Hey, there,
If anybody actually reads this thing, long time no type. And this is me avoiding a very full inbox. All good stuff, I'm sure. There's just sooo much of it! :D
If anybody actually reads this thing, long time no type. And this is me avoiding a very full inbox. All good stuff, I'm sure. There's just sooo much of it! :D
I haven't been online for a couple of weeks, cuz I was working on a final proofing of A Gentle Strength... Very soon we will have a printed book on our hands.
Recent weeks have reminded me of some lessons learned long ago.
Words have weight, but we get to choose which words weigh the most. We must be careful. Let us make certain that the words we cling to will lift us up in truth and trust, not hold us back and weigh us down with fear.
Faith--real faith--leaves no quarter for lingering fear, because faith is founded in love; and perfect love cast out fear (1 John 4:18, 2 Tim. 1:7).
Words have weight, but we get to choose which words weigh the most. We must be careful. Let us make certain that the words we cling to will lift us up in truth and trust, not hold us back and weigh us down with fear.
Faith--real faith--leaves no quarter for lingering fear, because faith is founded in love; and perfect love cast out fear (1 John 4:18, 2 Tim. 1:7).
By faith, we venture foward, in spite of convention and human expectations, because our souls hunger for and need the best that God has for us. I take great comfort in knowing that, as I take these baby steps forward, I am never beyond His protection; and He is never out of earshot!
Psalm 91:4
As hard as it is (and sometimes, it is near to impossible) we must have selective hearing. Believe what God says about you, over and above all other opinions--even the opinions of well-meaning but wrong-minded loved ones!
I am reminded that God has good things in store for me; and while I wait for those things to manifest, I will cling to Jesus, so that His voice is always the loudest whisper in my ear (Isaiah 30:21, John 10:27)...
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