Browsing Archive: January, 2009

LORD, grant me Your Wisdom

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Friday, January 23, 2009,

With troubles brewing in this world, and the enemy working hard to taunt me as well as the rest of God's people, I have been praying for God to grant me His Wisdom. So here are some verses about wisdom:

And I say unto you My friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
But I Will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear Him, which after He hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear Him.
~ Luke 12:4-5 ~ Jesus' Words

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Christ Redeemed me ~ and I am New

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Sunday, January 18, 2009,

Recently, I have been contacted by someone from my past. This person has brought up some of my old behaviors that God has since delivered me from. In doing this, I was accused of hiding from people those things that I was once guilty of. This is not so. I have never hidden the fact that I had strayed from the Lord, and walked in sin.

During that time, I was an alcoholic, had tried out some drugs, was sexually immoral, had my first child out of wedlock, and practiced witchcraft and shamanism. ...
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Hope in Our New Blessings

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Wednesday, January 14, 2009,

There has been a greater gap in the time that I have wanted to allow myself to be away from my writing. I most sincerely apologize to any who may be following my blog, if any. Though I do not feel that there is a worthy excuse, my reasons are that the Lord has been bringing our family through great changes in a very short time.

The biggest change is that we are now expecting another baby, our fourth child altogether. Amazingly, we aren't as stressed and worried about this as I'd thought we'd b...

Repentance for Forgiveness ~ Renewed for Use

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Wednesday, January 7, 2009,

Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He IS near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and He Will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He Will abundantly pardon.
For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My Ways, saith the LORD.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My Ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.
For as the rain cometh down, and th...
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He IS the Light Shining in Darkness

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Monday, January 5, 2009,

Many times during the winter, my family and those closest to me know how my moods can rise and fall dramatically. Because they love me they are patient and understanding, and even when their own emotions are flaring causing us to butt heads, God gives them a soft heart filled with forgiveness and more love.

This year's season is proving to be very trying indeed, as sicknesses seem to have leached themselves to our family; the temperature's fallen to below freezing; and darkness is what we see...

He Gives us His Peace

Posted by Melody Calhoun on Friday, January 2, 2009,

Another way that I know that I am following in the Ways of the Lord, is this:

For God IS not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
~ I Corinthians 14:33

If my heart is unsettled, and there are uneasy questions withing me, then I know to stop what I am doing, call on the Lord, and ask Him again to show me the right Way. Then, I must wait for Him to answer me, and know that in His answer, there Will be peace.

God's peace IS precious! There IS no turmoil in H...

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Who God IS still making me to be:

Melody Calhoun

Beautiful Alaska

Obviously, I love to write. Words have always been intriguing to me, especially when they are eloquently put together to convey to others one's personality, as well as their veiwpoint on life all around them. I believe that writing is very theraputical, as you get to put some order to the thoughts that crowd our minds and lay heavy on our hearts. As a Christian who wants all that I write to be pleasing and acceptable unto the Lord, my works become even more than that, because I know that He has purposes I cannot even perceive or comprehend in all things done for Him. Other than writing, I like to spend time with my family. We're an odd little bunch! and we like to have fun together. Unfortunately, just like all other families, we don't always get along, but the Lord IS gracious and reminds us all of the Love He gives us to share. Hmmm,,, I love chocolate cocoanut bars; fish and chicken are my favorite foods; purple and green interwoven into and out of one another are my preffered colors; I have always felt blessed by the ministry that God has given Billy Graham; music is essential, and Jeremy Camp is my favorite Christian artist; I love Ansal Adams photography; and I absolutely Love the writings of Paul in the New Testament. Other than that, I'm pretty mellow. Smile,,, at least sometimes.