The other day my daughter Angela came home from school all excited and told me she had something to show me. "Hold on", she said, and ran up to her room. I had a feeling what it was. Within minutes she walked down wearing her cap and gown. Yup, it happened, tears filled my eyes. She is my last one to graduate. Her long blonde hair surrounding a light blue cap and gown was so beautiful.
Life does move on whether we like it or not. Sure I wish that life was not so fragile right now. I would love it if there wasn't so much unknown. Having faith sounds awesome doesn't it? We all want to live a life that in whatever circumstances we face we will have faith. But if we are honest, having faith is just plane hard. You see, for us to have a stronger faith we have to be in situations that will strengthen our faith. I was reading this morning about Joshua's instructions to take over Jericho. Those were some pretty crazy instructions but he knew that he heard from the Lord. He had faith. Sometimes in life we are faced with situations where we are forced to have faith, trusting in God when we do not see the answer. We have days when we cry (I do), we have days when we are strong but knowing that God has our life in the palm of his hand should bring us more comfort than it does. When suddenly we are in a situation where we don't see the outcome we so often try to take things into our own hands. We do all the planning and forget to seek God. What, like we can do a better job them him? Sometimes we think we can. That never works out very well.
Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your path straight."
Father God, may I/we trust you above what is around us. I seek your face this day above anything else that is a distraction. Your will be done in my life.
What and who are you leaning on? Lean on Jesus.
love it mom. the video was a good start to the day too.
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