“The Lord thy God Cares For It.”


The land whither ye go to possess it is a land of hills and valleys
and drinketh water of the rain of heaven;
a land which the Lord thy God careth
for: the eyes of the Lord are always upon it
from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
Deuteronomy 11:11-12

Today, dear friends, we stand upon the verge of the unknown.
There lies before us the new year (new season)
and we are going forth to possess it.
Who can tell what we shall find?
What new experiences,
what changes shall come,
what new needs shall arise?
But here is the cheering,
comforting,
gladdening message from our Heavenly Father,
The Lord thy God careth for it.”
“His eyes are upon it away to the ending of the year.””

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Today’s thought – ‘ . . . and do good, . . .’

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Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good;
so shalt thou dwell in the land,
and verily thou shalt be fed.

Let us bow our souls and say,
“Behold the handmaid of the Lord!”
Let us lift up our hearts and ask,
“Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do?”
Then light from the opened heaven
shall stream on our daily task,
revealing the grains of gold,
where yesterday all seemed dust;
a hand shall sustain us and our daily burden,
so that, smiling at yesterday’s fears, we shall say,
“This is easy, this is light;” every “lion in the way,”
as we come up to it,
shall be seen chained,
and leave open the gates of the Palace Beautiful;
and to us, even to us,
feeble and fluctuating as we are,
ministries shall be assigned,
and through our hands blessings shall be conveyed
in which the spirits of just men made perfect might delight.
ELIZABETH CHARLES.

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

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Today’s thought – Fret Not!

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Good Morning

Psalm 37:1-7
A Psalm of David.
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.  And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

We’ve all been there in one way or another from time to time.
Life for most of us usually moves along at a pace
that’s marked with a routine and rhythm –
until something happens that sets us back.
A tragedy, a heartbreak, a defeat, a disappointment;
failing health, financial loss, relational stress,
or a thousand other things
that fall like Niagara into our lives without any warning.
And the worst of all is when that which is wrong wins out
over that which is right;
when those who cheat are benefited,
while those of play by the rules still lose.
We sigh, cry, cuss and fuss, groan or moan;
shaking our heads at the problem,
and sometimes our fists at God.
But wait a minute!
God is on our side.
He is for us, not against us.
King David, a man after God’s own heart,
put it in the clearest of terms.

“Fret not thyself because of evildoers,” he wrote, “neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass” (Psalm 37:1-5).

Trust. Do good. Delight. Commit.
Relatively simple steps,
with profoundly significant results.
So when the wicked succeed, remember —
it is short-lived at most. As for you,
Trust is the Lord and do good;
delight yourself in Him,
and commit your way into His care. ~~~ Rylie

Fret not . . .Today
With my prayers, desiring yours, Leslie

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