Good morning everyone. This is the day the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. I will be thankful for the lone bird tweeting outside my window. I will be thankful for food, a warm home and family.
I have had disappointments and sadness. I may have difficulties to face. Things are not working out the way I hoped. But I choose to face the day with God’s care.
A little child awakes and smiles when his mum comes to pick him up from his cot. He will have a messy nappy, need washed and changed. He reaches up to be picked up by his mum.
God reaches down to us and picks us up in his arms. Isaiah 40 says He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart;
I am making a choice to be glad today. I am making a choice to walk in joy. If God is for us who can be against us. No eye has seen nor ear heard what God has prepared for those who love him.
His eye is on the sparrow and He watches over me. 🎼🎼🎼
I am surprised myself that I have written books and they are published. This is the fruit I have borne. Thirty five years ago Brendan and I met at home with our children each Sunday morning. Getting out to church with eleven children became stressful. People thought it wasn’t wise to miss Church .
I read in the bible Jesus words If you abide in me and my words abide in you , you will bear fruit,
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;
I prayed “Okay God. People think I am missing out by not going to Church. You want me to bear fruit. I will spend fifteen minutes reading the Bible each day. That will fulfill abiding in you. I will pray in my heavenly language fifteen minutes a day. “ Brendan bought me a Daily Bible. I tried to keep that promise up over the years. By doing so I read through the bible many times. I kept a journal each year. God taught me through the scriptures
Jesus is the Word of God. He is the manna come down from heaven. When we read the Scriptures it nourishes our souls. You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
When one prays in a heavenly language you are talking to God the perfect prayers. I can only speak for a limited time in English. When I speak in my heavenly language I can spend much longer praying and this prayer goes directly to God’s ears.
There is a story in the bible about five wise virgins and five foolish virgins. They were waiting for the groom to come to the wedding. Five wise girls bought enough oil to last them till the groom arrived. The others did not have enough oil and did not get to see the groom.
Let us be like the wise girls. Keep the oil of the Holy Spirit flowing and read the Word of God. You will endure hardship and testing as you abide in Jesus. We are living in difficult times. You will survive if you do as I did.
God healed me from cancer, I had four more children and am now writing books to declare what God has done in my life.
Pharoah’s army with their chariots and generals came after the people of Israel to stop them leaving Egypt. The people of Israel were frightened. God told Moses don’t worry. You will not see them Tomorrow. The Red Sea opened up and the people of Israel who had been slaves passed out of Egypt on dry land. Pharoah followed them but the waters of the Red Sea closed over them and drowned every one.
Joshua led the people of Israel into the Promised Land. The kings who lived in the land were frightened because they heard of what God did for Israel. Thirty one kings and their armies rose up against Joshua and the people. God said to Joshua TOMMOROW they will be all be defeated.
Since reading these scriptures I am declaring my TOMORROW will be better than today. God is working while I sleep to defeat my enemies that want to rob, steal and destroy from me and enslave me and my loved ones. They are always at work unless I resist Satan and tell him to flee. Scripture says the enemy will come at me one way but will flee seven ways.
Each day since I have been blessed with turn around in my situation. For example yesterday, I went to Boot’s optician to get a new frame for my glasses. My last one broke in November and I asked for their help then. They said I would have to pay for a new frame. I went home. Yesterday I was willing to pay the seventy pounds. I asked for compensation. Two ladies looked at the broken frame, conferred together and decided to replace the new frame free saving me seventy pounds.
Our van needed repaired. It is fixed and going for MOT today. My washing machine broke down. I got a new to me washing machine from a neighbour. All in one day.
Believe God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. And claim your compensation for the years the locusts have eaten. Get back what the enemy has stolen.
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change.
Brendan and I are staying with our son and family in Turin. We visited a place called Superga where there is a Cathedral and is famous with tourists. It the burial place for kings and queens who used to reign in Italy. Our son lives below on the hill leading up to Superga.
I checked my Facebook page these last few days. There are many pictures of colourful lights, a display of the Northern lights appearing over the nations. Colours of the rainbow are filling the sky over Ireland, Slovakia and Canada. Pink, orange and green are main colours. Abraham sent a picture of lights he saw in New Zealand. There was a picture of lights in the sky taken over Superga last night.
Normally the Northern lights are seen over countries near the Arctic Circle, Norway and Sweden. Brendan and I visited Iceland hoping to see the Northern lights some years back but we were disappointed.
God created the sun, moon and stars. We are used to our daily routine and take for granted God’s provision. But He is speaking in these days to the nations as He displays lights in the sky. He is the Father of the heavenly lights.
When I tell people stories from the bible they don’t believe. They doubt that Moses passed through the Red Sea. They doubt He put the rainbow in the sky after rain.
I know God’s Word is true. The same God who is the Father of lights healed me of cancer. God is speaking to the nations through the lights in the sky. Many people do not attend Church, but God is speaking through creation. There is no excuse not to believe.
I said at the beginning. Every good and perfect gift comes from above. Acknowledge God as the only God and thank him.
Our daughter Mary has moved to Blantyre, Malawi. She is an Obstetrician and was working in Liverpool Woman’s Hospital until recently. She will be doing research to improve the care of mothers and babies in the third world.
It’s a wonderful privilege for her to get to work in another nation. It wasn’t an easy decision. Once she decided to take up the position she was busy giving up her accommodation in Liverpool. Furniture was given to friends. Clothes, books, ornaments, all bringing back memories had to be sorted.
We had an afternoon gathering of family relatives and friends at the Ivanhoe to say farewell. Andy Mc Clelland provided music. Mary loves dancing. There were no tears, only joy. She left the next day with three suitcases for her flight to Malawi.
Mary sent me this picture today . It was taken after I was healed of cancer in 2010. My girls in the picture are Hannah, Angela, myself and Mary. They and the rest of my family prayed and supported me through cancer.
Praise God I’m alive to see my daughter go to Malawi and celebrate with my husband, children and grandchildren. I’m not in the grave with my children coming to leave flowers on it.
I travelled with my son by car to Toronto airport. There were highways with four or six lanes full with cars, going over bridges and circling around tower blocks. Everyone on the move.
I read in Toronto airport that forty million people pass through this airport every year. I looked around. People with cases were passing focusing to get to their check in desks or flights. Old, young, black, white, brown, women and men fully dressed or scantily covered were there.
People from every nation work in the cafes, shops, at the desks, in security check points and on the aeroplanes.
I arrived at my gate where my flight would soon be leaving for Ireland. I sat down and pondered on this place where so many people meet. Who am I in the midst of this sea of people. Psalm 8 came to mind.
3 When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained, 4 What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? 5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. 6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet
Gods love overwhelmed me. I felt like the little sparrow in the song His eye is on the sparrow.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise, When songs give place to sighing, when hope within me dies, I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free; His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me;
I picked up my bags and found my place on the plane. I traveled home without fear.
On Easter Monday fourteen years ago I was diagnosed with fourth stage bowel cancer. The power of the Blood of the Cross, which I wrote about in my last post, began to work for me. In his mercy God reached down and healed me. My body was clear from cancer in four months with no side effects from treatment, no operation and no further medication.
Psalm 18
9 He parted the heavens and came down; dark clouds were under his feet. 16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. 17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, (the devil and his demons) from my foes, who were too strong for me. 18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.
These words describe what happened to me. In the following years my mind was healed from the trauma of life that led to my cancer. Nature and bird song, God’s creation brought healing to my nervous system. I am made whole. I have written my book Look at the Birds. It tells how nature brought comfort to me.
Brendan wrote Staying Alive after my healing from cancer. It tells how God healed me. I had a dream soon after the publication of our book. I was reading it and the pages were red in colour. The Lord was telling me the Blood of Jesus is all over our book. When you read it you will be touched by God’s power. What God has done for me he can do for you. Only believe that Jesus came on earth and through him you can be healed.
Both of these books are available on Kindle and Amazon.
Welcome to Good Friday. Why is today called good when it’s a day we remember the terrible sufferings of Jesus?
He sweated blood when he was praying in the garden of Getheseme. The soldiers spat, pulled out his beard and struck him. More blood flowed. His face was marred beyond recognition. A crown of thorns penetrated his head. More blood flowed. He was whipped on his back till near death. His hands, feet and side were opened up. All his blood flowed.
He became a sacrifice by his death for us to be forgiven, healed, restored, blessed down the generations and delivered from the power of the devil who brings premature death.
God so loved us that he sent his son Jesus that whoever believes in him will have eternal life in heaven after one dies. So there is no need to fear death. That is why today is called Good!
I was shocked when I visited an accident and emergency facility yesterday. Sick people in beds side by side, filled a large room to capacity! The waiting room outside was filled with people waiting to be seen. To me it looked like a war zone! No one has told these poor people that Jesus heals today. Or if they have heard they don’t believe.
Strong men, ambulance drivers looked on in despair. Doctors, nurses, hospital staff are doing their best. They know their limits.
There was a notice beside the reception listing the cost of hospital services. Starting at 100 euros for consultation with overnight stay 400. Another shock to my day. Jesus freely gives. He paid the price with his blood. Only believe him. I thank God for his healing power in my life.
I later stopped in a large supermarket. Chocolate eggs were piled up. Trolleys were filled with the best of food and drink. Do they have any knowledge of what Easter is about.
Today hear my words. Believe in Jesus. Ask him to forgive your sins and heal your diseases. If you already know Him pray for others to believe. Waken up. The world as you know it is falling apart.
Listen can you hear the birds this morning? The winter has past. The time for singing of birds has come!
Our son is getting a flight home today. He is staying near the bus station. He heard the birds singing as daylight was rising. He has company for his morning travel.
Neuroscientists have done research on the nervous system. More and more people are suffering from mental stress. There is too much news and information coming at us from the media. Many of us can’t cope.
The resulting distress drives us to the doctor who suggests medication to help bring peace. Or perhaps drive us to drink or other forms of self medication.
The scientists have found that bird song has a calming effect on our nerves. Listening to the birds brings healing to our mind.
Listen for a bird singing these mornings, whether you live in the city or country. A blackbird lives in a small hedge in the front of my daughter’s house in Belfast.
Listening and seeing the birds brought healing to me when I lived in Portaferry. I have written a book called “Look at the Birds.”
Being parents is a difficult calling. The first couple Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. They were happy cuddly babies, grew up and were nurtured with their mum and dad. They would have told their sons about their former life in the garden of Eden when they walked with God in the cool of the evening.
After being put out of the garden they had to work the land to live.
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God He covered their nakedness with animal skins. Cain worked the earth and Abel worked with the animals. God was pleased with Abel’s sacrifice of a lamb. Cain brought vegetables. Cain became jealous of Abel and killed him. God banished Cain to roam from place to place. Adam and Eve lost their two sons. What sorrow!
Have you often wondered how things haven’t worked out the way you planned for your children? How did a much loved child turn out to get trapped in trouble, addiction and bondage?
Let’s remember Adam and Eve in the garden. Satan came and tempted them, told them lies, deceived them. He said it will be good for you. Satan appealed to their flesh. They believed his lies and sinned. They had free will. God didn’t create them to be robots to obey him all the time. He gave them choices. He showed them his goodness.
As a result of their choice they were put out of the Garden of Eden. Their choice to believe Satan brought trouble on their children. Sin entered their children. We are born into this world and trouble is sure to come to us.
We are born with sin in our hearts. You don’t have to teach a child to lie or fight. This is sin. Satan has power over mankind. He is still deceiving mankind.
God knows the pain of being a Father. He sent his son Jesus to us as a human being. He lived among us and showed us his father’s goodness. He forgave sinners, healed diseases and delivered people from demons. He did not sin. He was crucified for doing the works of God and came to destroy the works of the devil.
By believing in Jesus and obeying him you can become free from the bondage of sin. Your diseases can be healed. You can be set free from demons. Satan will not rule over you. Your children after you will be blessed. They too can be free from hatred and all sin.
Hatred entered Cain’s heart for his brother. His hatred ended in murder. Remember what you do as a parent affects your children after you. Adam and Eve’s sin affected their children.
You have a choice? Choose this day whom you serve. As Dylan said in his song, you’ve got to serve somebody. It may be the devil, it may be the Lord but you got to serve somebody. Set yourself free.
Jesus offers forgiveness for your sins. Knowing his forgiveness then we have to extend his forgiveness to others. Don’t seek revenge like Cain. This is the difficult part in following Jesus. But he gives us the power to forgive.
Healed of Cancer. Angela McCauley 