II'm asking helping finding a place to live where I can start over my house is
still not sold and I'm living on the road basically pretty humiliating
condition God in his wisdom knows how to crush us into nothing in my sins are
all being dealt with over long period of time I've run away from the Lord many
times for vanity short story is if you know anybody renting a nice apartment or
what neighborhoods you recommend somewhere I'm going to just tonight I'll be
probably in a motel with all my stuff but all three of my places are rented and
two of them are for sale meantime I don't see any reason to be hanging around
anymore City
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From: forthepoor-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <forthepoor-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of mike mcinnis <ratmotor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 8:12 PM
Subject: [forthepoor] Re: DECEMBER 14TH THE POOR MAN'S EVENING PORTION
Greetings sis Reis, et al;
Mr. Hawker's comments are superb. The more that we are acquainted with our
weakness and tendency to delight in our flesh, the greater is our amazement at
the overwhelming grace of GOD to deliver HIS people. Our LORD said that HE
came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. The LORD's love for
HIS disciples was no less when HE discovered them sleeping as HE poured out HIS
soul unto death, than when they laid down their lives for HIS sake in time to
come. All of GOD's children have one characteristic which they mutually share,
which is they are all halt and lame, and sinners everyone. Yet we rejoice
that HIS grace is indeed sufficient nor is HE in any wise ashamed to call us
HIS children and HIS brethren. May we never be ashamed to call HIM our LORD
and KING.
Blessings, mike
On 12/13/2022 1:12 PM, Soraya Reis wrote:
"In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth." Micah 4:6
Mark, my soul, the graciousness of thy God! Jesus is not only blessing his
people when they follow him, but he will bless them by recovering them when
they halt. And of all the tokens of grace, that is the most endearing which is
manifested over the aboundings of transgression.
We have a passage similar to this in the writings of Isaiah, in which the Lord
complains of the baseness of his people: "But thou hast not called upon me, O
Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast made me to server
with thy sins, and thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities." One might
suppose, after such a charge, and such instances of ingratitude, that the next
account would be, that the Lord had given up Jacob to the curse, and Israel to
reproaches: but, no! what saith the Lord? "I, even I, am lie that blotteth out
thy transgressions, for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins;" Isaiah
43:22-25. How doubly refreshing is grace, when it comes over all our
unworthiness, rebellions, and sins!
See, my soul, how the Lord graciously overrules thine haltings, and makes a
falling time to become a rising time, to his praise, and to thy comfort! Lord!
confirm thy word unto thy servant, wherein thou hast caused me to hope! Do
thou, Lord, in this day, thine own day, the gospel day, fulfil thy promise, and
let all our haltings be healed, and "give us to run the way of thy
commandments, when thou hast set our souls at liberty."
Robert Hawker (1753-1827)
