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Saturday, March 20, 2021

A Note About Myself

A Note About Myself

About eleven years ago something happened that is very hard to explain.  I became very confused.  I was going to shut down my blog.   I was overwhelmingly burdened over something.  My heart felt crushed by something and 
I didn’t even know what it was exactly.  I went to a preacher's meeting with my husband.  An old-time preacher preached, who is well known.
He preached on Jonah and the whale.  I listened very intently to what he was preaching and believe it or not I felt like 
God was talking directly to me.  Of all things God wanted me to get back online.  So here I am going on 13 years.
All because I listened to an old-time preacher and believed with all my heart God wanted me online. 
Hopefully, my efforts have been a blessing to someone (for the right reasons).  
There has been many times that I wanted to give up blogging.  One, because it has been without reward.  
Two, It has caused me a lot of grief.  
Someone wants to know why my blog is big.  There is a very specific reason my blog is big.  
It has nothing to do with showing off.  The truth is if you know anything about the story of Gideon you will know.
I’ve had many things happen to me some things are unexplainable and some things unbelievable but they are true.
Some things I just won’t talk about them because my heart tells me not to.

I have told my husband at times I think I'm going to shut my blog down..  He has encouraged me to continue.  I remember when we were at the fairgrounds I didn't want to be out in front talking to people.
He told me I was good at it and I needed to be there.  I felt that the men needed to do the speaking.
He persistently put me in front.  Once I started talking I was perfectly fine.  He said He felt I belonged there.  I was able to win some people to the Lord.  I obeyed my husband and God used me, even though I didn't want to be out front.  

I will try as best as I can to get back to writing on Monday.  I need a break from it.  

-Susan Nikitenko © 
March 20th, 2021




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Saturday, August 20, 2016

Looking Towards The Morning Sun - Devotional






Looking In Our Hearts Up To God

1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Psalms 5:3

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.  (David may be bowing his head to pray but in his heart he's looking up.)


Looking Towards The Morning Sun - Devotional

Our new neighbors planted some sunflowers in their garden this year.  Some of them seem to be facing our house so I get to enjoy them.  I love sunflowers, I decorate my kitchen with roosters, chickens and sunflowers.

Most of the flowers I plant do not face one way, but there is one in my garden that does.  My neighbor's sunflowers face the morning sun, and my gladiolas do too.  My "glads" didn't do so well this year, but when they do they face the morning sun.  When I notice these flowers facing our house, I know it has nothing to do with our house, it has to do with what's behind us.  The sun is behind us.
Sometimes I see the sunflowers bowing their heads as though they are praying.. but we do not have to bow our heads to pray we can pray to the Lord where ever we are.   When we are looking towards Jesus in our hearts and following the light of his Word.  We will seek the Lord in prayer. 

Psalms 5:3 
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.  (David may be bowing his head to pray but in his heart he's looking up.)

The bible tells us to seek the Lord in the morning... When I see my "glads' facing the morning sun.  I remember I should be glad in the Lord.  Rejoicing and praising God as soon as possible and making my requests known is a very imporatant part of my day.   Maybe God gave us flowers that face one way to tell us something.  God created things the way they are for a reason.   Maybe these are reminders that Jesus is the only place to look.

The bible teaches us that Jesus - IS The WAY, The TRUTH, The LIFE.  and that no one can have a relationship with God without him.   There are many religions in this world but Jesus is the only WAY to heaven according to the bible.  God tells us not to worship other Gods because they are false and will lead you into  death everlasting.  Which is also called Hell.

I think it would be very strange to see a whole garden of sunflowers facing the sun, to see one turn it's back to the sun.  When people consider other religions, other than the Truth Of God's Word.  (They are looking the wrong WAY.)

Sometimes people are looking for happiness in lots of different places... some people go out and party, drinking alcohol, doing some drugs... anything their heart desires.  (They are looking the wrong WAY.)

The bible teaches that sin brings pleasure for a season and it does, but soon the heart becomes grieved, bitter and trapped.  Then you think God will never forgive you.  Real happiness is not found in those things.  It can bring an evil joy in your heart and also a love of sin,  But God has a holy joy for us that causes us to rejoice over Him... We rejoice over God's Son...He is where to LOOK.  He is the Way to joy unspeakable. 

 1Peter 1:8 
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:  (Looking To Him In Our Hearts.)  

What if God's people were sunflowers?  We would go to church on Sunday to look to God in our hearts.  Looking at a preacher not because He's the preacher, but because He's speaking for the God who is behind Him.  We are looking toward the Son of God.  To lead us and direct our path.  In agreement all looking  the same direction in unity.  But sometimes one or two might be looking the wrong way.

I remember something from years ago my daughter had shared with me.  My daughter and her friend were out driving and they went out the wrong exit  while leaving a store.  A foreign lady rolled down her window and with broken English said these words, " Yourlll, going, the wrllllong way!"   For weeks for some reason, I have no idea why, we would repeat what she said with the same accent.  " Yourlll, going, the wrllllong way!"

Hopefully our motives as Christians are first to please God, looking to be led by God, and longing to be used by God.  The only way for that to be a reality is to be going the right way.  
There are those that have never looked Jesus' way.  They only see what they have been taught and blind to the Truth.  They are going the Wong Way.  Our prayer today is that they will (Look towards the SON)...the Son of God.  The hope of salvation to all who will believe and accept that Jesus is the only way of salvation.   He is the WAY.



Susan Y Nikitenko
August 18th, 2016 ©



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