Monday, October 31, 2011

Be Still, and Know He Knows Your Strength Is Spent

"Dear Child, God does not say today, 'Be strong;'
He knows your strength is spent; He knows how long
The road has been, how weary you have grown,
For He who walked the earthly roads alone,
Each bogging lowland, and each rugged hill,
Can understand, and so He says, 'Be still,
And know that I am God.' The hour is late,
And you must rest awhile, and you must wait
Until life's empty reservoirs fill up
As slow rain fills an empty upturned cup.
Hold up your cup, dear child for God to fill,
He only asks today that you be still."

(~poem by Grace Noll Crowell, cited in
Springs in the Valley devotional by Mrs. Charles Cowman)
         Be still and know that I am God...." ~Psalm 46:10
"Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, 'Peace, be still!' And the wind ceased and there was a great calm." ~Mark 4:39

Monday, October 24, 2011

Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself

This is such an incredible, lovely, inspiring story! Be sure and watch the video at this link:
http://pages.simonandschuster.com/kissesfromkatie?mcd=z_110914_CLP_Kisses-From-Katie_Crosswalk

And here's her blog:
http://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/

May the Lord use each of us, for His purposes, and His glory.

"Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit,  in faith, in purity." ~1 Timothy 4:12

Sunday, October 09, 2011

He is Building a Palace, Praise God!

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” ~C.S. Lewis
"He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock." ~Luke 6:48