CLOSE April 04

GOOD NEWS from Psalm 34: 18

The Lord is CLOSE to my heart; He rescues me and saves me along with all others whose hearts are humble in Spirit.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2034&version=TLB

Dear Heavenly Father God and Lord,

Thank You for coming in CLOSE with Your Love, including times when my heart feels broken and I feel like I am struggling to find Your strength to get me through another day.

Hear the messages of my heart and with all deliberate speed, come CLOSE.

Your Omniscience knows everything.

Before I can start smiling, fixing my lips to form a sentence,  or explaining things felt by my heart, in Your CLOSENESS You already know and understand the depth of everything I am experiencing.

Be here, Lord,; come CLOSER to me than my skin and bones are.

Move CLOSER with Your Compassionate Presence, move deeper into my very being with Your Love.

Layer Your Love as my spirit CLOSELY communes with Your Spirit.

You're so CLOSE, You always have an open invitation for me to Enter In, Here and Now.

Here You Are with Your Perfect Peace and CLOSENESS again right now.

Hold me CLOSE and love me back to life.

Lift me, carry me, ease me, and give me Just A CLOSER Walk With Thee.

Thank You for being CLOSE enough for me to Lean On You.

🎶 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE sung by Alabama 

https://youtu.be/iPmJemdLGf8?si=CZU1poz9KU9md4Uy

🎶 CLOSE TO YOU sung by Dionne Warwick

https://youtu.be/yfk6TWazquk?si=B6B-C0vvg4D_b6by

🎶 LEAN ON ME sung through Bill Withers

https://youtu.be/Nx_D0VTHBag?si=zgRL2_75_psz2RVq

🎶 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE sung by The Bee Gees

https://youtu.be/XpqqjU7u5Yc?si=gjhnl6d2ijxKWuJ-

MEDITATION: Meditation for a mindful reset/profound mental clarity through self reflection.

https://youtu.be/wfyFlbj8cVc?si=c8--aFYIcX75HAtU

MANTRA: I am trusting God's timing and His unfolding of my life.

TESTimony: DESCRIBE THE CLOSENESS OF GOD I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHILE MY HEART IS BREAKING?

2026: Love shared with our CLOSELY knit Grief Share Family

2025: I experience a sense of God's nearness and usually get an earthly sign, like 

A lone yellow wildflower blooming wherever it is planted and blossoming through a crack in a cement sidewalk.

A redbird hovering near looking at me side eyed reminding me that God takes care of them so they don't have to worry about what to eat, what to drink, nor what to wear and I am worth more to God. 

Today, a purple butterfly brushing my arm, reminding me of the meltdown it had to go through, yet it made out just fine.