Sunday Bible Reading – Psalms 13:3-6

Mar 8 bulbs 005Today, Rain, thank the Lord.
Bulbs are still blooming (picture taken before rain).

Good Morning

Psalm 13:3-6
Consider and hear me, O Lord my God:
lighten mine eyes,
lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lest mine enemy say,
I have prevailed against him;
and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
But I have trusted in thy mercy;
my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
I will sing unto the Lord,
because he hath dealt bountifully with me. KJV

Psalm 13:3
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
lighten the eyes
[of my faith to behold Your face in the pitchlike darkness],
lest I sleep the sleep of death, Amplified Bible

Lighten my eyes . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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February 8, Today’s thought – Moved?

jan 30 phoenix 001This mini Phalaenopsis orchid blossoms opened while we were in Arizona. It was my little of bit of green traveling with us. I think I learned about having a plant while traveling from my mom.

Good Morning

Psalm 46:1 -5
God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth be removed,
and though the mountains
be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Selah.
There is a river,
the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
God is in the midst of her;
she shall not be moved:
God shall help her,
and that right early.

“Shall not be moved” what an inspiring declaration.
Can it be possible that we,
who are so easily moved by the things of earth,
can arrive at a place where nothing
can upset us or disturb our calm?
Yes it is possible; and the Apostle Paul knew it.
When he was on his way to Jerusalem
where he foresaw the “bonds and afflictions” awaited him,
he could say triumphantly,
“But none of these thinks move me.” Acts 20:24
Everything in Paul’s life and experience
that could be shaken had been shaken,
and he no longer counted his life,
or any of life’s possessions, dear to him.
And we , if we will but let God have His way with us,
may come to the same place,
so that neither the fret and tear of little things of life,
nor the great and heavy trials,
can have power to move us from the peace
that passeth understanding, (Philippians 4:7)
which is declared to be the portion of those
who have learned to rest only in God.

“Him that overcometh will I make a pillar
in the temple of my God; and he shall go not more out.” Rvelation 3:12

To be as immovable as a pillar in the house of our God,
is an end for which one would gladly endure all the shakings
that may be necessary to bring us there –Hannah Whitall Smith

Desiring to arrive . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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February 6, Today’s thought – Not refusals

jan 30 phoenix 006Two of our neighbors on Jackrabbit Trail Road

Good Morning

Genesis 8:8-9
Also he sent forth a dove from him,
to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot,
and she returned unto him into the ark,
for the waters were on the face of the whole earth:
then he put forth his hand, and took her,
and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

God knows just when to withhold from us
any visible sign of encouragement,
and when to grant us such a sign.
How good it is that we may trust Him anyway!
When all visible evidence that He is remembering us are withhold,
that is best;
He wants us to realize that His Word,
His promise of remembrance is more substantial
and dependable than any evidence of our senses.
When He sends the visible evidence,
that is well also;
we appreciate it all the more after we have trusted Him without it.
Those who are readiest to trust God
without other evidence than His Word
always receive
the greatest number of visible evidences of His love.
~~~C. G. Trumbull

Delays are not refusals;
Many a prayer is registered, and underneath it the words:
“My time is not yet come.”
God has a set time as well as a set purpose,
and He who orders the bounds of our habitation
orders also the time of our deliverance. – Selected.

Appreciate God’s timing . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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February 4, Today’s thought – Sheltered

jan 30 phoenix 001Phoenix at sunset, Feb,2014

Good Morning

“Tell me … where thou feedest,
where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon.”
– Song of Solomon 1:7

These words express the desire of the believer after Christ,
and his longing for present communion with him.
Where doest thou feed thy flock?
In thy house? I will go, if I may find thee there.
In private prayer? Then I will pray without ceasing.
In the Word? Then I will read it diligently.
In thine ordinances? Then I will walk in them with all my heart.
Tell me where thou feedest,
for wherever thou standest as the Shepherd,
there will I lie down as a sheep;
for none but thyself can supply my need.
I cannot be satisfied to be apart from thee.
My soul hungers and thirsts for the refreshment of thy presence.
“Where dost thou make thy flock to rest at noon?”
for whether at dawn or at noon,
my only rest must be where thou art and thy beloved flock.
My soul’s rest must be a grace-given rest,
and can only be found in thee.
Where is the shadow of that rock?
should I not repose beneath it?
“Why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?”
Thou hast companions-why should I not be one?
Satan tells me I am unworthy;
but I always was unworthy,
and yet thou hast long loved me;
and therefore my unworthiness
cannot be a bar to my having fellowship with thee now.
It is true I am weak in faith,
and prone to fall,
but my very feebleness is the reason
why I should always be where thou feedest thy flock,
that I may be strengthened,
and preserved in safety beside the still waters.
Why should I turn aside?
There is no reason why I should,
there are a thousand reasons why I should not,
for Jesus beckons me to come.
If he withdrew himself a little,
it is but to make me prize his presence more.
Now that I am grieved and distressed at being away from him,
he will lead me
yet again to that sheltered nook where the lambs of his fold
are sheltered from the burning sun. Spurgeon

Safe . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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