March 11, 2009

/The Coward Seeks Release
And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them  Daniel 3:27

Hold fast. My child, for in the hour of anguish, then shall you walk in victory.  Do not pray to be brought out of the fire until after you have found Me real in the midst of it.  The coward seeks release from pressure.  The courageous pray for strength to overcome.
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We tend to want to avoid the trials of life, but that isn't God's plan, he wants us to learn from them, he wants us to walk through them and he desires to be with us in the midst of them.  What do we learn by avoiding something?  Nothing  Do we learn God's grace, or his provision? No.  I don't like them any more than you do, but I know that God is with us and he desires to help us, he desires us to be drawn closer to his side.

Father, we commit this day into your hands, and those experiences that it holds, we pray for grace to walk through the disappointments and hurts, and peace in the midst of the conflicts, and love for those that don't understand us.  In Jesus Name.  Amen.

Yesterday was STORMY  no other word for it.  Our road to the east is really bad, so I took the boys with me and we went west, well they did let school out a bit early, but by then visibility was very limited, so we drove home going by Highway 17 and coming up the Hampden road, then around by Werners and home.  It was a good evening.  I took a nap had an enjoyable evening.  Jack got home from Bismarck in the afternoon.