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GOD IS FAITHFUL.

He IS the author and finisher of our faith and of us.

If we can't hold on, then let go--abandon--fall into His hands utterly helplessly. He IS there and will catch us.

Sometimes it seems like He catches us in a smelly muck when we'd have chosen perfumed hay or downy comforters. But if so, it's because for us at that moment, the smelly muck is HIS PERFECT LOVE to us.

And, I don't think it even matters a lot of the time whether we have "earned" the muck with disobedience and it's just reaping what's been sown . . . or if it's a natural outgrowth of someone else's rebellion we got too close to or were just part of that person's network so shared in the reaping.

IF God allows us to touch something . . . HE WILL USE IT FOR OUR GOOD because it is His Glory to do so and He loves those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.

I'm learning--still seemingly millions of miles to go--that when the 'catch basin' is smelly muck . . . to consider . . . the flowers the muck will serve must be beautiful indeed.

You are a deep treasure to me, too, Dear Heart. Your deeply felt; deeply discerning; deep caring and faithfulness to the Love and Priorities of Our Lord are a continual encouragement to me hereon.

And, your words today have been a much needed encouragement and affirmation to me. My step-dad is rather disparaging of my time on the computer. It's just a bias from an old farmer. He can play hours of solitaire quite comfortably. And I've mentioned the impact of my hours on the computer--which--had he deeper knowledge, he'd greatly thrill at and support. But, it doesn't compute for him and is not likely to in this life. That's deeply sad, to me.

So, your words have been a balm in Gilead and I thank you more than words can express.

I might try tongues but I don't think my fingers do tongues very well. LOL.

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