Days of Condemnation

Those days always come.  Something brings you down, and, as the hurt settles in, the world seems to turn against you.  Satan, in his condemnation of you,  uses guilt trips and remembered hurts  against you, that were buried, forgiven and forgotten, and, with them, stomps on your chest with grief and  pain.  Can life be so unbearable that we should despair of it and hope for the end?! 

 

God does not forsake us, no matter how we feel.  He is there, He is always there.  With a quiet touch your Spirit will be lifted by a kind act from the Lord, as He brings you to once again turn to Him.  He is our Hope!  He is our Light! 

 

The following are words spoken by Moses to all of Israel:

 

Deuteronomy 31: 6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

 

Moses told the Israelites not to be afraid of their enemies, as they were about to enter the Promise Land, that God was with them.   So it is with us in our lives.  Where God leads us will not always be without stones, thorns and encounters with evil, but He will not forsake or leave us.  Trust Him. 

 

My Mom use to say if you are feeling sorry for yourself, just think of someone worst off than you. For me, I think of all those little babies crying out in abortion procedures.  They have a right to despair--they are losing their life, but they don't, they die fighting.  I think of all those little children that are abused, the suffering inflicted on them seems endless, they, too, have a right to despair.  We can certainly get on our knees and give our pains to the Lord, and move on.  There are battles yet to be won.  Follow your God -- the almight God and Creator of all, who loves you. 
 

Waiting for Spring

My Dad use to say, of the weather, "If you don't like it, just wait a minute and it will change."   And, we did get a change!  Snow came down out of Canada and with it the North wind--and that North wind is always so cold!  Especially across the prairie where there is nothing to stop it.  As the nights dip into the minuses, I think of the poor kitties out in the  cold.  With a bale of straw, I made up beds for them, and they have food, water (electric bowl) and shelter, but it is still cold out there! Thank God for His planning, in that he gave them such soft, warm fur!  The world isn't the way God created it, having changed as a consequence of sin, yet, He, in His wisdom, still gave them protection.

 

The temperature is going to improve in the coming days; and, in the meantime, we just have to sit through it and wait for Spring!   My daughter and son-in-law gave me a program for making scrapbooks and cards, so there is plenty to do while waiting.  It is my plan to have all our pictures scanned and made into a scrapbook and then a copy given to each kid.  But, that is a project I have to do when the babies aren't around.  In the meantime, I am thinking that perhaps I ought to try writing a book.   The babies are old enough that they don't need constant eyes-on, so tomorrow I am going to start Chapter 1.  Of course, it will be about God and His love.   God willing, I will be scribbling notes, and words will be flying off the paper tomorrow.  All is good.

The Wind is Here

Awakened, during the night, by the wind, I listened as it tore through the trees with the weight of its force.  An eerie crying sound could be heard in the darkness--something on the outside.  It was only the wind rubbing something against the house.  The wind continued all through the night and still it blows, hopefully lulling the babies back to sleep.  They have just had their morning bottle and I hope to crawl back into my warm covers for a little bit more sleep.   The clapper in the stove pipe clanks with the downdraft, and outside something big just rolled by thunking with each roll--I imagine someone's garbage can.  Sleep little baby, sleep.  Only one is now still awake.

I loved the wind as a kid.  Today I still do, unless the cold is with it.  The wind brings change--sometimes for the better, sometimes  not. We need change in our lives, and this world is in sore need of change--change that only our God- the God of the impossible, a God whose love and power know no boundary, can accomplish.