God has a satisfying plan for each of us. He reveals His
plan for one moment at a time as we continually enjoy the fullness of His
presence (Psalm 16:11, 17:15). Then, He delivers us from an eternal death in
hell and preserves our life as we trust in Him (2 Timothy 4:18).
Our benevolent Father God remembers the days of our youth
through the eyes of His love; not holding against us our sins and indiscretions
(Psalm 25:7, 36:7-10). All of His ways are loving and trustworthy, especially
as we faithfully abide in covenant with Him (Psalm 25:10).
We often want to prolong our days on this clay ball,
because we desire to remain with family and to accomplish things for God and to
fulfill our goals (Philippians 1:23; Psalm 21:4). We have our mind centered on
material pursuits.
Yet, we can always remember that God guides us with His
wise counsel during our lifetime and receives us up into His glorious Kingdom
at the end of our days on earth (Psalm 73:24-26; 2 Corinthians 5:1). He
rejoices in the death of His Saints, because He looks forward to us joining Him
in Heaven (Psalm 116:15).
There are troubles and trials on this earth. We lose loved
ones too soon, and often suffer physically, emotionally, materially, mentally
and financially. There is no way to escape earth's trials.
We are so wise when we give
our soul - our thoughts, feelings and choices - time to grieve and to catch up
to the events which life hands us (Psalm 30:11-12; 103:17; 2 Corinthians
1:10). Grief is with us all of our life. Triggers
repeatedly drag us back into the depths of this anguish.
As we give our self permission
to feel the grief each time it appears, we allow our tears the time they need to
do their cleansing work. God meets us with His mercy each moment of
every day now and throughout eternity, and He turns our times of mourning into
dancing (Lamentations 3:22-23; Psalm 30:11-12).
Goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our
life on this earth; and then, we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever
(Psalm 23:6). God's got us covered now and forever.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for delivering us from the evil in this current world, or walking through it with us. Allow us the opportunity to share Your love with our family, friends and even strangers by our response to life's challenges. Grow us spiritually into ever increasing images of Your Son and give us opportunities to share your love with everyone we meet.
Father God, thank You for delivering us from the evil in this current world, or walking through it with us. Allow us the opportunity to share Your love with our family, friends and even strangers by our response to life's challenges. Grow us spiritually into ever increasing images of Your Son and give us opportunities to share your love with everyone we meet.
We lift Jesus higher still and ask You to draw all men
unto Him for healing for their spirit, soul and body as we live in Your service
for our life now and throughout eternity. We give You all the praise, glory and
honor now and forever and ever. Amen.
Thought for the Day:
Once our intimacy with God increases, we want and seek
nothing more than to dwell in His courts, gaze on His beauty and abide under
the shelter of His wings all the days of our life. - Psalm 27:4, 61:4
