“Grace To Rest” ~ Dr. Tom Milam

(Matt. 11:28-30) (Ps. 27:14) (1 Pet. 5:10)

1 Peter 5:10  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Rest:  Stop long enough to realize and refocus on the dullness of drudgery, then take the time to sharpen your sureties.  Reward yourself with some real relaxation by setting yourself aside for short seasons.  When judgments become jammed and mediocre tasks become presumptuous meanderings, come apart for awhile before you fall apart.

Go a distance away, in body and mind and concentrate on what is the best that God has for your life, and then be willing to come back refreshed to accomplish one thing at a time, according to priority.

Hunt for harmony while you are away and meditate upon the unity of melody and the unction of the Holy Spirit propagate the tools that are put in your path, then produce from the proportion that God has planted by your own personal wayside and field of service.

Get your soul focus off rest; our lives were not given to us for the purpose of nothing but rest.  But let times of rest be used to revitalize and sharpen our mind and work skills.  Remember, you can produce a larger stack of cut wood if you take a few minutes on occasion, to sharpen the axe.  Or you can continue on beating your brains out and produce only a lot of work without thought or concern. 

Then again, if we would just take a little rest to plan our work with God in the lead, and then allow God to work us into the plan that suits us, for the occasion; in others words, just stay in place! STOP! Abide with God or you will run head-long into overwhelming obstacles and never now the pleasures of being a simple laborer. 
Missionaries to America
Tom & Linda Milam

"What Do I See" ~ Tom Milam

. What Do I See ? “ I am gone like the shadow when it declineth; I am tossed up and down as the locust.” ( Ps. 109-23 )   When I look Down, I See:	. When I look up, I See:
A-Aggravation and all out war	An atoning Saviour, in whom I Adore.
B-Broken hearts and Beggars	The bright and morning star A better place to go.
C-Criticism, Coldness and Calamity	A country Calling and an un-cloudy day.
D-Darkness, Danger and Damnation	A dawning of a new day.
E-Emptiness and the Enemy	Eternity and Endless life.
F-Faltering man and Fear	A Fountain, a Friend and Faith turned to sight.
G-Gloom and Grief	Glory and Gladness.
H-Heartaches and Hell	Happiness and Heaven.
I-Iniquities and Infirmities	Incorruption and an Inheritance.
J-Judgment and Jeopardy	Joy and Justification.
K-Killing and Kicking	Kindness and the Keeper.
L-Lawlessness and Lamenting	Lord and the Lamb.
M-Madness, Mocking and  Mourning.	The Master, Mercy and Miracles.
N-Nighttime and Needs	A New Name written  down
O-Oppression and Opposition	Order and an Oasis
P-Pain, Peril and Perplexity	Pleasure, Pity and Peace
Q-Quandaries and Qualms	A Quickening of mortal flesh and a Quick end to suffering

R-Rage, Rebellion and Reproach;   (and your Roses have faded)	Redemption, Rewards and a Reign forever; (your Rose garden blooming again)
S-Sacrifice, Sadness and Satan	Sanctuary, Salvation and the Saviour.
T-Temptation, Terror and Tears	Testimonies and Treasures untold
U-Unbelief and Ungodliness	Unspeakable joy and an Unending day
V-Violence and Vagabonds	Virtue and Victory
W-Wars , Wailing and Want	The Wonder of Wonders and Weary souls at rest
X-Unexpected tragedies, Unexplained mysteries, (X-rated living)	The Exalted One! Excitement of the marriage supper; x-rayed (cleared to go)
Y-A Yoke of bondage	“Yonder city” not made with hands, whose builder and maker is God!
Z-A Zigzag path of Zany Zeros!	Zoning is over, where Zeros become Zealots!

"In Christ"

                       “IN CHRIST”

Redemption begins with the forgiveness of sin;

     And a jeweled throne is the rapture at the end.

Only through Him is it found by a flood;

     Only through Him, we receive it through His blood.

By His Spirit we are sealed;

     Our hearts, the impression of His will,

By that power, we’re kept safe,

     And then behold His blessed face.

All things are ours, in His marvelous grace,

     We are in Him to run this race.

He claims us as children, in the beloved accepted;

     And, when He comes to get us,

We’ll not be rejected.

A beautiful poem written by my dear husband Tom Milam this morning while I slept!  I look for the day He returns for us and until then, "In Christ" dear christian.