WOULD YOU GIVE IT AWAY?

Would you give something away that you loved and used a lot to someone that needed it?

I have a “Longaberger” basket that is a catch-all caddy. I love it. I don’t know why anyone would really need me to give it to them, but if they did, well I would give it to them. My best friend got it for me and it's very special to me. I believe she would probably get me another one if I really wanted a replacement.

That’s where God stopped me in my thinking.

We would gladly give up something if we thought it could be replaced, but would we give it away if we knew it would not or could not be replaced? That’s the thing isn’t it?

Trust.

God will meet your every need…………………………………and more.

Denise Sherriff

June 9, 2010

THY LOVING HAND

I didn't know why I wrote this with "thy" and words that end in "......eth". I know that at times I like reading various things that are written this way, like the King James Bible. When I read scripture in another style Bible, I sometimes like to read how it is written in King James. It causes words to really pop out and I get a deeper understanding. When I wrote it I remember asking why DID I write it this way? I didn't understand why I even wrote it. I thought it seemed to be from a sadness in my heart, but I wasn't feeling sad. So I wrote it and put it down.


This is what I liked about it, a few days after I had written it, I learned that someone I love very much was experiencing a hurtful situation. It was for them. Some of the words carried more power here because it was someone else's heart that needed mending, not mine at all.

Place thy loving hand upon my chest

and with thy loving breath

breathe new life in me.

Thou preserveth me

and protect me

for thou art indeed my shield.

Removeth such harm

that has broken my stride.

Thou will mend and mold this vessel

to be an overflowing cup

of thy Fathers love.

Denise Sherriff

5-15-10

QUESTION

How do you walk and be still at the same time?

When you are waiting on God.

Denise Sherriff

5-14-10

SPRING

Red bird in a sea of green.

SPRING HAS COME!

The colored patches scattered here and there,

create a rainbow of flowers.

All things are made new,

After natures season of slumber and rest.

Nature and man are energized,

To begin such things as rearanging, creating, building or restoring.

Like an artist to the vision

they've seen thus far only in their mind.

The instincts of animals whether winged or four-footed,

Take delight in what the Master has provided them.

SPRING HAS COME !!

Dedicated to my "flowered" friend DC because she loves them so much.

Denise Sherriff

4-8-10

WHO? ME??

Someone else.

They.

Let them do it.

Who is "someone else"?

Who are "they"?

"Them"?

Interesting that it's always about our self......until.....

something needs to be done.

Then it's "someone else's" job.

"They" will do it if I don't.

Let "them" do it,

you know.......

those that are more suited for it than I.

Hmmmmmm..........

Listen.

If you have a need,

then meet a need.

Don't wait for "someone else".....

or "they",

or "them".

Chances are THEY" are waiting too........

for someone...........anyone..............

Me?

Denise Sherriff

03-31-10

OTHERS ??

OTHERS??

Those that care deeply,

Those that are unafraid;

Are the arms that embrace

those that HAVE lost their ability to care,

and HAVE become afraid.

Present their names before the Lord !!

Stand for them !!

Remind them of who they are !!

That which is lost

Is meant to be found.

Steps hindered by fear

Are feet that WILL run again.

The arms that embrace,

are seen by the eyes of others.

A vision endearing to the heart.

Pray for others.

Speak with God on their behalf.

Denise Sherriff

March 31st 2010

HOLDING HANDS

HOLDING HANDS

Your Word is my confidence.

The power of your Word is my wealth.

Victory is at my doorstep

waiting to come in.

Worship and love is my song;

reaching to the Heavens

and resounding beneath my feet.

Your strength is the power in me

to bring before You

the loves of my life.

I pass through the gates

that keep others out.

Your hand is extended to mine.

Thank you my Lord, my God

for bestowing on me

All that you have in goodness and mercy.

You are the life that touches me.

You are the life that flows through me.

Denise Sherriff

3-24-10

TRUST

God you are the Everlasting.

The Keeper of my soul.

The Giver of life.

You have taken me on this road of uncertainty.

Lack of knowledge has hindered me.

Even so, your wisdom has found its rightful place.

Knowledge and wisdom don't seem to walk together

at the same level.

One is walking the experience;

The other is watching.

The unsolved mysteries of life lead to one thing;

Trust in you.

Faith in you.

Because you are my God

My everlasting God.

The Keeper of my soul.

Denise Sherriff

2-19-10

BE ALIVE !!

BE ALIVE !!

This is the new year!

Just as God has given us a 24 hour day with sufficient grace......this is the same but on a LARGER SCALE.

So........this is the year the Lord has made.

Let us be glad and rejoice in it.

Let's not focus on all the dreams and goals that we did conquer, fulfill or complete.

There is a value in that as well. If in fact, some things did not happen the way you intended.

Don't forget it's Gods clock we really live by.

What did you learn in the process?

Remember in every so called failure, there are more successes than you thought possible.

It's the process that tempers you like steel.

So be alive!

Dream BIG!

Change some things!

Don't change some things!

Look at life with fresh spiritual eyes!

Listen with acute spiritual ears!

Thank God for all He has done, is doing and certainly will do.

It is more than you could ever think, ask, hope or imagine.

Be blessed.

Denise Sherriff

1-15-10

The Season

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

As you celebrate

the birth of our Savior

Jesus Christ!

2009

************ EXPECTATION ************

What are you expecting?


What are you speaking about it?


Now the question is what are you getting?


What we think and what we say need to be in unison.


Believe in the good things God has for you.


Give life to what you speak!


Don't destroy it!!


Expectation!!





Denise Sherriff

11-03-09

BEING FREE

Let me be so fed up
With not being free;
That I get free!



Note: Journal 10-07, being tired

He is Right Here Always...........

In a world ever-changing....

In all the inconsistencies

There you are.

My Rock.

Never changing....

Never inconsistent

Forever near to me.

My Standard.

My God.

My King.

Denise

10-12-09

Rest

******************************************************
He maketh me lie down in
green pastures……..

Why?

To restore us!!

To refresh us!!

To help us choose

What we think about.

Note: Journal. It’s easier to remember

and dwell on negative things – not the most wise.

Denise Sherriff

Something That Brings New Life

Trim my branches
Like that of a tree
The dead falls away
So that the new
Springs forward.

Denise Sherriff

09-26-09

How Much More Will God Do For Us

Have you ever noticed trees, houses and high wires in a neighborhood – perhaps where you live? Watch what happens as you may notice (busy) squirrels there. When I watch them, I can hardly see how they maneuver such great distances in what seems to be a thread of a branch. Yet, somehow they do………all day long. In a way that seems effortless for them. In their environment, they have learned to use their instinctive gifts that God has created within them.

How much more will God do for us?! He will get us from here to there---always.


There Are No Gaps

In the time line of my life
There are times………….

Times that I question
What the purpose and intent
of a particular thing is.

There are questions
I have for God………
Like, where are you?

The hills and valleys are high and deep.
At times………….
I feel as though I’m drowning
and I can’t breathe.

And I can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Nor can I see the way around this mountain.

Where are you God?

I’m so alone in thoughts of despair
and what seems to me……….
a wasted and out-of-sorts life.

Then………..suddenly…………….

I am reminded of a life that others may have.
A life that makes mine seem like a “day in the park”.

Into many of these lives
I am the encourager.
Yet………
Often, I am not encouraged myself.

Though, as I continue to speak life
I find that I receive life.

I tell them, God has surely not abandoned you!
He is your help-----your Rock!

Is He not mine also?

We forget.
I forget.

There are no gaps in time that my Lord
does not have His eyes focused intently
and purposefully on me.

He saw me before the beginning
and sees me beyond the end.

He makes a way for me.

I will get from here to there
and experience all that He has for me
in the transition.



Denise Sherriff
July 24, 2009

Change Me

Change Me

Redefine me every day Lord.
Shape me------
Mold me-----
From the inside out.

7-09-23
Denise

Happy Father's Day

If it were no bother to create a father;
With hands to heal and eyes to see,
Wouldn’t He?

If it were no bother to create a father;
To triumph and lead,
Wouldn’t He?
To cross valleys—dry deserts—move mountains,
Indeed, wouldn’t He?

If it were no bother to create a father;
With gentleness and strength,
To pass on a heart of praise
And to teach,
Wouldn’t He?

If it were no bother to create a father;
With sincerity and character,
To ponder God’s Word like the depths of the sea,
Wouldn’t He?

Thank you God for I can see
What you have done—in love
Within this family.

Because it was indeed no bother to create a father.


Denise Sherriff
June 21, 2009

Forgiveness--Always Forgiveness

Say not “Lord forgive my repeated sin”.

Today is a new day.
Yesterday is no more.
The East is far from the West.
I remember not the sin of yesterday.
I look forward to no sin tomorrow.
Today you are forgiven, as you ask.
Right now
This very moment
Is your new day.

Denise

06-25-09

Conviction--NOT--Condemnation and Guilt

Those whom God loves, He corrects—
Now listen---
He loves everyone and convicts
everyone-------However-----
Those that don’t know Him don’t
realize they are being convicted
by God.

Conviction is an awakening.



Denise
5-12-09