Trying to Kindle our Own Fire...Part 1
This morning - the birds were chirping, the sun was slowly seeping through my shades and my thoughts drifted straight towards my Savior. Gratitude filled my heart. Why? Because God and His Word have never failed me - it says in Lamentations 3: 22... "It is because of the LORD's mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His tender compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your Faithfulness! The LORD is my portion, says my inner self; therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. The LORD is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him." Does anyone else get chills when they read those hopeful words? The LORD reminded me this morning that it is so easy for me to look to man (to people in my life, to other books, and to other outlets) instead of The ONE that supplies all I am. He, our Great God, is the I Am! Jesus Christ clearly says in Revelation, "I am the Alpha and the
