Posted on 12/15/2004 5:02:45 AM PST by Aquamarine
Read: Isaiah 26:1-9
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You. Isaiah 26:3
Bible In One Year: Amos 1-3; Revelation 6
Few things (if anything at all) in this fallen world can be called perfect. But God promises to keep us in "perfect peace" if we keep our minds focused on Him and continue trusting Him (Isaiah 26:3).
So why do we find it so difficult to trust Him? Often, it's because we're afraid that things won't go as we want them to unless we control them ourselves. The less we are in control, the more anxious and worried we become.
Author Hannah Whitall Smith wrote, "It is not hard, you find, to trust the management of the universe, and of all the outward creation, to the Lord. Can your case then be so much more complex and difficult than these, that you need to be anxious or troubled about His management of you?"
Yet we often think our situation is too difficult for God. If we can't solve things ourselves, we doubt that He can. We have our Christian beliefs, yesbut that isn't the same as believing God. Believing God is a personal response that grows out of our Christian faith and is expressed by our increasing trust in Him and His promises.
As our mind remains on Him, He keeps us in perfect peace. This has been the experience of countless believers, and you can experience it too. Joanie Yoder
Pretty cool thread. I enjoy seeing the First Lady all the time. She is a real class act.
Hope there's not too much snow accumulation in your area and that you're able to work.
Good morning...it's COLD here in Memphis..I had to leave the water running last night so the drains wouldn't freeze.
It's cold here too, 7 degrees!
14 deg. in southeast MI.
I'm up in altitude in the Southern Highlands, the temp drops drastically at night but thankfully comes back up to the 40's during the day.
I got some bad news last night.
A friend was killed in an accident at a FED ex in Syracuse. Jerry was working on an overhead door, someone turned it on, knocked him and the lift over.
Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
I was just at a Christmas party with Jerry Sunday night.
The first thing I thought of was, I didn't ever ask Jerry about his faith in Christ. I hope and Pray it wasn't an opportunity missed.
May God rest his young soul.
Oh no, that's horrible. Mr. A is a Firefighter EMT and I've heard some real horror stories about those automatic roll up doors. One guy was working on one at Home Depot when someone turned it on and rolled him up in it.
Weinie
Laura Bush should be getting Ms Beasley any day now.
Unbeleivable, how sad..
People don't realize, a machine is a machine,
It doesn't stop.
There's alot that can go wrong out there in the work place. Be careful working in the snow and ice.
I was in business for 7 years and not one accident.
We were doing some of the highest roofs in the Buffalo area.
My #1 concern is safety and I stress it..
I'm running now, see ya tonight.
Weinie
What a beautiful fun thread! Looking forward to enjoying all the Christmas music when I get home. Great job sistah! (((((aqua))))))
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