I give rewards for your diligence in following Me. These blessed rewards will surely come.

Hebrews 6:10-12 “For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.”  Kevin Robinson 

April 4, 2012. (Reposted)  Storms blow in. Some only bring needed rain. Others bring much damage. But today, there are two tornados on the ground in the city where I live. My wife is at home and I am about an hour’s drive away. What to do? I have learned from Jesus that we have power over the storms of life and nature. He allows me to command the rain, wind and storms to protect those I love. He has never failed to respond. My son now rebukes hail and damaging winds. Sometimes we do it together. Today, I believe a tornado was averted from my home and my wife and others I love were protected. How could I not give glory and thanksgiving to God for such grace? Jesus is the Lord of the storms and He dwells within those who believe and follow Him. Let the storm blow. Our God is more powerful.

Matthew 8:24-26 “And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!” He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little belief?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.”  Ras Robinson