I only know He is my Saviour....

As some of you know, there was a very kind person who warned us that the house we had a contract on, had a long history of flooding. So at present, we are still looking for another home in the country to put another offer in on. This has been one of those seasons that we all experience in this broken world, as life will never be pain-free until Heaven. First my husband lost his job in April, due to the funeral home being sold and them bringing in all their own staff. He then started a new job on Aug. 2nd, and we were to have closed on our house on Sept. 10th, yet had to withdraw from our contract due to the above reasons. As of yesterday, my husband's truck had the gear shift break, and we are looking at a big price tag getting it fixed. It is currently in the shop. Yet there are many wonderful things written through all of this!

First off, my husband has a job, ptL!!, in a time when it is becoming increasily more and more difficult for individuals to find work. Secondly, we were protected (!!) from buying a house that has a history of flooding...this fact being made known to us within only a few days of closing. Thirdly, because my husband does now have a job, we have the money to fix the truck!! So many blessings in the midst of all this turmoil!! Everything is very fluid right now (but isn't life, anyway??)...the only unmoveable in our life IS God. I don't know what all else awaits us, but I DO know that God has us well in His loving care. As Aaron Shust says in his song, My Savior, My God:

"I am not skilled to understand

What God has willed, what God has planned

I only know at His right hand

Stands one who is my Saviour."

May you have a blessed day, knowing that God, who ALWAYS remains a constant...reigns supreme above all, and that nothing touches a hair on your head, but that which He has allowed for HIS purposes, and HIS reasons. As my Tabletalk devotional said last night:

"Thirteen years passed from the time Joseph entered slavery at age seventeen until he became the pharoah's right-hand man in Egypt at thirty years of age." (Can you imagine...13 years?!!) "God, of course, had the greater good in view the whole time, eventually putting Joseph in a place where he would save many people. This truth applies to us today. God providentially directs all things - even pain - toward His greater good. Even when we cannot see how, the Lord is working all things to the ends of our good and His glory....our Father is sovereign, and He is working for our ultimate good and for the advance of His kingdom even when things seem darkest to us." (emphasis and pink wording mine)

Yet, "...we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." ~ Romans 8:28, KJV

Now...

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit [!]" ~ Romans 15:13, KJV

Persevere...Father does know best!

"We must not measure the reality of love by feelings, but by results. Feelings are very delusive. They often depend on mere natural temperament, and the devil wrests them to our hurt. But if you are earnest in striving to serve and endure for God's sake, if you persevere amid temptation, dryness, weariness, and desolation, you may rest assured that your love is real." ~Jean Nicolas Grou

"Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him." ~James 1:12

"As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy." ~James 5:11

"Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers." ~ I Timothy 4:16

"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised." ~ Hebrews 10:36

"By faith he left Egypt....; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible." ~ Hebrews 11:27

"(Love) always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." ~ I Corinthians 13:7