I am pretty sure it is impossible to read the Word of God without it touching your heart. Here is what I have read today and pray for my family :
Colossians 1:10-14
And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God being straightened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
No matter what we all face in life...life is just hard!!! I can't say that my family is having a more difficult experience in this life then your family... this was written to all of us and we need to be reminded to have great endurance and patience and JOYFULLY (love that word!!) giving thanks to the Father! Today, I am going to purposefully live my day out so that it may please Him in every way!!
Betty Ann, reading your posts reminded me of a hymn written by Mary Baker...Peace Be Still. Downloadable online.
ReplyDeleteVerse 1
Master, the tempest is raging.
The billows are tossing high.
The sky is o'er shadowed with blackness,
no shelter or help is nigh.
Carest Thou not that we perish?
How canst Thou lie asleep,
when each moment so madly is threatning,
a grave in the angry deep?
Chorus
The winds and the waves
shall obey my will, peace be still.
Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea
or demons, or men, or whatever it be.
No water can swallow the ship where lies
the Master of ocean and earth and skies;
they shall sweetly obey my will,
peace be still, peace be still.
They all shall sweetly obey my will;
peace, peace be still.
Verse 2
Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today.
The depths of my sad heart are troubled.
Oh, waken and save, I pray!
Torrents of sin and of anguish
sweep o'er my sinking soul,
And I perish! I perish! dear Master.
Oh, hasten and take control!
Chorus
Verse 3
Master, the terror is over, the elements sweetly rest.
Earth's sun in the calm lake is mirrored,
and heaven's within my breast.
Linger, O blessed Redeemer!
Leave me alone no more,
and with joy I shall make the blest harbor
and rest on the blissful shore.
Chorus
May the Master of the Ocean, Earth, and Skies speak into our lives and quiet our fears and turmoil on our storm tossed sea. Be encouraged, we are praying for you, Rachel, Mom Barbara and your entire family. Reva