Day: December 27, 2014

I was reading from I Peter 1:1 “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout. . . . “. This verse spoke to me as if God said. . . . I want you to write to the “strangers” scattered throughout!! I write from my heart to those I may never meet, to those that have hearts that stand in need of God’s healing grace  . . . . God’s healing peace, the only force on Earth that can bring true healing to the broken heart. As I continued to read from I Peter 1, I was overcome by the power of that grace and peace . . . In verse 2 Peter says. . . Grace unto you and peace be multiplied. That means continual and in abundance . . . . . But it is through the truth of the scriptures that follow we are able to see where that Grace and peace comes from, not within ourselves but through the work that God has established in His mercy toward us.

“(3) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”  . . .  His abundant mercy. . . . unto a lively hope . . . all because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. . .  that is where the true power of our peace comes from!!! But He didn’t stop there . . .  Verse 4 “To an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.” Not only does He give us grace, peace, mercy and hope in this life, but He promises us an inheritance that no one can take from us, reserved in heaven with our name on it !!!!!! My name is on “my mansion” in Heaven which God is preparing for “me”. . . . Let’s think on that for a bit. . . .

To the strangers scattered throughout. . . .  Grace and peace be multiplied !!!!!!

As another year begins to come to a close, I can not help but wonder if I accomplished this year all that I set out to do; but more importantly did I accomplish all that God had planned for me this year? Each year we are given a clean page to write upon, a story to tell in our very own words. The pages that unfold are up to each of us as an individual and the characters we include within the pages of our lives are greatly a result of the choices that we make. How we greet each day determines in great part the path that we take and how the pages of our lives unfold. Did we take the time to bring healing to a heart that was hurting or did we in turn inflict pain within the heart of another? Looking back I find a renewed sense of purpose. . . almost a calling and a direction to purposefully strive in 2015 to bring healing. . . . looking around me each day I see so many that are hurting, so many that have become broken and need desperately for someone to reach out to them with words that will sooth their aching soul. So it is that I dedicate “Richele Writes” as an avenue for God to speak through me to bring healing to hearts that are hurting!!!!