Friendship

My dear friend, Kelly, and I - waiting for the amazing Handel's Messiah to start! The pic was taken two months ago, but the memories still continue. And the thankfulness and the blessings of a friendship grounded in our LIFE in Christ still continues...together :-)

Looking Back

What a patient LORD we serve- especially when the very qualities He is perfect in are the very qualities He is working in us...to make us more like Him.
This picture is of some notes I took about 4 months ago...recognizing my need to take my eyes away from self and to put my eyes on Him. It's so easy to focus on "self" when circumstances surround us and overwhelm us. And yet, the LORD clearly used Job as an example to show us weak people what trust in Him looks like! I love what Job said in 23:10- but He knows the way I take, when He has tried me I shall come forth as gold.
And so- here I am ( 4 months later!) and can say that God knew my path and still knows my path! Recognizing that He is the Giver of Everything and our Refiner in every circumstances is a source of contentment. Contentment comes when we accept the place He has for us, knowing it's HIS best and HIS plan for us. Living in HIS plans can cause us to accept anything - whether it is explained or unexplained.
These thoughts are in my mind right now...and I just want to share with you, readers, that "He WILL sit as a refiner and purifier..." and He WILL go before us!
Press on.
Seek to Know Him more.
Dig into His Perfect Word.
Walk in the Spirit.
Let HIM refine and purify you.

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News Year's Day at the lovely Fargo Airport

Omaha Zoo+Tim+Mel

Morning Routine

God's Character

Faith. 
This has been "word" of the day, the "word" of the month, and the "word" of the year for me.

 

Faith.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

Faith.

This is the very foundation of who we are as believers. Our foundation, our faith is sure because our foundation is solid. "The Lord us my ROCK and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." Psalm 18:2

And what better way to recognize the solidity of our faith then to acknowledge and trust the very character of the God of our faith. Confidence in God's character enables us to throw ourselves with complete abandon into His care - Linda Dillow. God doesn't ask for blind faith, He asks for abandoned faith...faith in Him and His Word. 

Faith raises us above our circumstances. Faith enables us to be content even when life doesn't make sense. Faith is the bulwark that keeps us strong when we're assailed by agonizing thought about what might happen or by what has happened. - Linda Dillow

These next few days, months, and even year...I hope I'll be able to write a few words and sentences about the character of our Great God and the fact that our faith is real. It's solid. It can not be shaken.

Faith.