THE HALLELUJAH HERALD : "DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS & DIVINE APPOINTMENTS"

By: Donna Selma Lind

OKAY, I ADMIT IT.

I 'M A GOAL ORIENTED, AMBITIOUS, LIST MAKER, SCHEDULE TAKER, ORGANIZING JUNKIE! I LIKE ORDER, PRODUCTIVITY AND EVERYTHING TO BE NEAT AND TIDY! I LIKE TO WORK! NO ROOM FOR LAZY IN ANY OF MY BONES!
I'M A PLANNER. EVERY MORNING SINCE I WAS A KID I MAKE A LIST , A ROAD MAP OF THE JOURNEY I PLAN TO EMBARK ON FROM SUN UP TO SUN DOWN. I'M A WORKING BEE!
REST IS FOR WIMPS!
( I'VE BEEN TOLD I SHOULD HAVE BEEN A MARINE CORPS DRILL SARGENT!HE -HE:)

MY GOAL FOR THE DAY IS TO CHECK OFF ALL MY GOALS FOR THE DAY! :)

SO, WHY IS IT THAT I SEEM TO ALWAYS HAVE LEFTOVER UNFINISHED GOALS THAT MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF TOMORROWS LIST?
THERE IS USUALLY A DISTRACTION OR INTERRUPTION THAT I DIDN'T PLAN FOR. SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT NEEDS MY ATTENTION MORE THAN THE GOALS ON MY LIST.

I USED TO GET FRUSTRATED AND ANNOYED AT THESE INTERRUPTIONS . THROUGH THE YEARS THE LORD HAS BEEN TEACHING ME TO RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY ARE DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS AND DIVINE APPOINTMENTS FROM HIM AND WHEN THEY ARE DISTRACTIONS FROM THE ENEMY.
AS THE SCALES FALL FROM MY EYES AND MY HEART I AM LEARNING TO EMBRACE THE DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS FROM MY HEAVENLY FATHER.
I AM LEARNING TO LET GO OF MY OLD LEGALISTIC AND RIGID WAYS OF HAVING THINGS MY WAY AND IN MY TIME FRAME.
PART OF BEING FREE IN CHRIST IS LETTING GO OF THE ROPES, DROPPING MY SAIL AND ALLOWING HIM TO STEER MY BOAT.

THE LORD DIRECTS THE STEPS OF THE GODLY. HE DELIGHTS IN EVERY DETAIL OF THEIR LIVES.

PSALM 37:23

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SO WHAT IF I DON'T GET ALL THE GOALS ON MY LIST CHECKED, MY HOUSE ACTUALLY IS DUSTY AND I HAVE A FEW DISHES IN THE SINK. NEWSFLASH........ IT'S OKAY. I'M NOT PERFECT! I NO LONGER SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF.
JESUS CAME TO LIVE IN MY HEART AND I'VE BEEN SET FREE! HALLELUJAH!
THIS PAST WEEK HAS BEEN FULL OF DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS & APPOINTMENTS. SOME HAVE BEEN PROFOUND SUCH AS GIVING AN ENCOURAGING WORD TO A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS IN A CRISIS. PRAYING WITH A WOMAN WHO LOST HER DAUGHTER. TALKING WITH A TEENAGER WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH AN EMOTIONAL DISORDER.
SHARING THE JOY OF THE LORD WITH THE UPS DRIVER!
I DID NOT HAVE THESE PEOPLE OR SITUATIONS ON MY SCHEDULE....BUT GOD DID AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS!

DIRECT MY FOOTSTEPS BY YOUR PROMISE, AND DO NOT LET ANY INIQUITY RULE OVER ME.

PSALM 119:133

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I WANT TO STAY OBEDIENT TO HIS WILL AND STAY OPEN TO HIS PLANS EVEN IF I DIDN'T HAVE THEM ON MY LIST OF GOALS FOR THE DAY! THE THINGS I DIDN'T GET DONE WILL MAKE IT ON TOMORROWS LIST AND IF THEY ARE NOT PART OF GOD'S DIVINE PLAN THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT!
HOW DO I KNOW IF IT IS A DIVINE INTERRUPTION FROM GOD OR A DISTRACTION FROM THE ENEMY?
I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF THESE QUESTIONS: DOES THIS GIVE GLORY TO THE KING? DOES IT PRODUCE LOVE, JOY, PEACE AND FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT?
IF IT CAUSES CONFUSION, DIVISION AND DOES NOT BRING PEACE IT'S EASY TO SAY IT IS NOT FROM THE FATHER.

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I AM LEARNING TO ENJOY THE LIFE THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME. NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS PLANNED FOR US

NEXT!

WE CAN MAKE OUR PLANS, BUT THE LORD DETERMINES OUR STEPS.

PROVERBS 16:9

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THIS WEEK AND LAST OUR DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS WERE BORN IN A BARN. A FEW OF THE BABIES NEEDED HELP GETTING STARTED IN LIFE.

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THERE IS SOMETHING SO PRECIOUS ABOUT BOTTLE FEEDING A NEWBORN LAMB ON YOUR LAP IN FRONT OF THE WOOD FIRE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM....YES, I SAID LIVING ROOM! REMEMBER I'VE BEEN DELIVERED AND SET FREE!