Isaiah 65:24

If only God would.....

Exodus 33:14-15

Youth fades....

This was my thought for Mother's day this past

May, but I never got around to posting on the Blogger several of my past thoughts and verses. So I'm gradually catching up. Sorry.

Matthew 4:40

I read this today and had to share it.

     The life of faith requires us to lean on an invisible source of strength and wisdom. We do not have an unfounded faith, but we learn quickly that it does not rest on our five senses. And as we trust God, we find that very real and visible storms war against our belief in the invisible God. Sooner or later, a greater test will come and we will have to choose: Trust God or trust ourselves. We cannot do both.
     At some point in this walk of faith, we must learn to detach from the things that so greatly concern us and cast them wholly on God. This feels irresponsible at first, but it is actually irresponsible not to do so.  We must stop thinking of ourselves as the source of deliverance in a difficult situation. It is not up to us to save. We may be useful tools of God but not everything is riding on us. Usually, we approach crises as though God is depending on us to do the work while He supports us in the background. We need to turn that around. We must depend on God to do the work while we are behind the scenes believing in Him. When He says to act, we must act. But most of us act far too quickly and believe much too slowly. We must be quick to believe and hesitant to interfere in God's work. By this we can keep our hearts from being so troubled, if we will really trust in Him.
     How do you react in a crisis? Do you feel responsible to step in and  intervene? Perhaps God will require you to do so but rarely until you have first trusted Him with a calm heart, sought His willl diligently, made yourself fully available, and waited for His timing.
     When we pray and ask for God's will to be done in a given situation, we must believe that His will is, in fact, very good and that He is quite able to accomplish it. Any asking that maintains an internal sense of panic is not genuine trust. It reveals a hidden belief that we are perhaps more critical to the situation than God is. But to trust is to rest, and the heart that is calm has learned that Jesus is above the storm.
Taken from the devotional "At His Feet" by Chris Tiegreen, Tyndale House Publishers, page 166.

Psalm 31:24

None but God....

The next time you see a sunrise...