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“Enjoy the Ride!”
One day I found myself in a bit of a quandary. After dropping one of my daughters off on her college campus I had to make the decision whether I would jump back on the highway or take the back road. The dilemma: the highway was very congested and moving extremely slow and the back road took longer. I had to be somewhere in an allotted amount of time and wanted to get there as quickly as possible.
Sending up a silent prayer for wisdom I proceeded back onto the highway only to be caught in practically stand-still traffic. Quickly I jumped off the first exit and proceeded to take the back road. Instead of allowing the usual frustration to set in of being sent off course, a thought kept niggling my mind: Enjoy the Ride. The weather was crisp on that first full day of Fall, a few leaves were beginning to change. The “rushing to get where I needed to” thought kept trying to invade this peaceful drive, but the thought would come again: Enjoy the Ride.
Sometimes plans going awry but being taken off course doesn’t have to be frustrating. Sometimes I believe it’s God’s way of telling us to enjoy the journey of life a little more. Schedules are always going to be there but sometimes we have to let go and enjoy the ride. Give it to God and trust Him to lead you to your destination and sit back and enjoy.
“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not on thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy path,” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“Heavy hearts rest tonight…”
Heavy hearts rest tonight
in the Father who is above.
Let your cares and sorrow
drown in His unfailing love.
Lay down your head, close your eyes,
cast away fear and doubt.
He will give His angels charge of you,
to keep you round about.
He never sleeps, He never slumbers;
our protector through the night.
May His blessings cover you richly
to the breaking of morning light. ~ ©WordForLifeSays.com
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“Live in the Gift of This New Day and New Year!”
YESTERDAY IS GONE. LIVE IN THE GIFT OF THIS NEW DAY AND THIS NEW YEAR!
“Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth…” Isaiah 43:18-19
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“What God starts in you, He’s going to finish it!” Philippians 1:6
DON’T GET DISCOURAGED BY WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW. Setbacks occur in life, but they do not define you if you don’t let them. You are not a finished product yet. God is still molding you and shaping you. You are currently under Holy construction and “What God starts in you, He’s going to finish it” if you don’t give up and continue to walk with Him every step of the way.
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ,” Philippians 1:6
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“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness,” 2 Corinthians 12:9
Sometimes we just need to hold on to His grace and trust Him to bring us through the other side of our situation.
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“In Him We Live!”
Hold on to God’s unchanging hand. Your identity is not found in the world. Your identity is not found in the labels people place on you. Your identity is not found in the circumstances that surround you. Your identity is found in God alone.
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“God has planted greatness in everybody: LET IT GROW!”
There is a special seed inside of you. In it holds potential, talent, and a beautiful gift that is ready to sprout and bring forth fruit in its season. Don’t stop the process. Don’t get in the way of the gift God wants to work through you. Let it grow!
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“The King to My Rescue!”
“Save, LORD! May the King answer us when we call,” Psalm 20:9, NKJV
I am definitely a girly girl, to an extent. I love the idea of love. I can bury myself in stories of romance and rescue. What is a lovelier picture than that of a knight in shining armor coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress? I’ll tell what a lovelier picture is, when the King himself gets personally involved in the rescue.
As long as we live in this earth days of trouble are never far from any of us. There will always be an occasion that we need to be rescued, be it mind, body, or spirit. We will never be the end all of every answer to every trouble we face. There will arise at one point or another a situation or a trial where nothing and no one can help unless the most powerful in the land intercedes on our behalf.
“Save, LORD!” becomes more of a desperate plea than a battle cry. When adversity has made itself too comfortable in your presence and you don’t know how to rid this awful pest, a plea to the King to answer our most urgent request comes forth from the lips, seeking a life saver to lift us up out of the drowning depths.
Our King is not so high that He cannot hear. Our King is not so secluded behind palace walls that He doesn’t see the plight of His people. Our King has granted us an open access policy to reach Him when hard times weigh us down. “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need,” (Hebrews 4:16). Therefore, we cry out, “Save, LORD! May the King answer us when we call,” (Psalm 20:9).
“In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me,” (Psalm 86:7). Over and over again we see the plea. Over and over again we see the promise. The King is waiting to hear from you and me. Stop carrying the trouble alone. Seek the King’s intervention in your life.
Sometimes a knight in shining armor just won’t do. You need the King to come to the rescue. Be blessed.
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“Always do your best . . .”
POWER THOUGHT:
“Always do your best. What you plant now you will harvest later.” Og Mandino
“For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7
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