Nursing Home Expirience

Today we went to 2 Nursing Homes to have a church service for those who can't leave the building today... To be honest, that was my first time. I diligently thought through my devotion, picked couple hymns and there we went. I arrived a bit early, so I had time to pray more and plead the blood of Jesus on the places. The first place - "Mahoney House" wasn't that bad. I saw older people slowly walking into the dinning hall where the piano was and there they sat- so quiet and gentle. I have to tell you- there is something about the old voice that is so fragile and weak during singing hymns. I saw few sparks in the eyes as we started the songs they knew by heart. The last song we sang was "Blessed Assurance"..this is my story, this is my song........
.............I am sure all of them there had plenty of stories to tell; things that those people been through are untold. I sat and I studied their wrinkled faces and wondered what stories their hearts carry....
When we were done singing the last hymn, I told them that I love stories (that's why I blog!..they wouldn't know what blog is anyway...they care less that "blog "is in the Oxford dictionary by the way)...I asked them if they knew that God too loves stories! And He is currently in the process of writing one right now that involves Him and you, Him and me.....the story of the 2 hearts. I told them that God started writing their story long before they were born and He has been diligently working on this project ever since. Every page is showing His love and His faithfulness; every page of that story shows His great concern for us. But there is one thing that God can'tdo about that story- is to determine the end of it. Her has the ideal happy end in mind, but it is up to us to decide weatherwe want it that way or not. I told them that God is up to writing the best love story EVER. Romeo and Juliet is nothing compare to that one. You see, Romeo had Juliet's heart. Tristan has Isolda's heart, Mr.Darcy had Ms.Lizzie's heart ("Pride and Prejudice")...and Jesus wants to have our hearts- all of it, 100% of it so that we can make the most romantic love story EVER written. God is writing to us every day and tells us how crazy He is about us.
At this point I looked at the lady in the walker and I asked her quietly, "Did you know that God is absolutely crazily in love with YOU?"...she looked like a shy teenager, she smiled, looked down and looked back at me being shy of the fact that she liked what I said...so cute!
God IS in love with His people. We are the only one in the whole creation that make HIs heart go faster and slower at the same time, we are the desire of His heart and He misses us when we get too preoccupied with our daily activities.
..All of a sudden I thought of the song " And he walks with with me and he talks with me and he tells me I am his own"...that's all I knew about it and our pianist played it ....I told people -" THIS IS the love story He wants to have with us!!!!This song is telling it all!!"

I come to the garden alone

While the dew is still on the roses

And the voice I hear, falling on my ear

The Son of God discloses

And He walks with me

And He talks with me

And He tells me I am His own

And the joy we share as we tarry there

None other has ever known

He speaks and the sound of His voice

Is so sweet the birds hush their singing

And the melody that He gave to me

Within my heart is ringing

I'd stay in the garden with Him'

Tho the night around me be falling

But He bids me go; through the voice of woe

His voice to me is calling

Does He talk with you? Does He walk with you? Do you hear how He gently whispers to you"OH, BELOVED! You ARE MINE and NOBODY IN THIS WHOLE WIDE WORLD CAN HAVE YOU. COME AWAY WITH ME, BELOVED..RECEIVE MY LOVE..YOU ARE MINE AND I AM YOURS...YOU HAVE MY HEART AND I HAVE YOURS..MINE, MINE..YOU ARE MINE"....

Do you believe this? Do you live your life as you believe this?

The greatest love story of all times- Jesus and His beloved- you! He is crazy about you! Make haste, beloved. He is waiting to fill your cup till it overflows, He set the table for you - feast with Him.

p.s. the most amazing thing about today was probably one particular lady who was paralized almost completely, she stared at one direction, when I came closer to talk to her she didn't show any emotion, but when we sang the hymn, I saw her lips slightly moving and I saw her singing- silently, but I bet in her heart she had full orchestra. She walked with Jesus even inspite her paralized body and she talked with Him inspite her lack of ability and she heard Him saying to her "You are my own" and there she sat in the wheelchair totally satisfied with her Saviour.

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