Author: Judy Glasser

Life is a journey. Sometimes I'm coasting downhill and, other times, its a tough road uphill. My journey has been straight uphill since May 19, 2016 when my son, David Glasser, who was a Phoenix Police Officer was killed in the line of duty. When my life and dreams blew apart, I only had one option - to hold on tightly to my Rock, my Father God. I have a new understanding of just how short life is and how important it is to take loving each other seriously. God is love and all love comes from him. I have seen love do supernatural things since my son was killed. I have published a book, "Then I Looked Up: Losing a Child, Finding His Legacy of Love." about my tough and painful journey since my son was killed. You can order it from Amazon or you can get an autographed copy by contacting me on messenger. I am sharing some of my experiences as a survivor of a line of duty death in MYFAMILYBLEEDSBLUE.COM. Please feel free to share these blogs with anyone you know who might find them helpful. My other blog - JOURNEYTOWARDSTHETRUTH.COM - has been a work of love for many years as I read through the Chronological Daily Bible each year and share what I hear from God when he stops me. I am inviting you to come along on one or both of my journeys. Please share as often as you'd like. Thanks so much for reading!

He Reached out…..

On By Judy GlasserIn July1 Comment

He took a chance.July 4 2013

After restoring the temple and reconsecrating it, King Hezekiah sent word out to his estranged brothers in Israel inviting them to come to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover with them.

Second Chronicles tell us that they had not been able to celebrate Passover in large numbers for a long time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.  Hezekiah was not only leading his own people in Judah back to God, he was also taking a huge risk by inviting the people of Israel.

But we read that he felt it was the right thing to do, so he sent couriers throughout Israel and Judah with a proclamation which started:

“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that he may return to you…..

Yes, some people in Israel ridiculed him.

But others came. 

And we’re told that God gave Hezekiah’s people unity of mind so that they followed the word of the Lord and carried out the decree of the king – welcoming their brothers and celebrating Passover together as the people of God.

The first week of the celebration went so well, everyone decided to celebrate for another week.  We are told that there was ‘great joy’ in Jerusalem for those who were assembled.  All of the people were blessed by the priests before they went back to their homes.

We know the people were changed by this experience because we are told that, when they got home, they smashed their idols and the shrines.  They cut down the Asherah poles and destroyed the high places.

Hezekiah had been obedient.  He did what God asked him to do even though it was risky.  As a result, he started widespread religious reforms not only in his own country but also in Israel.

Please help us follow Hezekiah’s example, dear Father, as we reach out in your name.

Our Light Is Coming

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Our world, which is walking in darkness, will see a great light when Jesus comes again.

All of us who are living in the land of deep darkness will see the dawning of the light.

Our God will bless our nation and we’ll be filled with joy!JUne 29 2013

We will rejoice before our God

– like someone who just received a big promotion.

– like a football team who just won the Superbowl raises their coach up on their shoulders so he’s above the crowd.

You will bring this light, dear Father.

Our burdens will disappear, we will have no worries or concerns.

All evidence of the battles we have fought in this life will be burned – gone.

For until us a child was born.

Until us a son was given.

The government of all the world is on his shoulders.

We call him Wonderful,  Counselor,

Mighty God, Everlasting Father,

our Prince of Peace.

There is no end to his greatness.  He is reigning over his kingdom, upholding it with justice and righteousness from the time of his first coming to the time of his second coming and forever forward.

The zeal and passion of the Lord Almighty has accomplished this.

Amen!  Hallelujah!

Isaiah 6, 2013

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June 24 2013Dear Father,

We join with the seraphim who are surrounding your throne in heaven right now and we call out:

“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty;

the whole earth is full of his glory”.

We praise your holy name!

We come to you with confidence knowing that our sins have been washed away and our guilt is gone because of what your son, Jesus, has done for us.

Please help us hear you and understand you.  We want to see you and perceive you.

Soften our hearts, dear God, so we are constantly aware of you and your purpose for us.

Help us to focus our ears on your voice and open our eyes to your truth in our lives.

It is our desire to love and understand you with all of our hearts, minds and souls.

We turn to you, dear Father, and ask for complete spiritual healing.

Hallelujah!  Amen!

Our High Places

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What are our high places?

June 20 2013As we’re reading through Kings and 2 Kings, we read about good Kings who did what was right in the eyes of the Lord.  Some of them demolished idol worship everywhere within their kingdom and others destroyed most of it but left the high places.  And the people would continue to worship idols in the high places.

Do we have high places in our lives where we continue to worship our idols?  Pieces of our lives which we want to keep under our control and refuse to give over to God?

Some areas I  had a big and long struggle with but eventually gave over to God are:

My children.  It was a very big relief to finally understand that God loves my children more than me and my worrying over them did no good for anyone.  God is with them always – loving them and taking care of them.

My career.  It was also a big relief when I really understood that my career came from God.  I am where I am because that’s where he wants me to be.  When he wants me to be somewhere else, he’ll guide me there.  Meanwhile, all of my achievements and successes and promotions and pay increases come from him.

Our finances.  I never felt that we had enough money to tithe – until we started tithing.  Since we’ve started tithing, we always have enough money for our needs.  And whenever God decides that we need some extra, he sends us an unexpected check or makes some more hours of work available for my husband. 

God amazed me last year when I felt that he was telling me to plan a trip to Israel but I didn’t have the money.  So I asked him to show me how I was supposed to pay for it.  And he orchestrated an award for me at work which I didn’t even know I was nominated for.  The total of the award was the price of the trip including – of course –  a tithe of the amount.  He couldn’t make it more obvious, could he?

I have learned that, when I was trying to control these things, I was actually keeping them from coming under the blessing of my Father God.  Since I have recognized his Lordship in all of these areas of my life, he has consistently me in each of them – every day in every way.

Thank you, dear God!

More Than Enough

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Dear Father,

You are more than enough for us.June 18 2 2013

Our desire is to be faithful to you today and every day.  We want to be anchored to you so that we don’t drift away.

Please help us understand your wisdom and directions.  Reveal the truth to us.  Make the lies and traps that surround us clear to us so we can avoid their snares.

Your’s is the only voice we want to follow – please make us deaf to all others.

Your prophet Hosea tells us that our spirit of prostitution leads us astray – we give so much of ourselves away to things in our world which have no eternal value –  cars, houses, sports, food, shopping for material things, television and computers. 

Why do we so easily sacrifice our relationship with you, dear God? 

We’re disappointed when our children follow our lead and get drawn into the mess of our culture.  They are simply following our example.  They see all of the ‘gods’ in our lives so they develop their own.

You are the only true God.

You deserve our devotion and our love.

Please continue to draw us closer, dear Father.

Are We Listening?

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How it really happened.  That’s what I love about reading the Bible chronologically.

It’s such a different experience to read through the Old Testament and hear the words of the various prophets speaking directly to the kings in context.

The kings of Israel and Judah had prophets coming at them all of the time speaking the words of God.  Sometimes the prophets were screaming the words of God. 

Hosea married a prostitute who was repeatedly and blatantly unfaithful to him.  Why?  To illustrate God’s perspective as he watched the Israelites prostitute themselves with other gods over and over.

The prophets did anything they could to get the kings’ attention.

But the kings didn’t listen.

They refused to change their behavior.  They didn’t repent and turn back to God.

We now have the huge advantage of having the Spirit of God living inside of us.  God doesn’t need to send prophets anymore – he speaks directly to us.

But there’s still the same question – are we listening?

One Nation Under God

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Dear Father,  We pray for our nation today.American_Flag_USA_Patriotic_Clipart_591x362-1

We were founded on your principles but we have strayed so very far.

We need your help.  We want to return to you with all of our hearts.

We want to repent.

Your light used to shine brightly out of our country for the rest of the world to see. Now it is a meer glimmer……….almost gone.  Please help us to turn back.

Rend our hearts, dear Father.  Please open our hearts wide open to you.  Bring about a rededication of our nation to what is most important to you.

We  thank you for your compassion and graciousness.  You are slow to anger and abounding in love.

You promise us, dear Father, that you will pour out your spirit on all of your people….

when we turn back to you.

You promise that everyone who calls on your name will be saved.

You promise that there will be deliverance!

We claim your promises, dear God.

Please help us return to you, dear Father, before the darkness consumes us.

Open My Eyes……….

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so I may see God’s heavenly army

which is fighting for me,June 10 2013

protecting me,

surrounding me.

Elisha could see it.

When he looked at the hills surrounding him, they were filled with horses and chariots of fire.

But the servant couldn’t see it until God opened up his eyes.

Please open up our eyes, Lord!

We don’t have to be afraid.

Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

Everyday.

Jesus has promised us that he is with us until the day he returns.

And he has more than conquered the world.

Thank you, dear Jesus.

When Am I Really Going to Get It?

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The battle is not mine, it is God’s.

Thousands of years ago, Jahaziel stood in front of all of the people of Judah and told them, ” You will not have to fight this battle.  Take up your positions, stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem.  Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.  Go out to face them tomorrow and the Lord will be with you.

It’s just as true today as it was back in the time of 2 Chronicles.June 6 2013

I just need to take up my position, stand firm and watch God fight my battles.

My correct position is to put myself where he wants me.  He leads, I follow.

I stand firm by staying focused on the purpose he as given me and keeping my daily relationship with him strong.

And then he delivers me.

He’s done it before, he will do it again.

And again.

And again.

So why do I sometimes have doubts that haunt me in the darkest part of the night?  Why do I start focusing on my plans and purposes only to become frustrated and confused?

Why do I draw up battle plans and go full steam ahead just to be defeated once again?

I have the Lord of all of the Armies on my side ready to fight my battles for me.

When am I really, really going to get that?

Thank you, dear Father.  I face all of my tomorrows knowing that you are with me and you are for me. 

I Don’t Want to Miss It!

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The whisper of God.

It’s not in the great and powerful wind as it tears apart the mountains and shatters the rocks.

It’s not in the earthquake or in the fire.

The spirit of God moves in our hearts and our minds…….a whisper.

Which we will miss if we don’t turn off the distractions and focus on him.

I believe God is trying to guide me and communicate with me all day.  I just don’t always listen well.  Sometimes I’m just not listening at all.

So many things in my life clamor for my attention and they all have much louder voices!

There’s no time to stop to listen for whispers, is there?

No, there’s no time to listen for whispers…..

unless we make the time.  Unless we put ourselves in places where he can more easily speak to us.

june 5 2013Like studying his Word.

Like worshipping with our brothers and sisters.

Like serving in his name.

Like setting aside time for a good conversation with him.

Because, when our little light flickers out and it’s all done, we’ll want to be able to easily recognize the voice that whispers to us here…….

As it guides us home.