"crush"

I was praying about what to write this morning saying, "God,  what is it? What does someone need to hear this morning?  A little while later, I saw an empty milk container sitting on my counter that needed to go into the recycle bin. So, getting it ready for it's new little home I crushed it while saying, "C *R*U*S*H". Right after that, I looked down and there was an empty pop bottle with the word, "CRUSH" on it.  I immediately had a desire to look up the word "CRUSH" in God's word. Before I share God's words, here is the definition of "crush"

CRUSH-1. to extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing; 2. to break, pound, or grind into small fragments 3. To oppress severely 4. The act of crushing; extreme pressure 5. To break

"He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.

Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressionsm
he was CRUSHED for OUR iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:2-6

**JESUS TOOK THE PUNISHMENT WE DESERVE UPON HIMSELF.........BECAUSE HE LOVES US SOOO MUCH. THANK HIM FOR THIS TODAY.

"Then the LORD God said to the woman, 'What is this you have done?"
"The woman said, "The serpent deceived me and I ate."
So the LORD God said to the serpent, 'Because you have done this...... I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers: he will CRUSH your head,..." Genesis 3:13- 15

**FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME- JESUS DYING ON THE CROSS AND WINNING THE BATTLE WAS THE PLAN. GOD SEES THE WHOLE STORY. HE HAS A PLAN.

"The God of peace will soon CRUSH Satan under your feet." Romans 16:20

***SATAN IS REAL AND GOD IS MORE POWERFUL THAN HIM. A DAY IS COMING WHEN THERE WILL BE NO MORE EVIL AT ALL. "BE JOYFUL IN HOPE."

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are CRUSHED in spirit." Psalm 34:18

**IF YOU ARE BROKENHEARTED AND CRUSHED IN SPIRIT TODAY, GOD SEES YOU, HE IS CLOSE TO YOU AND HE SEEKS TO HELP YOU AND TO REMOVE YOU FROM  A BURDEN, OPPRESSION OR DANGER. HE CARES ABOUT YOU SO MUCH.

Blessings from Bombadil. May you be drawn into his word all day today. Kristy Link