"Strengthen the Feeble Hands, Steady the Knees That Give Way."
Devotional
The Secret Is…
Apr 1st
I thought long ago (I was a child) that tomorrow would answer the question which so often painfully plagued me. I pictured in my day dreams all the ways in which things would be better if I could but solve this one great mystery. To my soul the question still lingers…
“Why am I alone? Why, when there are so many hands do I not have one to hold.” I cannot always separate this inquiry from my own self worth. Could it be me?
I have learned to clip this line which ties my self esteem and worth to success or failure in relationships. It is a better lesson to learn now while no person has become my source of worth. It is a good lesson to learn while I can still invite a person to join me, not save me. That saving has already been accomplished.
I have striven, with much faltering, to set aside my anxiousness. Striven to trust and obey. I have learned truly that waiting on the Lord means patiently and with self control. It does not mean nervously pacing, fearful and tense. This anxiousness is not based upon trust in God but a fear, deep seated, Continue Reading >>
In His Hands
Mar 18th
I am discovering through the eyes of children what it means to truly trust God more. I am learning the value of childlike faith lies not in ignorance but in confidence; not in blindness but in hopefulness. The childlike faith we are called to have makes us rest peacefully knowing our “Father,” watches over us.
I see in my little brothers and sisters a confidence in God so missing in we who have “lived a little longer.” We would like to cloak it by saying we are wiser and more experienced but the truth is we are more jaded. We have forgotten our first love. We have begun to measure God’s love for us by what he does for us and how our lives meet our own view of things. We rate God by our perception of His accomplishments and then—trust him only in as much as we like the way he has been running things. We are the losers in this.
God’s love is boundless and our vision is not. God’s kindness is bottomless and our knowledge is limited. Where our knowledge is great our wisdom is lacking.
I just finished reading, “The Hiding Place.” It is Corrie Ten Boom’s story Continue Reading >>
