Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flower. Show all posts

Friday, August 11, 2017

Problems or Possibilities

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

Wherever you find yourself today, God is doing a new thing in your life.

It’s impossible to see where God is leading if we’re always looking back.

Just as a seed sprouts below the ground before we see the evidence of a new flower, God is already at work in us doing a new thing. It’s not something in the future. It’s springing up now. We can’t see it yet, but it’s in motion. God’s work of new life within us happens every day. He works to strengthen our relationship with Him both spiritually and practically. We must focus on the work He is doing in our lives right now.

Whether we see possibilities or problems in our lives, God is making a way for us.

Micca Campbell - Fear Less - Live More.    Proverbs 31 Ministries




Tuesday, January 6, 2015

He Fights For Us

Come, sit, and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in the comfort of the Lord:  "Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice."  Ephesians  4:31

    "...In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."                                                                                                                                        Isaiah  30:15

     Israel was in trouble, and instead of turning to the Lord for help, they tried to solve their own problems and turned to Egypt for help.  They are reminded that the battle is the Lord's if they will but trust Him.  "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength."  We need to learn our own weakness before we can appreciate His strength, and often the Lord lays us aside for awhile to teach us this lesson.

     How many of you, during your days of health, felt that you were indispensable?  You were convinced that if anything happened to you, everything would go wrong. You had to be there.  You rushed and fretted and hurried around and then the Lord, probably to rebuke you, laid you aside, and you found out to your surprise that they got along as well without you.  God saw you through experiences which you thought you could never endure.  You learned that God can undertake and do things far beyond comprehension!  Zechariah  4:6 says:  "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts."

     Are you one of God's shut-ins?  Did you have to learn some of these hard lessons?  Ah, then your life has been enriched, and I know that even now you can praise God for His wonderful dealings.

     A gardener planted a flower bush beside the wall of his garden, cared for it, watered it, and nourished it, but - no flowers.  And then he noticed a flower peeping over the other side of the wall and found the roots of his flower had penetrated under the wall and were blooming luxuriantly on the other side.  Christian, your labor is not in vain.  If you do not see it here - you will find it blooming on the "other side."

"Bread For Each Day"