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Phew!!

Bet you all wonder where have I been!

Actually right here!

But for the last week and a half I have been moving files from my old computer, of six years to my laptop!!

The old one was working on and off and it has been a race against time to get photos, documents on CD’s to move them before the old system went belly-up on me.

Which gives me today’s thought and the beginning of posting regularly again.

It is really kind of nice to be sitting here at Starbucks and being able to post and not to have to make a dash to the house to post everything. The Lord has provided me with some awesome tools to work with.

The laptop, wireless mouse and keyboard, Palm Life Drive, Digital Recorder and also a digital camera, so over the next few weeks, you should begin to see some changes at Hill Country Thoughts!

I have been remembering a former post that I wrote before moving to Georgia about clutter and again, that is something that the Lord is doing at this time in my life, is removing the clutter, those things that keep me from hearing the Lord, so I can hear that still small voice.

It is so important to have a clearity of heart, of purpose, of knowing that we are intune with the Lord and that we are learning to hear His heartbeat.

One of the things that I have learned over the last couple of years, is how the Lord will use others to confirm things to us that He has been speaking to our heart, to our spirit. Often times it is people who have no clue as to what is going on in our life and yet they will share a thought, a bit of wisdom and it will be exactly what the Lord wants us to hear.

It is important to maintain that daily walk, that daily time with our Father, of cultivating a relationship with Him, hearing His voice, allowing Him, to work in our lives, even sitting things a side for a bit while the molding and shaping process takes place.

It is so important to remove any clutter in our lives, our hearts that keep us from moving forward in the things of the Lord or to answer the call on our lives.

I look back now over the events since February 2003 and see how much the Father has done, even though at the time I didn’t understand all the reasons why or the how comes. 

The thing that I do know, that I am no longer the person I used to be but rather I am becoming the man God wants me to be.

Is that not awesome, that the Father wants us to become all we can be in Him.

Indeed, His plans are good plans! 

 

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16 Responses to “Phew!!”

  1. Jan Says:
    April 21st, 2006 at 15:42

    Welcome back, Paul. You have been missed. I am looking forward to reading your coming posts. Jan

  2. Paul Says:
    April 21st, 2006 at 15:54

    Hi Jan!!

    Thanks!

    Things getting back into order and some more clutter is gone :-)

    Thanks for blogging by my friend!

    Your post was truly awesome!

    Catch ya later,

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  3. Elizabeth Says:
    April 21st, 2006 at 22:44

    Well, clutter of a different sort, but still clutter has been on my mind too so gotta get to it!! Need to pare down so the next move will be easier on these old bodies!! Also, hoping that getting rid of stuff will leave less to take care of and more time and resources to “be about the Father’s business” too..

    Glad you are ok…was beginning to wonder.

  4. Procyon Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 08:34

    Dear Mr Paul, I’ve tried to get in touch with you, since you have a much-read, much-respected blog. I’m a member of Georgia Christian Bloggers. I saw your name on CWG. I am from a faraway country, but a born-again believer, serving the Lord. I request you to take a look at my opening blog: http://procyon4x.blogspot.com and tell me whether it’s challenging/comforting or not. Just a few minutes of your time.

    Yours in His grace,

    Procyon

  5. Vicki Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 14:29

    So you’re back on board! Sounds like you’re enjoying your new fine equipment. Looking forward to more from you in the days ahead. Be blessed!

    Writing for Him,
    Vicki

  6. Paul Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 17:11

    Hi Elizabeth,

    It is good to be back on track again!

    Things settle down some, though I will be moving, just five miles away. I will be moving to my youngest daughters house, since my oldest and family are moving back to Texas!

    The Lord is always removing things that are not of Him and that is a good thing.

    Be blessed my friend and thank you for blogging by and saying howdy and for encouraging me.

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  7. Paul Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 17:25

    Hi Procyon,

    Thank you so very much for blogging by and also for joing Georgia Christian Bloggers.

    I was very blessed by your visit and especially blessed as I rid your posts.

    I find your blog to be very challening and especially comforting and one that I will visit often.

    I have been blogging for a long time and have found that even if only one person responds it is worth it all.

    You should keep writing and posting and sharing what the Lord writes upon your heart.

    Blessings to you my friend. Again, thanks for blogging by and for inviting me to visit your blog which I shall add to my favorite reads if that is ok with you.

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  8. Nancze Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 18:01

    Dear Paul, what a wonderful message today. I’m so glad you are getting everything you need to make your blogging so much easier for you are an encouragement to many of us. I ask you to keep me in prayer as I am dealing with the loss of my younger brother. He was just 55, but the Lord has called him home. Even though we were not real close he was my family and I will miss that he is not here anymore. My loss but the Lord’s gain. I rejoice in that. Keep up the marvelous work my friend! ~hugs~

  9. Elizabeth Says:
    April 22nd, 2006 at 22:38

    Oh dear Paul…more changes! I hope things will go well. You have seemed to be so happy there…I am sorry to hear that your grandchildren will be moving so far away…but I guess with this daughter married, there is always hope for more too, eh? Bless you! We have seen the LORD fill some “holes” or “empty spots” in our lives in some unexpected ways…and we are SO grateful and I am sure you will be as well!

  10. Procyon Says:
    April 24th, 2006 at 05:38

    Dear Paul,
    Thank you for your gracious response. Reading your article ‘Phew!!’ — I thought I should share: i. Yes, it is important to remove clutter from our life; there’s really too much clutter! [remember how they cleaned the Temple in the Book of Kings?]; ii. Yes, it is important to hear God’s still small voice. [But how rarely we hear it!]; iii. And more than ’saving grace’…there’s ‘transforming grace’!

    Regards
    Procyon

    PS. Don’t forget to read my articles through my string of seven blogs…and admire the photographs, and love the poems [hopefully!]

  11. Paul Says:
    April 24th, 2006 at 20:44

    Hi Vicki,

    It is good to be back on board again!

    It is also good to have the tools for being able to stay on top of things and have more access to the net now, as well to other sources.

    Thanks for the encouragement my friend!!

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  12. Paul Says:
    April 24th, 2006 at 20:48

    Hi Nancze,

    What a blessing to have you blog by my friend. I was totally blessed!

    I really am thankful to the Lord for bringing things together for me and that He is allowing me to use it to encourage others. That is what it is all about.

    I surely will keep you in my prayers. I am sorry to hear about the loss of your brother. To know that He is with the Father, does give us peace and comfort.

    Thanks for the encouragement my friend!

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  13. Paul Says:
    April 24th, 2006 at 20:55

    Hi Elizabeth,

    Yep, it seems like moving has been part of my life for the last few years :-)

    I know that even in this the Lord’s hand is in all of this.

    I will surely miss my grandchildren but at the same time they will be close to their grandmother and that will be good for them.

    It will be awhile before the youngest has children. They have somethings to do before they want to take on children, like finishing college, going back to Youth With A Mission in Colorado Springs for more training and then off to Asia.

    But it will be good to live with them for awhile. Who knows I might end up going to YWAM here in Atlanta and do DTS training and get involved with the base in Colorado Springs in Communications. We shall see.

    The Lord does indeed feels a lot of empty “holes” in my life, if He didn’t I would be in sad shape.

    Again, thank you for checking in Elizabeth, it is always a blessing and encoragement when you do!!

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  14. Paul Says:
    April 24th, 2006 at 20:59

    Hi Procyon,

    Your welcome!

    Thank you for your comments and for your encouragement.

    I will over the next week take a look at the other series of blogs. I have a conference to go to Wednesday through Friday but I will check it out this weekend.

    Indeed the transforming grace of God is so very important.

    Blessings!!

    Writing for the King,

    Paul

  15. mrs.diamond Says:
    April 27th, 2006 at 22:59

    I was wondering where you were!

  16. Paul Says:
    May 23rd, 2006 at 21:58

    Hi Mrs. D,

    Thanks for blogging by and checking it. Really appreciate it. Blessings to ya!!

    Paul

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