Waiting Endure for a Season...

Sometimes the best things in life 

take a long time to materialize. 

~

A Little Nugget of Gold

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, 

not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

Laurence Sterne

But because the Lord loved you,...the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you.  

Deut 7:8

I was struck today by the gentleness, yet powerful purposefulness of our God.  When I read this quote on courtship, it reminded me of the quiet ways God works in our lives: "a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as to not be understood."   We tend to notice the big changes, traumatic events, whirlwind changes, failures, successes, and big miracles, but do we notice unobtrusive guidence, the gentle guidance?   The next time your life seems to be stuck, not moving, unchanged, uneventful, maybe even just boring, look at it as "a number of quiet attentions."

Keep Me Safe till the Storm Passes By

In the dark of the midnight have I oft hid my face,
While the storm howls above me, and there's no hiding place.
'Mid the crash of the thunder, Precious Lord, hear my cry,
Keep me safe till the storm passes by.


Many times Satan whispered, "There is no need to try,
For there's no end of sorrow, there's no hope by and by"
But I know Thou art with me, and tomorrow I'll rise
Where the storms never darken the skies

When the long night has ended and the storms come no more,
Let me stand in Thy presence on the bright peaceful shore;
In that land where the tempest, never comes, Lord, may I
Dwell with Thee when the storm passes by.

Till the storm passes over, till the thunder sounds no more,
Till the clouds roll forever from the sky;
Hold me fast, let me stand in the hollow of Thy hand,
Keep me safe till the storm passes by.

Finding

Seek the LORD and his strength,

seek his face continually.

1 Ch 16:11

But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Ps 34:10

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy;

break up your fallow ground:

for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

Hos 10:12

Behold, I go forward,

but he is not there;

and backward,

but I cannot perceive him:

On the left hand, where he doth work,

but I cannot behold him:

he hideth himself on the right hand,

that I cannot see him:

But

He knoweth

the way that I take:

when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Job 23:8-10

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live.

Amos 5:6

Tomorrow

I don't know about tomorrow;

I just live from day to day.

I don't borrow from its sunshine

For its skies may turn to grey.

I don't worry o'er the future,

For I know what Jesus said.

And today I'll walk beside Him,

For He knows what is ahead.

Many things about tomorrow

I don't seem to understand

But I know who holds tomorrow

And I know who holds my hand.

Every step is getting brighter

As the golden stairs I climb;

Every burden's getting lighter,

Every cloud is silver-lined.

There the sun is always shining,

There no tear will dim the eye;

At the ending of the rainbow

Where the mountains touch the sky.

I don't know about tomorrow;

It may bring me poverty.

But the one who feeds the sparrow,

Is the one who stands by me.

And the path that is my portion

May be through the flame or flood;

But His presence goes before me

And I'm covered with His blood.

Many things about tomorrow

I don't seem to understand

But I know who holds tomorrow

And I know who holds my hand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHhtWs5j2l8&feature=related

To Make Himself an Everlasting Name

Today I woke up in a warm state of peacefulness, I was thankful to be alive, thankful that God was my Lord and my Friend. Life was great. By mid afternoon, things had changed.

So quickly I took my eyes off the One from whom all blessings flow and turned instead to the waves around me.

Like so many times before, I tried in vain to fight off the fear of failure....only to finally remember that I am powerless without Him. This is the verse that I found today, may you also share comfort this verse gave me. [And its also a really cool verse in its own right, I'd never seen it before, so its new to me, I like it :) I'll only write the part that jumped out at me, but the surrounding verses are nice too]

"That led them...with his glorious arm,

dividing the water before them,

to make Himself an everlasting name..." Isaiah 63:12