As 2014 rolls over and offers up a new beginning, I am thankful for
God's grace and merciful forgiveness. You see, I am working on the sin
of selfishness. In Nov. of 2010 our not yet 2 year-old grand-daughter
came to live with my husband and me. I
had plans. I had gone back to college. I was going to. . . Today there
are still struggles within, giving it all over to Him- MY. Plans. In
exchange for His better plan. However, I am extremely grateful that I am
able; that I have been chosen, to love this child for Him. I do not know
what the entirety of His plan holds for me, for us. I only know He
holds all my days and that is enough.
I am protecting my mind in my old age with scripture memorization.
Psalm 37:1-10 (NIV) I have found a site that will recite it to me so I can check my accuracy in memorization.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2037&version=NIV
Commit your way to the Lord,
trust in Him and He will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
and your vindication like the noon day sun.
Be still before the Lord,
and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn away from wrath;
do not fret- it leads only to evil
For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
I am protecting my mind in my old age with scripture memorization.
Psalm 37:1-10 (NIV) I have found a site that will recite it to me so I can check my accuracy in memorization.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2037&version=NIV
Psalm 37 (NIV)
Of David
Do
not fret because of those who are evil,
or be envious of those who do wrong.
For like the grass they will soon wither,
like the green plants they will soon die away.
or be envious of those who do wrong.
For like the grass they will soon wither,
like the green plants they will soon die away.
Trust in the Lord and do good,
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Commit your way to the Lord,
trust in Him and He will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
and your vindication like the noon day sun.
Be still before the Lord,
and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret when people succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.
Refrain from anger and turn away from wrath;
do not fret- it leads only to evil
For those who are evil will be destroyed,
but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
Fret,
Fret, Fret. All. Day. Long.
I
am done with this fretting. It steals my joy. Robs me of peace. Holds me back
from being content with what I have.
Envy.
Envy. Envy. Who me? Yes, me. Not because I want to do as they do, but rather, I
want to do. . . I want the time to do. To carry out MY plans. I never thought I
was an envious sort of person. Yet, I envy the freedom to do. To shower. To
sleep. To just go where, and when I want. To finish what I started and put on
hold for my children. I am GREEN with envy.
God
says, the evil will not prosper. They will wither and die. Yet, I envy their
freedom-but know a better way. It is my choice. I can choose the here and now --or
for all eternity. I will choose Eternity.
Trust,
Can I trust? (I don’t know.)
Do
I trust? (Definitely not.)
I
need to work on this. If I trust, if I do what GOD has set before me, I am
promised safety in Him. And, I am promised the desires of my heart if my delight is
in HIM.
I
am giving my life away to the Lord. I WILL trust in HIM. Why? Because only then
will my life be a light, only then will it give glory to HIM.
I
will be rewarded,and my desire is to hear, “Well done, good and faithful
servant! You have been faithful ” (Mathew 25:21).
