His Perfect Peace In All His Good Pleasure

The quotes shown below were in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine email-newsletter today...how comforting these words are, in all situations, even beyond homeschooling (we are 6 year empty nesters). Do you find yourself going through a difficult situation...one that you cannot see any of the answer(s), and it's a complete faith-walk to know God has all answers down the road, even though you are not privy to any of them right now? We are, and I pray this gives you as much comfort as it does us! (All emphasis below are just as they were written.)

"'Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength' (Isaiah 26:3,4).

Our MINDS need to be stayed: focused, kept, and continued on HIM. Take your mind off your circumstances and put it on HIM. Magnify HIM and not your difficulty.

1. Our minds are able to stay on HIM because we TRUST in HIM. Do not trust in what you see or feel. Trust in your God forever--He is the only unchanging thing in your life!
2. In HIM is everlasting strength! Tired, weary, discouraged? You need strength and you don't have it in yourself. In the Lord alone is everlasting strength.

Let me encourage you with...reasons to not give up:

...Reasons Not To Give Up

     God's grace is sufficient.

1. God gives us everything we need for life and godliness.
2. God's mercy endures forever.
3. It is God who works in us both to will and to do of His good pleasure."