A beautiful sky this early evening. A soft grey-blue splashed with whispy clouds and smeared with all the colors of the rainbow... set delicately onto a plate of green and browns and yellows.
Served up to me as a reminder that all of God's promises are Yes!
A promise.
No matter how many promises there be of God they are all yes. This message is a small little helper for my faith and my joy.
When I am here on the stepping off point of my day, my week, my new semester and I am faced with over-whelming thoughts of care taking, family, health, I almost give into the dreadful thoughts of being over come with selfishness and grief all at the same time. I feel pressed into thinking that time is fleeting and everything must be done with hurried hands and carelessness.
Everyday is filled with appointments, needs and worries. My concentration is broken and my sleep gets shattered. I feel pushed and pulled in every direction by the cares of the world and the choices I've made.
I need only to lift up my eyes and call upon the LORD who is my helper-- He lifts me. He lifts my head and fills my faith cup to overflow with joy.
I can breathe a sigh of relief. I can know that He is with me.
I can utter a prayer-- and when the scripture that filled my cistern cries out from the bottom of a deep, dark and dry well -- because I've long forgotten the words in my mind- but they are there in the muddy dark bottom. It's too far to reach in and pull them out. I can't get the Word to come, I draw the cup back and it is empty. I cry and ask him won't you give me the words? I call out- "Put them in my mouth!" Like water from a broken pipe it pours into my soul. At first it is dirty! I don't even like the taste of them. The words are a grit between my teeth. Soon the fresh water comes but not with a struggle and a waiting.
Gushing forth it is fresh and cool and washes me. In that moment there is peace in my mind, peace not because I've remembered the WORDS... but Peace because He has stilled the waters and restored my soul, He has not forgotten me. He kept his promise and heard my prayer.
So the rain came. It didn't rain on our little plot of land today... perhaps a sprinkle, but the bow in the sky shown up high in my view. God helped my faith and my joy in that moment.
Though will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. ~ Isaiah 26:3
Served up to me as a reminder that all of God's promises are Yes!
A promise.
No matter how many promises there be of God they are all yes. This message is a small little helper for my faith and my joy.
When I am here on the stepping off point of my day, my week, my new semester and I am faced with over-whelming thoughts of care taking, family, health, I almost give into the dreadful thoughts of being over come with selfishness and grief all at the same time. I feel pressed into thinking that time is fleeting and everything must be done with hurried hands and carelessness.
Everyday is filled with appointments, needs and worries. My concentration is broken and my sleep gets shattered. I feel pushed and pulled in every direction by the cares of the world and the choices I've made.
I need only to lift up my eyes and call upon the LORD who is my helper-- He lifts me. He lifts my head and fills my faith cup to overflow with joy.
I can breathe a sigh of relief. I can know that He is with me.
I can utter a prayer-- and when the scripture that filled my cistern cries out from the bottom of a deep, dark and dry well -- because I've long forgotten the words in my mind- but they are there in the muddy dark bottom. It's too far to reach in and pull them out. I can't get the Word to come, I draw the cup back and it is empty. I cry and ask him won't you give me the words? I call out- "Put them in my mouth!" Like water from a broken pipe it pours into my soul. At first it is dirty! I don't even like the taste of them. The words are a grit between my teeth. Soon the fresh water comes but not with a struggle and a waiting.
Gushing forth it is fresh and cool and washes me. In that moment there is peace in my mind, peace not because I've remembered the WORDS... but Peace because He has stilled the waters and restored my soul, He has not forgotten me. He kept his promise and heard my prayer.
So the rain came. It didn't rain on our little plot of land today... perhaps a sprinkle, but the bow in the sky shown up high in my view. God helped my faith and my joy in that moment.
Though will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. ~ Isaiah 26:3