New Year...Old Lessons

Do you trust Me?

Will you wait on Me?

Do you love Me?

Do you desire Me?

Do I meet your needs?

When your heart is overwhelmed...do you lean on Me?

Will you do the "difficult" for My glory?

Will you thank Me for adversity?

Will you see My shaping potter's hand at work in your life?

I think of the dear father of the ailing child in Mark9:24.  
..."I believe; help thou my unbelief."


May the Lord grant us strong unshakable belief that only He can give.

Satisfied in Him

"Christ does not exist in order to make much of us. 

We exist in order to enjoy making much of him. 

Christ is not glorious so that we get wealthy or healthy. 

Christ is glorious, so that rich or poor, sick or sound, we might be satisfied in him." John Piper

The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. Psalms 23:1

Help me to find quiet places to be filled of You, Lord. 

Starting a new book

This evening I opened a new book. I have only read the flyleaf and the front page and have already been blessed. Makes me yearn to read even more.

I have a love for the hymns. Recently I have become intrigued by the hymn writers and have wondered in passing if there would be great value in learning more of their stories.
Yesterday this book was placed in my hands by a dear friend.

She read it last week while spending hours in the hospital by her husbands bedside. This friend of mine has endured many years of fibromyalgia, while serving to meet the needs of her ailing loved ones. Not to say she is not human, but her desire to lose her life for Christ's sake is testimony to the love of God being shed abroad in one's heart. She has endured suffering and it is evident that she is sustained by her loving Heavenly Father. As she placed the book in my hands, she stated that this biography will cause us to view any suffering of ours as rather trivial....nothing.

So on the first page rests the words to "More Love to Thee" by: Elizabeth Prentiss

More love to Thee, O Christ, more love to Thee!
Hear Thou the prayer I make on bended knee.
This is my earnest plea: More love, O Christ, to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Once earthly joy I craved, sought peace and rest;
Now Thee alone I seek, give what is best.
This all my prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Let sorrow do its work, come grief or pain;
Sweet are Thy messengers, sweet their refrain,
When they can sing with me: More love, O Christ, to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

Then shall my latest breath whisper Thy praise;
This be the parting cry my heart shall raise;
This still its prayer shall be: More love, O Christ to Thee;
More love to Thee, more love to Thee!

He sent us a special guest...

This morning my JOC, son # 2, came running into the kitchen. "Mom, get your camera and come quick!!!" "What?!?!?!?...I asked. "Just come!", was his reply.

Out to the garage I wen,t quickly, just as ordered. There, with great pleasure, he showed me his discovery. Perched on my stroller was a little bird. It was sleeping with his head tucked under its wing.


We all stood there in awe of seeing so closely just a little part of God's creation.
While we stood there looking at the little bird, he looked at us and rather than fly off immediately, he tucked his little head back under his wing and sat there a few seconds more. We began to wonder if he was ok. He straightened and looked at us once again and then flew to the basketball hoop to view us from afar. It reminded us that God is mindful of making provision for even the birds. How much more He does care for us!!!

Role of Friendships

Why are we given the blessing of friendship? What are the responsibilities of a true friend? After having shared the previous study entitled, Examples, I was thinking about the great duty to be a good example to our friends. Verses flooded my mind. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend (Proverbs 27:17). Also, Titus 2:3-4 came to mind. It is our duty to yield in our friends a deeper love for their husbands and children.

I am so very thankful for the blessing of true Godly friends that urge one another unto love and good works.