I don’t feel angry with my Daddy in Heaven today. I feel at peace. I feel like I am in a place of trusting God with my daily needs and not worried about tomorrow. It feels wonderful. Thank You, Daddy, for this sense of peace! I feel like there are some large things looming on the horizon that I do not know how to handle:
1) Kids homeschooling- me, or Tov or teamwork? Socialization? How to get on a schedule...
2) Returning to Herbergers/foot problems- Monday is MRI, supposed to communicate w/managers on Tuesday. Don’t have a clue what to do. Feeling very distracted by current condition with ovaries!
3) Income/Employment- part time, full time, at home, away? Look for other job? Do nothing and just pray and wait?
These things are too lofty for me, Daddy. I feel I have no clue had to handle them. I ask You, in Jesus’ name to handle them, to direct Tov and me about decisions that do need to be made. If there is something I need to be doing today in regard to these issues, please impress it on my heart and mind and lead me in the way in which You want me to walk. I choose not to worry, but to trust You to guide me. I am confident that You will not play tricks on me, that You will lead me in a way that is clear and not confusing. I trust You, Daddy. I love You. Thank You for being a good Daddy.
Isaiah 26:1-3
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation (Yeshua) will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You. Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Ooooh- I love this passage! It was part of the devotional I read today in Jesus Calling, to read Isaiah 26:3, but I read the previous verses, too, and got something good!
In the first verse, I love the bit about salvation being the walls and the bulwark. FYI, Merriam Webster says a bulwark is: a) a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart or b) : breakwater, seawall : a strong support or protection
The word for salvation in Hebrew is Yeshua, which means God will save us and is the literal name of Jesus, Who is our salvation, thus a play on words. Anyway, I just LOVE the idea that God is making Jesus a wall of support and protection around us. Wow! What an amazing, wonderful image! I am picturing Jesus surrounding me wherever I go. Nothing can get to me that hasn’t passed through Him first. This means if something does get to me, God has allowed it for a purpose. It might be something horrible, because we live in a fallen world and this sure isn’t Eden! Until we get to Heaven, horrible things will happen at times. Just think of how many times things were stopped by my “Jesus wall!” Think of how many times I have been protected and haven’t even known it!
Back to the idea of if something gets to me, it has passed through my “Jesus wall” first. I need to train myself to not react with outrage or disbelief or horror when something yucky or awful happens. I need to train myself to take a minute to step back and say, “My loving Daddy in Heaven is allowing this for a reason. What does He want me to learn from this? Am I clinging more closely to Him in response? Am I depending on Him to get me through this? Am I trusting His heart, even though I can’t understand the WHY behind this event? Or am I having a trantrum, kicking and screaming about why He is allowing me to suffer? Am I railing in doubt and unbelief at the first sign of trouble? Am I fighting the very thing God wants to use to make me of greater use to Him?”
Pretty heavy stuff to consider.
Abba, please change my heart and get me to a place where I trust You to protect me, where I trust You even when you do not protect me from something unpleasant or horrible. Change my heart so that my first instinct is to turn to You, cling to You, hope in You alone, instead of bumping along, frustrated, anchorless. I purpose and choose to trust in You to be my wall of protection, my support and my peace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
1) Kids homeschooling- me, or Tov or teamwork? Socialization? How to get on a schedule...
2) Returning to Herbergers/foot problems- Monday is MRI, supposed to communicate w/managers on Tuesday. Don’t have a clue what to do. Feeling very distracted by current condition with ovaries!
3) Income/Employment- part time, full time, at home, away? Look for other job? Do nothing and just pray and wait?
These things are too lofty for me, Daddy. I feel I have no clue had to handle them. I ask You, in Jesus’ name to handle them, to direct Tov and me about decisions that do need to be made. If there is something I need to be doing today in regard to these issues, please impress it on my heart and mind and lead me in the way in which You want me to walk. I choose not to worry, but to trust You to guide me. I am confident that You will not play tricks on me, that You will lead me in a way that is clear and not confusing. I trust You, Daddy. I love You. Thank You for being a good Daddy.
Isaiah 26:1-3
In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation (Yeshua) will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You. Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength.
Ooooh- I love this passage! It was part of the devotional I read today in Jesus Calling, to read Isaiah 26:3, but I read the previous verses, too, and got something good!
In the first verse, I love the bit about salvation being the walls and the bulwark. FYI, Merriam Webster says a bulwark is: a) a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart or b) : breakwater, seawall : a strong support or protection
The word for salvation in Hebrew is Yeshua, which means God will save us and is the literal name of Jesus, Who is our salvation, thus a play on words. Anyway, I just LOVE the idea that God is making Jesus a wall of support and protection around us. Wow! What an amazing, wonderful image! I am picturing Jesus surrounding me wherever I go. Nothing can get to me that hasn’t passed through Him first. This means if something does get to me, God has allowed it for a purpose. It might be something horrible, because we live in a fallen world and this sure isn’t Eden! Until we get to Heaven, horrible things will happen at times. Just think of how many times things were stopped by my “Jesus wall!” Think of how many times I have been protected and haven’t even known it!
Back to the idea of if something gets to me, it has passed through my “Jesus wall” first. I need to train myself to not react with outrage or disbelief or horror when something yucky or awful happens. I need to train myself to take a minute to step back and say, “My loving Daddy in Heaven is allowing this for a reason. What does He want me to learn from this? Am I clinging more closely to Him in response? Am I depending on Him to get me through this? Am I trusting His heart, even though I can’t understand the WHY behind this event? Or am I having a trantrum, kicking and screaming about why He is allowing me to suffer? Am I railing in doubt and unbelief at the first sign of trouble? Am I fighting the very thing God wants to use to make me of greater use to Him?”
Pretty heavy stuff to consider.
Abba, please change my heart and get me to a place where I trust You to protect me, where I trust You even when you do not protect me from something unpleasant or horrible. Change my heart so that my first instinct is to turn to You, cling to You, hope in You alone, instead of bumping along, frustrated, anchorless. I purpose and choose to trust in You to be my wall of protection, my support and my peace. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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