Go gently through this day....

Go gently through this day....

Four years ago, I had just returned from a cruise from New York City north ending in Quebec City with three friends.  We had a wonderful time, although looking back, I could take the same cruise again and it would be totally a "new " cruise.  I was still in a fog from the care and death of my husband, moving, starting a new chapter of life....

The devotion from Jesus Calling was " go gently through this day"...focusing on Jesus, shepherd..who is leading me in this life's journey..." You can trust Me to get you through each rough patch. My presence enables you to face each day with confidence."

I was struggling with coming back to an empty house, struggling with business questions, business decisions, things I had to do alone-aloneness....after a cruise when my biggest decision was what to choose to order to eat or choose on the buffet lines....

John 10:14-15 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.

Isaiah 26:7-8 The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth.
Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws, we wait for you; your name and renown are the desire of our hearts.

I was still learning this new phase of having my Heavenly Father as my "husband". A different relationship that I had had before... Now four years later I am still learning...it is an infinite journey...leaning on Him, seeking wisdom/ counsel, asking for "red flags" on decisions, asking for "open doors",  listening to heart convictions/stirrings...gently going through each day...

thank YOU for your love,  your care, your leading...help me lean on You for you promise to take the burdens of each day, lightening my load...