Could, should, would...

Today, I could...
but...--is this the day I would?
Could, should, would..what?
Write... about God.


I could write that His mercies (compassion, forgiveness, kindness) are new each and every morning.  Now that's worth a rooster crowing about at the crack of dawn!
I could write that His thoughts of us outnumber the grains of sand. Can you imagine? Go ahead and try to count the grains of sand just within a small circle that you draw on the beach.  You can't.  I know because I have tried. And yet God says that His thoughts of us outnumber the sand--not just the grains inside a drawn circle...but all the grains of sand! It is not just His thoughts of 'us' that outnumber the grains of sand but His thoughts of just you...or me...singular not plural. (Psalms 139: 18a)
I could write that God says--no, it's even more than that--He declared (proclaims, swears by)...that He has a plan for each one of us.  Really?!  Yes! His plan is for each of our good and not for harm.  His plan is to give each of us hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)
I could write that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Nothing. Well, what about? No, nothing. Yea, but? No, nothing! (Romans 8:38)
I could write that God will never forsake (abandon or give up on ) us.  Everywhere we are--He is with us. Yes, everywhere.  Yes, even there. Makes you think, doesn't it? (Deuteronomy 31:8)
I could write that God has written each of our names on the palm of His hand! (Isaiah 49:16a) I usually hold on tightly to those that are most precious to me, holding hands with my husband, cupping the face of my precious children...yet, hands down, God engraving the names of those precious to Him on His palm, is the ultimate permanent mark of love.
I could write that God loves us with an ever-lasting love (Jeremiah 31:3)-that means lasting forever! Although I love my husband and children very much-still my love for them is at best conditional.  However, there is one--only one--that can love us unconditionally...all the time...no matter what...and that is God! You know--the One who indelibly (unable to be removed, unable to be forgotten) affixes each of our names upon the palm of His hand!!
There is so much more that I would write...about God's attributes...however, to do so would fill volumes and take from now...and beyond...eternity.  So to avoid writer's cramp or in this 21st century--carpal tunnel syndrome--from excessive tying on the computer keyboard...I will give my fingers a Sabbath (temporary rest)!
However, 
I should write that *this God* is with the big G.  Not a little g.  There is only one God with a big G.  So let's be clear that I am not writing about a little g, or a man, or a prophet or a fat belly statue...really..I don't know about you...but I want the real thing only and the only real thing is God aka Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 8: 5-6)
Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz

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August 2011

God Never Takes a Vacation!

Who has come across your path today?

Of the over 6.4 billion people in the world –

what are the chances or coincidence

that you and another person are at the same place at the same time?

I do not believe in coincidences. 

I do believe that God places us---where we are at a given moment…for His

purposes.

Yesterday morning David and I took a long walk 

and we crossed the road in front of an older black convertible Cadillac.  

We walked directly in front of the car within feet of the young male driver.  

And I thought about him….for a minute.

However, I admit that I did not give him much thought or pray for him.

Hours later-- Dave was doing a three mile run around our resort 

and he heard screeching tires and crushing metal.  

He jumped up & scaled the concrete wall,

scraping his knees and knuckles to the point of bleeding.

The sight in his view was of a twisted car…the black convertible Cadillac.

He saw no motion from the driver’s side.  

He did the best thing he could do….he prayed for the young man, 

that just hours ago was directly in our path and us in his.

We don’t know the condition of the man.  

Or if he is even still on this side of Heaven.

But God does.

Out of curiosity--David bled a little-- scaling the concrete wall 

trying to see the guy in the wreck. 

Out of love--Jesus shed his blood-- for that driver’s life.

So look around.  Who is crossing your path today?

Say a prayer for him or her that they 

come into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.

You never know…what a difference a few hours.. can make in their life….

or the power of prayer on their behalf.

But God does….and for this very reason…

He placed him or her in your path today.

Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz

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May 17, 2011

My Most Special Day

I wrote this 35 years ago to God--
to the tune of Cinderella's, 'Ten Minutes Ago'.


'Three weeks ago I met You
You knocked and I opened the door
My heart started changing, my life rearranging
     I never felt like this before...'


I still can express those same words today--just updated~


'Thirty five years ago I met You
You knocked and I opened the door
My heart still is changing, my life still rearranging
     I am loving You each year, more and more...'


And I must borrow the words from Andre Crouches, 'My Tribute'
as also My Tribute to God for the past 35 year...


'How can I say thanks for the things
You have done for me?
Things so undeserved yet You gave
to prove Your love for me
The voices of a million angels
could not express my gratitude
All that I am, and ever hope to be
I owe it all to Thee.'


So, on this most special day for me, as I blow out the candle
on my slice of white cococut cake, 
my wish (and prayer) is that your heart also has a song to sing to God.


Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
March 3, 2011
(c) WitzEnd Writings

The Storms in Life

Who controls the weather? Al? Sam?
Al Roker, the weather forecaster from the TODAY show and Sam Champion, the weatherman, from the Good Morning America show are able to track the weather patterns via meteorological technology, however, only the creator of the heavens and the earth can control the weather.

We are experiencing extreme weather conditions throughout our country and around the world. Monster storms in the USA from New Mexico to Maine, record breaking snow falls, category 5 hurricanes, tsunamis, flooding…. ‘Some’ snow is fun for sledding, making snowmen and school cancellations, however, severe weather can also wreak havoc, i.e., car accidents, rooftops collapsing, and downed power lines. Furthermore, being caught or stuck in the middle of a storm can be very frightful.

Even two thousand years ago when Jesus and His disciples were in a boat out at sea, a sudden storm swirled around them and they were in great danger…and very afraid. They were screaming and panicking and cried out to Jesus—who was peacefully asleep—‘we are going to drown’! Upon hearing their cries--Jesus awoke… and rebuked the wind and the raging waters…and the storm subsided and all was calm.*

They asked then, as we ask today, ‘Who is this…who commands even the winds and the water and they obey Him?’ ‘Who is this?’….He is God, the creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. He is the one that controls the weather. He rules over the raging sea and when its waves mount up, He stills them.** He calms the storms. Not just the storms going on around the world but also the storms going on in our lives.

We need to only do what the disciples did when they felt like they were going to drown—they cried out to God. And he heard. And he calmed the storm….and their pounding hearts.

When we feel like circumstances in our lives hit us like a tsunami and that the situations we are experiencing are going to drown us…we only need to cry out to God and He will calm the storms in life…in our lives.

Just like when the disciple, Peter, upon seeing Jesus walking on the lake, got out of the boat and began to walk towards Jesus. His footing was steady—until—he took his eyes off of Jesus and became distracted and unnerved by the circumstances of the waves slapping at his legs—and he thus began to sink in the water. Yet, although, he took his eyes (his focus) off of Jesus…he re-focused his eyes (and heart) away from the circumstances and back to the One who controls the weather and cried out to Him, ‘Lord, save me.’***

We will have storms in life. Our daily personal weather forecast is not always ‘sunny’. There will be days, even seasons, of cloudiness, hail, snow storms, torrential rains, crashing waves and our own personal tsunamis. However, we can/should also cry out to the Weatherman….and He will calm our storms and bring a peace to our hearts and minds, despite the forecast.

Wendy’s Witz-dom:
‘...you can bet your bottom dollar, the Son will come out…’

God’s Wisdom:
‘they were at their wit’s end. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.’ (Psalm 127: 27b, 28)

© WitzEnd Writings February 3, 2011
*Luke 8: 22-25 **Psalm 89:9 ***Matthew 14: 29, 30

M & M's

My name is Wendy Witz and I am a chocoholic.

This is not a confession—as I am not admitting anything that I hope to change. Instead, I am making a profession—a declaration of my love for chocolate.

However, I do not love all chocolates equally. My preference is milk chocolate. My favorite chocolate indulgences are Dove chocolate, Reece’s peanut butter cups or my Mom’s ‘buckeyes’ and M & M’s—peanut or plain (with no discrimination of colors).

What I am about to write is not a justification of my continual consumption of M & M’s~however, M & M’s are an encouragement and a reminder to Meditate upon & Memorize God’s Word! Let His Words melt in your mouth as ‘you taste (& see) that the Lord is good’ (Psalm 34:8).

Meditating on God’s words is to think deeply, ponder. Like a cow chewing its cud~we are to continually bring God’s words back to our minds over and over again. Doing this will help us to Memorize scripture verses and store them in our hearts and minds. ‘I have hidden Your word in my heart’ (Psalm 119:11). The Memorization of God’s words is essential--for us to recall verses of the bible more readily so that we might be encouraged as well as discern God’s direction when we are at crossroads in our lives.

Through Memorization we can hold God’s words in our minds and hearts when we are not holding God’s Word in our hands.

There are M & M’s that we need to avoid. (Yes, it’s true--just like there are wolves in sheep’s clothing there are also some bad M & M’s!) Take for example, Meribah & Massah. Meribah means quarreling. When we are quarreling with others, or with God, roots of bitterness can take hold in our hearts making our hearts become indifferent in our relationships, even our relationship with God. Massah means testing. We all go through times of testing in our lives when circumstances are difficult and situations are stressful. Or times when we feel that we are between a rock and a hard place. Times like these can cause us to doubt our faith and make our hearts go astray….from God.

This is when we need to partake of the ‘good’ M & M’s— and bring back (Mediation) to our minds & hearts what God’s Word says and not allow bitterness to take root in relationships, especially with God. And also to recall God’s words that we have Memorized to remind us of His love for us and that His plans are to prosper and not harm us, plans to give us a hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29: 11)

Now that we all agree on the necessity of M & M’s in our daily spiritual nutrition-- the only question is~ plain or peanut?

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Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 22, 2011

Who’s behind the wheel?

On a recent Sunday, a little girl was being baptized at our church.
When the Pastor asked her why she wanted to be baptized with childlike faith she responded, 'I want Jesus to be in charge of my life'.

Now I have witnessed many baptisms. The sprinkling of water on babies and also the emersion of the whole body (older children and adults) under water in representation of the dying of self and desire to live for God. Baptisms are also a reminder for the one being baptized that '...if any man be in Christ he is a new creation, old things have passed away, behold all things are new'*

Yet the words of this particular little girl struck me. Her words made me ponder...
I was reminded of the title of Carrie Underwood's song, 'Jesus, take the wheel'.

That is really what it's all about, isn't it?
The little girl, you and me~giving over the steering wheel of our lives to Jesus?
I envied that little girl in that she is so young yet she spoke so wisely.
'Out of the mouth of babes' ~(I’m just sayin’)

I was older—seventeen-- when I asked Jesus to take over the wheel of my heart and steer my life according to His purposes.
OK now we all are back seat drivers from time to time especially when we think the driver has taken a wrong turn or is going too slow. I have done my share of that...and have ended up in ditches. Or my wheels spinning—spewing mud every which way, making a an epic mess.

Why? Because I grabbed the wheel back and decided I wanted to go a different direction. Or I wanted to go a faster speed. Or I chose not to obey ‘STOP signs’ or heed the ‘Slow Down’ warnings or brake for ‘Icy Conditions Ahead’ and even ignored the ‘Dead End’, ‘Turn Back’ sign posts.

God has had to rescue me and steer me back on His path, marked ‘One Way’ only.

One of my daughters has had AAA inform her that she has used their service so many times-- that they will no longer come to her aid.

However, no matter how many times we leave our keys in a locked car, go off the path, get stuck in ditches, blow our tires, cause fender benders, or blow the transmission of our faith….God will continually, unconditionally, always come to our aid- 24/7.

All we need to do--like the little girl—is to yield our hearts— and ask Jesus to take the wheel!

Wendy’s Witz-dom: Yield now before you come to the end of the road.

God’s Wisdom: Jesus answered, ‘I am the way…’ (John 14:6)

*2 Corinthians 5:17

© WitzEnd Writings
Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 11, 2011

Snow!

As we look out our windows upon the blanket of pure white snow,
let’s reflect upon Psalms 51 and make David’s prayer…our very own.

‘Have mercy on me, O God,
according to Your great compassion;
according to Your unfailing love,
blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions….

Cleanse me… and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow *

…says the Lord, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow **

Sins like scarlet Now washed Out Whiter than snow!

*Psalms 51: 1-3a, 7
**Isaiah 1:18

© WitzEnd Writings
Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
January 10, 2010

R your hearts Ready for the New Year?

What a fun time in God’s Word this morning!
Learned so much---I wanted to share.
I am going through the book of Luke.Today, Chapter 5, verses 1-11.

‘R your hearts Ready for the New Year?’

Verse 3---Simon put his boat out to shore for Jesus out of Routine (common practice)

Verse 4---Simon replied to Jesus’ Request ‘to put the boat in deeper water and let down the nets for a catch’ with Reluctance and Resistance

Verse 5b: then Resigned himself to letting down the nets only ‘because Jesus said so’

Verse 6: Results of Simon’s relinquishing to Jesus’ request—he ‘caught such a large number of fish
that the nets began to break and he needed additional men to help with the catch
… their boats were so full that both boats began to sink’

Verse 8: When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees—in Realization—of who Jesus is

Verse 8b and who he was—‘a sinful man’—needing to Repent (turn away from sin, self, situations, style of life and turn to God)

Verse 10b: God’s Requirement of Simon—‘Follow me’

Verse 11: Simon’s (and other fishermen’s) Response was that they ‘left everything and followed Him’

Does this Resonate with us and will we Resolve to do the same?


W.OW.2 (Words of Wisdom/Wit)
Wendy Lee (Sell) Witz
© WitzEnd Writings
1/3/2011