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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Star Names & OURS - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

Star Names & OURS - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 8 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
Awoke in pain this AM -- growing arthritis in hands, shoulder etc.

Thankful I didn't get it at age 30 like my Dad. But Dr says Try to avoid ibuprofen (only thing that helps) or it will again cause bleeding ulcer with MORE pain... So outlook for future pain ain't so great......

YET! >>> OUTLOOK at NIGHT when sky is Clear is a Clear Reminder of Hope:

On days when self pity is trying to eek in, we can ALL be comforted by all God's "parables" in what He tells us of stars, including Psalm 147......

SO WHAT ??
Amid His verses to comfort us

SUDDENLY is Verse 4's fact from God:

He calls ALL stars by name...

God's logic comfort:

He who knows trillions of star names assuredly knows mine,

YOURS-- every person's!

And with 2nd Peter 3:9...

He yearns for every person to believe His words to be saved &

come to Him FOREVER.... pain-free Forever. Revelation 21:4.

What does LORD God say ?? Psalm 147:

1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God;

For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful.

3 He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.

4 He counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by name.

Psalm 124:

1 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,” Let Israel now say—

2 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, (see also Romans 11)

When men rose up against us,

3 Then they would have swallowed us alive,

When their wrath was kindled against us;

4 Then the waters would have overwhelmed us,

The stream would have gone over our soul;

5 Then the swollen waters Would have gone over our soul.”

6 Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 Our soul has escaped as a bird from the snare of the fowlers;

The snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Our help is in the name of the LORD,

Who made heaven and earth.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

LORD it is SO amazing that You, the LORD of All, know ALL Names....

Mine as well as EVERY ONE of trillions of Stars!

Help me to remember the LOGIC: You truly CARE about me,

just like you Say in Psalm 147 and Psalm 124 and more of Your Words!

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Monday, June 7, 2021

Sadly Lambs Grow Up - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

Sadly Lambs Grow Up - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 7 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
Our children are NOT like "Mary's Little Lamb".

SAD TRUTH: They might NOT follow you to Good Places. .

"You raised them right... They'll change-- they'll be in Heaven with you.".... a FALSE teaching I've (we've) WISHED true since so comforting.

But based on MIS-teachings:

Proverbs 22:6 is NOT a PROMISE from God but a INSTRUCTION with hope:

"Train up a child in the way he should go,

And when he is old he will not depart from it."

This False Teaching makes parents MORE miserable--

Now many feel Guilty wondering "what did I do wrong?

Comforting ANSWER to feelings of guilt:

God The Father hasn't convinced most of HIS children to believe Truth about Him, Either ...

(Yet there's HOPE -- See the end ! >>>)

SO WHAT ??

TRUTH 1 --- God never *steals back* a person's Right to Choose 'it'-- even if it's Evil.

TRUTH 2 --- Jesus's Parable of the seeds was about people hearing Truth & not "growing" it-- incl our children.

TRUTH 3 --- Our Loving God WANTS our children (ALL people) saved & with Him: 2nd Peter 3:9. But He's Holy & eventually will end the time of Grace that was repeatedly Rejected ....

TRUTH 4 ---- God Himself proof: NO parent could ever be better than THE Heavenly Father who gave us Life... Yet look at the millions who instinctively know of Him (see Romans 1) yet REJECT Him...

AMAZING COMFORT: John 17: 5,20: **Jesus** prays for you>> PERSON-ally!

Even though you're "all grown up". >>

Follow His example: Don't stop praying for your children.., grandchildren,

any children you know--- even after they're Adults.

Satan's not gonna stop trying to grab them.....

REMINDER: End of Matthew 23: Jesus Weeps over all who reject Father God... but with all His Power to MAKE them choose Right: He did not. Parents cannot either.

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What does LORD God say ??

John 17:20, JESUS to the Father: "“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who WILL believe in Me through their WORD [incl BIBLE];..."

Earlier verse 15 tells part of WHAT Jesus prayed: “I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one."

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

Often I don't know what to say to "grown up" children who were once like

LITTLE LAMBS following what they'd heard about You and the TRUTH of Your

love and yearning for them to just believe You.

I pray for James 1:5 wisdom on how to pray & how to talk with them,

whether my own children at any age, or someone else's beloved children grown up.

I pray for the Holy Spirit to help me remember scriptures, as Jesus promised in John 14:26.

I pray for peace when Satan lies to my mind and accuses me of terrible things,

including not doing or saying the right things in Times Now Gone By

that I cannot go back and change. I pray in Your Great Name.

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Sunday, June 6, 2021

Time Travel of the Mind - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

TIME TRAVEL of the Mind - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 6 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
Star Trek's HOLODECK didn't get enough plot lines! If only it were Real! --

I'd love to go back to huge Music festivals like CREATION EAST

("Christian Woodstock", it's been called with 80,000 people in 2000). If only we could command a computer to replay one of our GOOD years again!...

Because, honestly, 2020 was really rough for EVERY one watching the Bad News as it happened... EVEN if in retrospect, we & our families & friends escaped the plague and Violence & & & in 2020.... It was rough.

And 2021 is still full of ongoing Uncertainty of where The World is going....

BUT GOD IS THERE WITH US

(If we invite Him.... James 4:8, He even

runs TO us when we run from Evil TO Him.)

My mind is always TIME-TRAVELING to MEMORIES--

to college years (NOT high school!) + years working with 14-20 year old youth for Sunday School and traveling music dramas.... and 26 years of having our dear kids at home....

SO WHAT ??
YET so great that GOD is "in control" despite what some people think (Psalm 2). Amazing Grace Amid 2020 & 2021 sadness like still-canceled Music Festivals amid COVID wary-ness.

What does LORD God say ??
DO NOT FEAR..... God is with you. 2nd Timothy 1:7.

DO NOT FRET..... God loves you & answers humble prayers. James 1:5

DO NOT GIVE UP ... You are "more than a conqueror" with God. Romans 8

KEEP PRAYED UP .... Ephesians 6 at the end.... God provides you with Weapons.

But YOU must choose to accept them and put them on.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

LORD it is SO amazing that You, the LORD of All, not only invite but yearn for us Each to "plug in" to restore our souls with You...

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Saturday, June 5, 2021

God Has Time for YOU - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

God Has Time for YOU - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 5 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
Suppose your child was dying & you'd just "convinced" Jesus to

go to your house to heal her.

Wouldn't you be *Rejoicing*?! --

BUT then Jesus stops a long time amid a crowd to heal a woman who'd

been sick (but alive) since year your child was born? ...

Wouldn't you be *Fearful* that Jesus wouldn't "make it in time"?...

Would you think, "That woman won't be any more sick in a couple of days.... Can't Jesus heal my dying daughter who urgently needs Him NOW? ....

SO WHAT ??

The oft-quoted story of healing this woman SHOULD begin 2 verses before, Luke 8:41-42... One of our LORD's messages thru Luke 8 =

He DOES have time & care for EACH of us.

Psalm 147:4,

He who knows EACH star's name, knows ours--

and cares even amid our heartaches.

And heals our heart.

Fanny Crosby's hymn is sad AND WRONG when she wrote "Pass Me Not O Gentle Savior."

That is NOT Biblical... I hope my blogs might comfort you:

What does LORD God say ??

Psalm 147

1 Praise the LORD!

For it is good to sing praises to our God;

For it is pleasant, and praise is beautiful....

3 He heals the brokenhearted

And binds up their wounds.

4 He counts the number of the stars;

He calls them all by name.

5 Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;

His understanding is infinite.

6 The LORD lifts up the humble;

He casts the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving;

Sing praises on the harp to our God,

8 Who covers the heavens with clouds,

Who prepares rain for the earth,

Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

Forgive me when my feelings of Urgency in prayer include Not Quite Trusting You

to Answer in Time -- whatever my prayers may be.

I'm sorry. Really. Help me to have TRUE FAITH in Your Goodness......

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Friday, June 4, 2021

Satan's Thorny Battles - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

Satan's Thorny Battles - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 4 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
OLD thorny plants can easily pierce plastic gloves that younger thorns can't penetrate.

Recent gouges & punctures on my arms are noticeable

as I play guitar + keyboard at worship services or in bands.

When anyone asks about my unplanned piercings I just say

"The locust trees won some battles, but in the end, I won the war."

We laugh.....

It was a *JOY** to drag those cut branches off to the burn pile...

causes of pain to be gone forever! ...

SO WHAT ??
ONE DAY the Causes of pain in our Life on Earth will be gone-- Forever! ...

The 7-word summary of God's Bible has Simplicity:

"IN THE END, We Win, with Him."

What does LORD God say ??
James 4:7-8a, RUN to God!
"Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you."

First John 4: (NKJV)

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God;

because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.

And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them. 6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

Sometimes I feel like giving up.

Sometimes Satan feels stronger.

HELP ME REMEMBER: GREATER ARE YOU by far than this ANGEL You'd created, who rejected Your loving care and turned into what Jesus called in John 8:44 THE DECEIVER,

THE FATHER OF ALL LIES.

I run to YOU.... James 4:8. Help me to resist all temptations to give up. I trust You.

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Thursday, June 3, 2021

Laptops, Flowers & Fuel Gauges - DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

Laptops, Flowers & Fuel Gauges - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 3 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:
My Laptop LIES: When it says battery is down to 54% Life Left,

I'd better plug in FAST... I have at most 30 minutes

before losing all my open files.

Every Honda van we've had LIES:

The Fuel indicator *slowly* edges to "1/2 tank"--

then FAST DROP to

"You'll be walking soon"

SO WHAT ??
SATAN LIES, urging us to waste time.

Satan says

"You're too tired to do this encouraging thing or serve God with THAT.

Tomorrow's Another Day....

GOD TELLS TRUTH: Our days are like wilting flowers on Earth Life Time:

Satan whispers to our minds "You're saved, so Just Have Fun."

Satan HATES knowing God says to EACH of us

"I have a Great Plan for you in the Time I've given you."

What does LORD God say ??
Jeremiah. 29:11-14, God CLEARLY promises that He has a PLAN, a GOOD PLAN

for all His People.

Read this with Romans 11: God's Word is an offer for ALL people -- Gentiles included

IF they choose to HONOR God-Named YHWH (HE says in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew).

Isaiah 40 = FLOWERS verse with fact: GOD'S WORD NEVER FADES.

Even when wilting people reject it.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

LORD it is SO amazing that You, the LORD of All, not only invite but yearn for us Each to "plug in" to restore our souls with You...

That You KNOW each of us --by NAME, just as You KNOW the Name of Each Star --

Psalm 147:4....

and You CARE about us--

about ME.

HELP ME TO HAVE THE WISDOM

You Promised in James 1:5.

Help me to WISELY USE

Your Limited Gift of Time on

Earth, I pray in Your Great Name.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

TIME's a-WASTIN' - Redeem it! - by DianaDeeOsborneSongs.com

TIME's a-WASTIN' ! - by DianaDee Osborne

DATE of posting: 2 June 2021 SUBSCRIBE
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PARABLE:

God saved me from Death this week from a head-on crash this week.

IMPORTANT POINT "on top":

We are ALL a MOMENT away from facing God...

Great to stay aware that Jesus may soon return for us-- but

URGENT to stop wasting our time NOW. To tell others of God NOW & seek to serve Him.....

TIME's a-Wastin'

Moments before, I had NO idea my life MIGHT END in 5 minutes> I was driving 40 (in 55 zone) so easily stopped & gave ~25 more feet of space when a reckless driver coming toward me SAILED around car in front of him despite double yellow line on a blind sharp curve-- saw me-- darted back in front of that car-- skidded in rain--

did a 180 to face backwards before totaling his car-- crashing into guard rail & bouncing TOWARD me, back to stop 7 feet from my seat. (God helped all 3 drivers behind him stop in time, and none were behind me.)

What does LORD God say ??

"TIME's a-WASTIN' !", Grandmom would often say....

"YUPP..." God agrees. See Colossians 4:5. REDEEM Time. Use it well.... Like expired coupons in a drawer-- once the date has gone by, they like Minutes of Life cannot be redeemed.

SO WHAT ??

We are ALL a MOMENT away from facing God...

Great to stay aware that Jesus may soon return for us-- but

URGENT to stop wasting our time NOW. To tell others of God NOW & seek to serve Him.....

YES... there is a TIME TO REST.

Even Jesus did that.

But we know when we're really just wasting time out of

FEAR OF FAILURE.... LAZINESS.... FEELING STUPID not knowing HOW....

GOD WILL HELP!

James 1:5,

God EAGERLY gives Wisdom when we humbly ask.

Including on how to use our Limited Time on earth well.

Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),

LORD it is SO amazing that You, the LORD of All, hear me.

WANT to hear my prayers. Please help me use my time well.

You KNOW when I am wasting Time because I am TIRED, Discouraged,

FEARFUL that I will fail so -- honestly-- I just put off STARTING.

Please help me, I humbly pray-- in FAITH that You Keep Promises.

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