46 years ago I was getting ready for a wedding, mine...the rehearsal was a few hours away with a dinner following...we had had our hour long session of premarital counseling, our clothes were pressed and ready to go...the church was ready, we were ready...it seems like a hundred years ago and five minutes ago...I look at the wedding pictures with parents, grandparents and new husband and I am the only one left.....
So much preparations for an hour long wedding....the hour long premarital counseling didn't cover a wide range a subjects that we met in those 43 years, four children, jobs, moves, financial upheaval, loss of parents, widowhood, loss of babies, accumulation of things and years......
What would I have changed??? Prepared differently? Not sure...apparently God had a path for us to walk and we tried to make our decisions based on that belief...He didn't promise that everything would be perfect, or no suffering, or that we would get our way all the time....but He promised to walk with us, provide our needs, love us, prepare a place for us, comfort us, give us peace.....through all the trials here on this earth...all in preparation for eternity...
Thank YOU that You Are with us, in us, all around us....that You have a perfect plan, are making the preparations .....
Jesus calling-December 27
I am preparing you for what is on the road ahead, just around the bend. Take time to be still in My Presence so that I can strengthen you. The busier you become, the more you need this time apart with Me. So many people think that time spent with Me is a luxury they cannot afford. As a result, they live and work in their own strength—until that becomes depleted. Then they either cry out to Me for help or turn away in bitterness.
How much better it is to walk close to Me, depending on My strength and trusting Me in every situation. If you live in this way, you will doless but accomplish far more. Your unhurried pace of living will stand out in this rush-crazed age. Some people may deem you lazy, but many more will be blessed by your peacefulness.Walk in the Light with Me, and you will reflect Me to the watching world.
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
—Isaiah 64:4
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
—John 15:5
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
—Psalm 36:9
I am preparing you for what is on the road ahead, just around the bend. Take time to be still in My Presence so that I can strengthen you. The busier you become, the more you need this time apart with Me. So many people think that time spent with Me is a luxury they cannot afford. As a result, they live and work in their own strength—until that becomes depleted. Then they either cry out to Me for help or turn away in bitterness.
How much better it is to walk close to Me, depending on My strength and trusting Me in every situation. If you live in this way, you will doless but accomplish far more. Your unhurried pace of living will stand out in this rush-crazed age. Some people may deem you lazy, but many more will be blessed by your peacefulness.Walk in the Light with Me, and you will reflect Me to the watching world.
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.
—Isaiah 64:4
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
—John 15:5
For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.
—Psalm 36:9
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