Psalm 80:7 God-of-the-Angel Armies, come back!
Psalm 84:2 God-of-the-Angel-Armies! I've always longed to live in a place like this...
Psalm 84:5-6 How blessed are all those in whom You live, whose lives become roads You travel.
Psalm 84:2 God-of-the-Angel-Armies! I've always longed to live in a place like this...
Psalm 84:5-6 How blessed are all those in whom You live, whose lives become roads You travel.
Praise God that this season of weeping we endure is being turned into a place of springs---only God can do that for me and HE is! Learning to wait in Hope with you my friends no matter what the circumstance. I cannot change my family, my friends, can't even persuade. Oh, I just love HIM so. So grateful for rest uncovered in the midst of some hard times. HE doesn't replace our distress with rest. He uncovers it as I detach from the lesser good of this life and attach to His Greater Good in this present moment. Letting go of what I think needs to change in others. Becoming a little more solid despite what it looks like.
What do I need to let go of to surrender to find Him and a place of springs? Or am I missing life so caught up in weeping for my loss? Do I awaken in Hope this day? YES and YES and YES. Will you wait with me in Hope for our Beautiful God---He's coming!
Off to register my boy for college. How fun. Surreal in some ways. I have a friend visiting me for the week who drove down from Canada. Will try to call A and C today between orientation breaks.
ReplyDeleteBev, you've gone to meddling with that I am struggling most. ☺ I relate very strongly to "Letting go of what I think needs to change in others." I waiver between waiting on God and trying to "fix" it myself. I'm learning that God can and does fill that space. I had been missing life. I'm learning to wait in hope. I can't say it do it very well. I desire to fully surrender and yet there is a part of me that wants to hold back. God has not disappointed me so why am I afraid to fully surrender? These are the things I've been pondering on.
ReplyDeleteThank you all! I've have been very encouraged by your responses each day! God is good! All the time!
He is coming, indeed. Our Rescuer, daily, and once, magnificently!
ReplyDeleteHe offers a fresh start: "Why not help us make a fresh start—a resurrection life? Then your people will laugh and sing!Show us how much you love us, God! Give us the salvation we need!"
He shows us how it's done: "Love and Truth meet in the street, Right Living and Whole Living emrace and kiss!...Right Living strides out before him,and clears a path for his passage."
He makes our very lives the street on which He chooses to walk: "And how blessed all those in whom you live, whose lives become roads you travel..."
And on that Great Day: "and at the last turn—Zion! God in full view!"
Many resurrected turns and one final magnificent turn that brings us face to Face with the One and Only amazing Savior.
How blessed we are on this journey of a lifetime.
Bev, this post just gets to me. What a blessing it is to walk this path with YOU and with all of these pearls created in the depths of the deep ocean of God's Gulf.
ReplyDeletePsalm 84:10b
"I'd rather scrub floors in the house of my God than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin."
That verse right there has been on my heart many times in my lifetime. I have thought of all the riches of this world and how they simply do not compare to the indescribable beauty of our "home." The apostle, John, had so much trouble trying to describe the vision God gave him of the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down.
I will always remember this verse...I would rather scrub floors there than live in a palace here. That is my love for Him poured out.
I would rather sit waiting on the Lord here, than rush into my plan. Plan A is just fine for me.
I would rather be attacked for my faith than be friends with this world. God is better than life.
I would rather trust in Him than know every scientific way of the world. My life curves out to Him instead of in to me.
Praying for all of us to look for ways we can make a difference in the lives of people this week. Can we scrub a floor for Him today...here...in this dirty home we live in?
Hope is one of the beautiful expressions of God's Spirit...Faith, Hope and Charity (Love). Hope is a lifeline and it always connects to God. Holding on to Hope...
I appreciate the encouragement of the blog today. I've been in a funk lately as circumstances have arisen. I don't want to be driven by my situation or my emotions, but I have been down lately.
ReplyDeleteI'm weary of the drama with my extended family (sister, MIL.) It always seems to flair up around birthdays and holidays. (My oldest turned two on Friday.)
I'm grateful for the Psalms, Bev's posts, and the past few days' comments I've finally caught up on. I needed the reminder to detach from (and quit demanding) the lesser good in this life (healthy family relationships) and attach to His Greater Good in my circumstances. I want to learn to wait in Hope and to not lose heart at the sin that I do and see.
Annette - I'm so happy to hear that God was near during the wedding festivities.
I hear you, Cici.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere, just underneath that weariness, is God's peace.
Go deep.
Thanks, Deborah. I know what you say is true.
ReplyDeleteOh Michele...your words bounce right back to me and my demands this day for things to turn out a little better than they did like my brand-new college son locking me out of my car (he mistakenly took my keys) causing me to stand in POURING rain for about 2 hours. Long story but a a good one for God was in it and I saw it through my sin. Anyway, loved your comment.
ReplyDeleteAnnette, your comments are very moving to me this day! My Rescuer! Magnificently! Daily and once! Wow! Couldn't call today cause my cell was dead in the rain. Ha.
ReplyDeleteDeborah---"honored in a place of sin" - we were just talking at the dinner table tonight about who you would enjoy going to dinner with if you could choose 3 dead or alive (other than Jesus). No one wanted to sit in a place of sin. But just ask our world who they'd want to meet? I'll tell you another time who my 3 were. Just wanted to say that your words touch me tonight! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCici - I so wait in Hope with you. Can we let these people go? Loved what you had to say. My cell bit the dust, I mean RAIN today. Will call, promise.
ReplyDeleteMary Lou, Thank you for your very good e-mail. Your closing remarks gripped my soul. Only God would have known your choice of words. Sometimes we try so hard to say the right things but when we listen to Him, like you did, we speak into each other's lives. And it may not have been profound to you but it was to me. Thanks again. I'm holding fast to Him. Love you, Bev
ReplyDeleteIs this not the truth as Bev posted the title, "Every Heartache Creates Space God Alone Can Fill."
ReplyDeleteThank you Bev for reminding me of this. All to often I am looking to God but also in other areas as well. In my mind I know God is enough but until the trials hit hard then I recognize at last only God can help me look to Him and Him Alone.
Each one of today's comments resonate with me. Thank you for allowing me to share with and receive from you.
A Song I Must Sing.
Sylvia
Sylvia,
ReplyDeleteWe love you so much! I am touched by the way you wrestle through all God has put on your plate. You're awesome.