You Are Loved – poetry
July 18, 2020
You are so loved
By God Himself
It’s almost hard to believe
But you are His
Created intent
Each nuance about you He sees
From deep in His heart
He has fashioned you
Though Satan tries to destroy
That plan will not work
The Cross has come first
The Lion of Judah receives
A cry from your heart
Will join you to Him
A cry of simple belief
No one can snatch you
Out of His hand
He’s stronger than all things conceived
Turn from the things
That keep you apart
Repentance is all that you need
Allow Him to wash you
Deep in His blood
Your past will not succeed
copyright 2020 Jean Chamblee
Encouragement From Grandmama Jean
January 7, 2020
Romans 7:24 “O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.”
Even the great Apostle Paul struggled with his flesh….we have to take up our crosses DAILY and crucify the flesh and the lies of the enemy that try to defeat us.
God is for us!! Every day we are in a battle – like lambs to the slaughter….but thank God that we are more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. We get up – ask forgiveness and know that each new day is a gift. You are a child of God and God doesn’t walk out on His children….He keeps helping them grow.
So when Satan comes with condemnation – even if you blew it in an area. Repent – and enjoy the forgiveness and fellowship bought and paid for by Christ. Don’t let the devil steal your joy. The Bible says: “ His mercies are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness” God’s grace and power is there to help you overcome sin and the flesh and the devil. Don’t give up. There is a crown awaiting overcomers and we are overcomers as long as we don’t quit.
Remember you were chosen to be alive at this time. God has a plan to use you for His glory and He can’t wait to reward you. He is a good Father. I know we don’t do it for the reward….nevertheless He spoke and wrote it because it was important to Him that we know this. The Bible teaches we will all throw our crowns at Jesus feet because He is so worthy. He did for us what we could not ever do for ourselves and freely gave it to us!! The ability to become the sons and daughters of God and part of His family forever.
If you get time read Romans 8 again. It is packed with so much!
Love you all!!! I am cheering you on in Christ and praying for you!! I can see the beauty in you!! I can see you as the bride of Christ dancing before Him in the beauty of holiness.
(Don’t cringe at that! lol I know you see all the sins you’ve lived in and don’t see how – one day at a time, one battle at a time. I remember well the battles in the beginning! Keep going!!!! There is special honor for end time believers that don’t give up and endure till the end!! You’ll never be perfect….that’s not your goal…..to follow Jesus and His Word as best as you can and stay close to Him. Never get caught up in the “doing” ahead of just “being” with Him . It’s out of relationship that change happens !!) Many will be purified by these times – so stay close to Him and discover His peace that dwells deep inside of you no matter what happens in the world.
“Not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit says the Lord.” Zechariah 4
As we lean on Jesus……
Romans 8:31 If God is for us, Who can be against us.
Much love and prayers
Grandmama Jean
LONGING HEART – POETRY
January 11, 2019
You are my bread, my life, my song
With you alone, does my heart belong
Deep within me calls to deep
Draw me close Lord, Your heart to meet
You are the great I AM
Take me Lord into Your hand
Mold me into Your heart of grace
Until I look and can see Your face
You are my bread, my life, my song
With you alone, does my heart belong
Deep within me calls to deep
Draw me close Lord, Your heart to meet
Breathing deeply, I feel You near
I will sit quietly, Your voice to hear
Waiting until the break of day
When I know what You’re saying, I will obey
You are my bread, my life, my song
With you alone, does my heart belong
Deep within me calls to deep
Draw me close Lord, Your heart to meet
Into Your image I will be drawn
Though the process painful, the days are long
I know that You have a plan for me
To be like Your Son, my heart set free
You are my bread, my life, my song
With you alone, does my heart belong
Deep within me calls to deep
Draw me close Lord, Your heart to meet
copyright 2013 Jean Chamblee
I LOVE BEING A MOTHER – POETRY
December 16, 2018
I love being a mother so much!
It’s the sweetest gift that I know
A journey full of peril sometimes
But it always makes you grow
It plunges you into selflessness
A tiny life looks to you
It trusts in you without judgement
Its love is pure and true
Although you never feel adequate
Or deserving of so much trust
You know that God has made it this way
Depending on Him – we must
We surely won’t do it perfectly
Thankfully that’s not required
Sometimes we barely get through a day
Because it can make you so tired
But then comes the smile at the break of the day
The shine comes out of their eyes
It doesn’t matter how tired you are
That sparkle becomes your great prize
They grow, and grow and then turn around
The time will slip by so fast
You try to capture the moments
But, oh, how quickly they pass
The miracle happens one day you wake up
And see the person they are
Unique in the world, with gifts just their own
To you they’re a shining star
No one can reach so deep in your heart
It’s something that you can’t let go
Though they grow up with a life of their own
There’s things only a mother can know
That gift, the Lord can put in your heart
Whether the child came from you or not
It’s something that we can give away
The power of love comes from God
A richness and depth as the journey ends
You hope you’ve done something right
As you see a reflection that is something good
You know you can rest for the night
Trusting in God, they’re in His hands
They were really His all along
The God of the earth let us borrow them
So that we could share His hearts song
Through the joys and the sorrows, the love and the pain
We catch a glimpse of Him
As He watches intently each day of our lives
We know why His Son He did send
He held nothing back, and we can relate
As we cuddle our precious child
The God of the universe gave us a gift
A mother’s heart, to have for a while.
copyright 2018 Jean Chamblee Thomas
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
November 8, 2018
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Sometimes it’s easy to be going through life and forget that we, as Christ followers, have an enemy. And a crafty one at that. Look how he deceived Eve to commit the very first act of disobedience. But how beautiful that so quickly the Father came with a plan to “undo” what was done. He would send His only begotten Son (Jesus is the only human whose biological father (seed) was God) It was at a great cost that He fulfilled the legal price to purchase our freedom and entrance into the kingdom of God.
Anyway my point for the day is that Lucifer – who rebelled against God and desired to become God himself . Since he can’t overthrow God, he longs to cause God’s beloved creation (you and me) harm and pain. He goes before God and accuses us day and night. Check out this scripture….
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
Yay! That day is coming and was foretold to the apostle John so we would know it is coming.
How does he accuse us? Many times in our thoughts and sometimes through others that won’t let go of our past, or hunt for any faults and failures in us.
You see when we mess up and ask God for forgiveness and do our best to change….. the Bible says that He throws our sins as far as the east is to the west. He remembers them no more.
Psalm 103: 12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
He is not ever the one “beating us up” in our thoughts about our past. That is coming from Satan …..our “accuser”. So if you are being tormented by accusations by people or from thoughts. Cast them down (thoughts/words) and resist accepting them if you have dealt with it before God. Satan and sometimes people want to hold you in prison to your past mistakes. Don’t let them.
For you are a new creation in Christ Jesus when you accept Him as Lord. Don’t let yourself be beaten up for something in your past. Remember God is for us and not against us! (Romans 8:31)
It is for Freedom that Christ has set us free. Have a great day – Shalom
Deep Waters – Poetry and Thoughts
August 6, 2018
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Sometimes those who have suffered the most, have the most to give.
2 Corinthians 1:3-5 “ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds through Christ.
DEEP WATERS
Don’t be afraid of deep waters, my love
This journey’s been sent from heaven above
It is at Gethsemane you are purified
In ways you can’t see, so don’t try to hide
Lay it all bare, at the foot of the cross
Let His word cleanse you as you follow it’s path
Clinging to truth, let all else pass away
Let it burn up, it’s not meant to stay
Deep into the waters you go
Let Him enter in to the depths of your soul
Stirring up places where pain still remains
Let Him expose them and pour healing rain
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
HE THOUGHT YOU WERE WORTH IT
March 31, 2018
Slowly, with purpose
He walked through the streets
Each step He was taking
Your life He could see
Breathing in pain
Sores on His back
He suffered the shame
But His heart was intact
He knew that His mission
It must be fulfilled
There was no other way
Except Calvary’s hill
Looking at faces
His mind must have swirled
He kept the joy before Him
Of saving the world
Strong and determined
As His life blood poured out
He knew it was worth it
He ignored hell’s loud shout
As He hung on the cross
He gave out a cry
As He paid for our sins
Tears streamed from His eyes
Love kept Him there
We’ll never know
How bad was His suffering
The three days He was gone
Paying our penalty
As He hung on the cross
He knew what it took
To redeem all the lost
So now it’s our choice
To believe and receive
The beautiful gift
For which He did bleed
copyright 2013 Jean Chamblee
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
December 6, 2017
“Let me tell you something true. God desires you. He loves you. He has amazing plans for you. And He likes you. He likes me, too. His liking of you is not based on how clever you are, how well you can serve Him or what you look like. It’s not about who you know and can influence for HIm. It’s not about your gifting or your pereferences. He likes you because He made you. Like an artist finishes His work an signs it proudly with His name, God has written His name of love across your life.” ~Heidi Baker
King David asks “Who am I that you should be mindful of me?” (Psalm 8:4) Such a good question….it’s about Him and His desire for a family, His most passionate desire to have you choose Him and want Him and know that He loves you through sending His son. If you have not done so…..I pray you will choose Him today. (John 3:16) “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that WHOEVER believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (Romans 10:13) “Whoever shall call on the name of the Lord (Jesus/Yeshua) shall be saved.” I pray today will be your day. Whisper His name …talk to Him….He is waiting for you!
LET THE LOVE FLOW – Poetry
August 23, 2017
Oh how I think I can handle so much
When what I so need, is Your gentle touch
Seems like this life is over my head
And truly it is without what You’ve said
I need You every hour, my enemy fierce
Taking me down and bringing me tears
But You see it all and You have a plan
As I call out to You and reach for Your hand
There is a place so gentle and sweet
Where You come so near, I can feel Your heartbeat
You are my Maker, Lord above all
I belong to You and You catch my fall
No one can have that place inside me
It belongs to You, but the enemy’s coveting
They want to dethrone You as the King of my heart
Taking my mind away and from You tear apart
How foolish he is , the devil our foe
It’s You he contends with and covers our soul
When we step away and fail to stay close
The injuries come from the wounds and the blows
You catch every tear, oh Lover of our soul
And begin the work quickly to again make us whole
This life is a battle, a game for the throne
That place in our heart that You call Your own
Help us fall down at Your feet and stay there
Where we are protected and covered in Your care
Wanting to guide us and wisdom to give
Keeping us safe and helping us live
Preparing a place for us yes You are
More beautiful than imagined, that outshines the stars
But oh we must walk with You every day
It’s our only survival, to do things Your way
Gently bend down Lord, in love scoop me up
Heal all the wounds and again fill my cup
Connected again, the enemy fails
Because I’m Your child and You paid with those nails
Oh let the love flow and the stress fall away
As I realize that You Lord are always here to stay
Never apart do we have to be
You paid the price for me to be free
I love You!
copyright 2017 Jean Chamblee
A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
July 24, 2017
Just the other day I met a little girl in our neighborhood. She is in the first grade. We began to talk and my heart broke when I mentioned heaven. She had never heard of heaven and knew almost nothing about God. I think we forget…..if people have not heard …..they don’t know!!
I was thinking of another girl I met on a plane. She was a chiropractic school graduate and as we talked, she began to reveal that she had gotten her belief system from a fiction book she had read. She knew almost nothing about Jesus and what she did “think” she knew was skewed.
They are all around us, and we cannot stay silent! Here is why…..Romans 10:14
How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
Now you may not think of yourself as a preacher…..but if you are a Christian…..you have at least a testimony and some truth. A testimony of how Jesus changed your life is powerful and personal. We must not stay silent.
I prayed about the little girl and got a book on heaven called “Heaven is Real for children” We sat on the swing and she read that book at least a half dozen times. I have peace that now she knows. She stated that she believes in Jesus now and I hope it will carry over throughout her life and pray that it does.
I think my first touch of God’s love and presence, that had an impact, came from a woman that cleaned our house once a week. She hid tootsie rolls in her pockets and would slip them to me. I don’t remember how she said it….but I knew that she knew Jesus. I felt so much love from her. The rest of the world was busy…..but I knew this lady named Willie, “saw” me. I felt important to her. What powerful characteristics of God she showed me with her quiet gentle ways and tangible love. She prayed for me too. I got a card from her when I graduated High School, long after she had retired from her work. Maybe no one but me and God saw it. But that lady was a powerful witness.
May God open our eyes to see the opportunities and give us the boldness to speak and testify. Look….you don’t even have to be a churchgoer to tell folks what you have experienced with Jesus. You don’t need a degree or special language. Just ask the Holy Spirit to open the conversation up and help you. His answer is “Yes”! And your efforts will have eternal value for you and whoever you speak to. God help us not be silent. Only through You can we obey your command to preach the gospel to everyone. These days are moving by so quickly…..
Well that’s my two cents and the burden on my own heart. I have such a powerful testimony and I have let discouragement and resistance cause me to hold back many times. May God forgive me and open doors and empower me to keep going. Thanks for your prayers as well! 🙂 Love you all and have a great day. Look for that Divine Appointment…..they are all around.