This past week has been a busy one, full of stress, relief and excitement all at the same time! Thoughts have galloped like wild, fear crazed animals across my mind and peace and calm just as suddenly have descended upon my heart and mind.
And we have all been there haven’t we! Facing a myriad of circumstances, we experience a myriad of feelings and emotions. We can know with complete confidence the Lord has guided our footsteps and walked us into the place He purposes for us, and somewhere in the time between places, our minds just play havoc with us, even when we are faithful to the Word of God.
Part of being faithful to His Word is to lasso all those crazy thoughts and pull them in so they are in alignment with the Word of God. Once in alignment, the Word can take over and we can practise keeping His Word so it keeps us in perfect peace. It takes focus and discipline to do this but it is so worth learning!
We are confident that the good work the Lord began in us, He will complete, finish and perfect. We have just returned from an out of town specialist appointment and Bruce has received a clean bill of health ~ big relief! Big praises to God!
On the wall behind our kitchen nook we have a picture of a barren tree in winter with the caption;
“For everything there is a season and a time for everything under heaven.” Ecc.3:1
The verse and picture is a constant reminder to my heart of just that! That every millisecond of our times is in God’s hands and He knows how to manifest exactly what we need at just the right time.
My in-between times are in His hands and He holds me close. I am not far from His heart at all for His thoughts towards each one of us are innumerable, way past our ability to count!
And, look what else He says about us from Hebrews 1:3
Jesus is the sole expression of the glory of God (and He dwells within us expressing the glory of God), Jesus is the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the Divine, and He is the perfect imprint and very image of God’s nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power.
He is upholding you and me, maintaining us, giving us what we need, looking after us so we are in mint condition and He is propelling us by His mighty word of power! That is a promise worth being excited about!
We are all so different and yet He knows every hair on our head, He doesn’t lose track as our hair thins and falls out with age. He looks at each one of us and calls us Beautiful, Exquisite One, Rare Beauty, and Treasured Possession.
Today, a Facebook friend commented on a picture of my teacups and it made think about the day when we will be gracing His banqueting table. 
I imagine Him gazing long at each one of us, marvelling at our differences, thrilling at how exquisitely beautiful to Him we are and He will think how He just couldn’t do without us, gracing His table with our radiant and wondrous beauty!
His heart will be bursting with the fullness of His love for us.
So maybe, instead of letting wild thoughts race through our minds, perhaps we could try focusing on the Beauty of the Lord and the perfectly exquisite love He has for each one of us.
When ‘those days’ come and we feel stressed, let us remember and recall that it is because of our dear Lord’s mercy and loving kindness that He reaches out His arms to us and lifts us out of the miry clay and sets our feet upon the Rock!
May we remember that each new morning His mercies are new and the stability the Lord can bring us is abundant and great for He is a faithful God and we can fully trust Him. Let us continue to hope in Him and wait for Him and be expectant in our waiting. (I think that is why I am feeling so stressed about this house selling- I am expectant and I keep expecting!)
The Lord promises to be good to those who wait for Him with hope and expectation.
Are you waiting on the Lord with hope and expectation for the meeting of your needs? Is there anything I can pray with you about and believe God for with you?
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Yes, let us continue to hope in Him and wait for Him and be expectant in our waiting. Your writing is good and wise. Let’s trust Him in all things and seasons.
Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand’ and “I will not leave you helpless nor forsake nor let you down, or relax My hold on you! Assuredly not!” ( Hebrews 13:5 – Isaiah 41:10)
Your words of hope and encouragement bless my heart this morning Ariella! Thank you! It is such a good thing when we can encourage one another. Bless you!
This is such a beautiful and inspiring post! The verse about seasons has gotten me through some very stressful times in my life, and I’m so thankful for God and his grace and mercy during those times! Please help us pray, we are looking for a new home and it is something difficult to wait on the Lord for… its something that makes us stressed and anxious, especially for a stay at “home” mother. 🙂 Thank you for your encouragement, and for asking for someone to pray for, that means a lot! Blessed by your blog today! Thank you for sharing your heart!
Stacy, I will pray and believe God to show you the perfect house and pray Acts 17:26 over you and your family. Check out that verse, it has been a huge encouragement to me over the years as I trusted God to provide. He faithful and will lead you and guide you, opening doors for you and holding you in His arms He will bring you into the place He has prepared. We have an amazing story of how God provided for us and I know He will provide for you! Frankly, though, I think selling has been a way more stressful experience lol, although I know we need faith and trust when we pursue the God given dream in our hearts! You will be in my prayers, so keep in touch and let me know what He does for you!
If I would keep in the front of my mind the intense love the Father has for me, it would be so much easier to trust Him. Thank you, Jeannie, for your beautiful words.
Me too, Sherry, me too. Let’s focus on Him and His love shall we?
This reminded me of the old hymn:
“Lord, Thou art with me!
Whom shall I fear?
Who then can harm me
While Thou art near?”
Many thanks
Thanks jeannie! Trusting God is what the Christian life is all about. But it’s not always easy, is it!
Trusting God seems to be an incremental thing Kathleen. He takes on journeys, each one varying in difficulty and we find we DO have the faith to match the climb. Blessings to you!
Sometimes, it’s really hard to climb out on the limb of faith, trusting that God will catch us if we might fall to the ground. But as always, His Word gives us encouragement–not to try harder–but to be “an active doer…being blessed in the doing” (James 1:25 b.).
“For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should WALK IN THEM…” Eph. 2:10 AMP.
Great reflections in your POST.
Hi I love how you took the tea cups and talked about how we are different. I have been looking for something to use to write about my tea cups my Mom gave me. I have a thought now to maybe give me an idea of how to approach it. Thanks so much for reminding me of my Mom today.
Yes let’s focus on the King and His kingdom. I was blessed reading your post! Thank you for sharing your heart. Stopping by from Reflect.
A beautiful picture of God’s love for us 🙂