A new year...2008...a blank book...what will fill these pages of our lives? Josh and I had started last year with a "Bible verse for the year" (something we learned from Marge, a dear friend of ours). Our verse for 2007 was Proverbs 29:25. God continued to press that verse upon us in many different situations as we learned that ,"the fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted."
This year it seems that the well familiar verses of Proverbs 3:5-6 is something for both of us to ponder, hang onto and practice in our daily lives:
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."
It is rather cold here, but we seem to be over part of the colder time - we had cold, chilling rain recently and our house can stay pretty chilly out in our kitchen, living room area and the open screened-in veranda. Thankfully our rooms are warm if we shut the doors. Boy, I sure think of the many poor and poorest people who live out in the villages near us, with few clothes and chilly homes. The rain has been bone-chilling for us - what must it be like for someone who is so poor? One night when it was dripping with rain outside, I just prayed and asked the Lord to mercifully stop the rain and send warmer weather for these people. And the next morning it stopped!!! Praise the Lord for His mercies to us! How I wish that many people here would truly come to know their merciful and loving Lord!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
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