Confidence

A lovely, sunny Saturday with nothing pressing to do...

I stayed at home and only did what I wanted to all day long! How sweet and refreshing...healing for the soul...

This afternoon I went for a stroll down my quiet, dirt road. As I drank in the fresh, warm air, I sang and talked to God. Later I sat and watched the lovely clouds as the sun was setting.

This is a good time in my life, not always easy, but good. A time to be quiet, to rest, to wait... a time to enjoy days of refreshing with no one else making demands on my time... a time to commune with God and hear His heart for me... a time to trust... to know my future is in His hands and the ones I love are in His hands...

My theme verse for this year:
"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil.1:6

He will do it. For me. For you.

Nothing But Trust

"I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted." Job 42:2

This year I'm teaching a Sunday School class of 4-6 year-olds. I'm amazed at how often the lesson speaks so loudly to me and things that I am facing.

This week it's the story of Job. Job did nothing wrong and yet he suffered many things. He didn't understand what was going on and still he chose to trust God. Suffering draws us to God and shows us things that we wouldn't see otherwise. In the end Job said, "My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you."

Turn our hearts to you, O God!