Hello my friends! Well today we rested, but first my husband had his appointment for his hip - got X-Rayed and found out it's arthritis - treatment - Physical Therapy. He starts that on Tuesday. No wonder it was so painful!
Last night was good - the twins were never fussy at all, just went right back to sleep again after the feedings. We actually got some sleep there. Darla texted me today that she feels great and was out doing errands. It made us feel that everything is worth it then, if it helps her to get some sleep. We'll do it again, maybe once a week, so she can have a restful night.
Wishing you all a very blessed Saturday. God keeps on blessing us all the time!
The choices we make will affect our lives for better or for worse. Lord, You
have given me all that I need to make wise choices. May I always take time
to listen to You.
S C R I P T U R E F O R T H E D A Y
"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the
mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and
foam, though the mountains tremble with its tumult." ~Psalm 46:1-3
M E D I T A T I O N F O R T H E D A Y
We can constantly claim God's strength. Once convinced of the right
of a course of action, once reasonably sure of God's guidance, we can
claim that strength. We can claim all the strength we need to meet
any situation. We can claim a new supply when our own supply is
exhausted. We have a right to claim it and we can use this right. A
beggar supplicates, a son appropriates. When we supplicate, we can be
kept waiting, but when we appropriate God's strength in a good cause,
we can have it at once.
P R A Y E R F O R T H E D A Y
I pray that I may claim God's strength whenever I need it. I pray
that I may try to live as a child of God.
Waiting on the Lord by Russell Kelfer
Waiting on The Lord
Desperately, helplessly, longingly, I cried.
Quietly, patiently, lovingly God replied.
I plead and I wept for a clue to my fate,
And the Master so gently said, "Child, you must wait!"
"Wait, You say? Wait!" my indignant reply.
"Lord, I need answers, I need to know why!
Is Your hand shortened? Or have You not heard?
By FAITH I have asked, and am claiming Your Word."
"My future and all to which I can relate
Hangs in the balance, and You tell me to WAIT?
I'm needing a 'yes,' a go-ahead sign,
Or even a 'no' to which I can resign."
"And Lord, You promised that if we believe
We need but to ask, as we shall receive.
And Lord, I've been asking, and this is my cry:
I'm weary of asking! I need a reply!"
Then quietly, softly, I learned of my fate
As my Master replied once again, "You must wait."
So, I slumped in my chair, defeated and taut
And grumbled to God, "So, I'm waiting...for what?"
He seemed then to kneel and His eyes wept with mine,
And He tenderly said, "I could give you a sign.
I could shake the heavens, and darken the sun.
I could raise the dead, and cause mountains to run.
All you seek, I could give, and pleased you would be.
You would have what you want -- but, you wouldn't know ME."
"You'd not know the depth of My love for each saint;
You'd not know the power that I give to the faint;
You'd not learn to see through the clouds of despair;
You'd not learn to trust just by knowing I'm there;
You'd not know the joy of resting in Me
When darkness and silence were all you could see."
"You'd never experience that fullness of love
As the peace of My Spirit descends like a dove;
You'd know that I give and I save ... (for a start),
But you'd not know the depth of the beat of My heart."
"The flow of My comfort late into the night,
The faith that I give when you walk without sight,
The depth that's beyond getting just what you asked
Of an infinite God, who makes what you have LAST."
"You'd never know, should your pain quickly flee,
What it means that 'My grace is sufficient for thee.'
Yes, your dreams for your loved ones overnight would come true,
But, oh, the loss! if I lost what I'm doing in you!"
"So, be silent, my child, and in time you will see
that THE GREATEST OF GIFTS IS TO GET TO KNOW ME.
And though oft may My answers seem terribly late,
My wisest of answers is still but to WAIT."
Christ is my life, I caused his death;
He is my assurance and eternal rest.
He is my Redeemer, I was his damnation;
He has chosen me since before creation.
He is my comfort, I caused his pain;
He broke the bonds that sin might not reign.
He is all my blessing, I was once his curse;
I would never love him, had he not loved me first.
(Sara M. Siviero)
Sightseeing things on our journey
When I walk with the Lord He is constantly giving me a way of looking at
life from His view and urging me to remember my sense of sight is distorted
through human perspective, and must be given His truths before I will see
clearly.
We all could be given a scene to watch, and then, asked to give our
perspective on it. Each one of us would possible tell it with full
conviction that what we saw was 100 percent accurate. But, the Biblical
truth is....it often is based on our own personal knowledge, or lack of
knowledge, and rarely fully accurate. We make observations, and run them
through our past experiences, and come to conclusions reached by our human
reasoning which seems as truth to us, but may be far from how God sees it.
Satan also has a way of blinding us from seeing the truth.
God wants us to see from His perspective, and in order to do this, we need
to be examining ourselves in the light of His Word and making sure our lives
are expressing the fruit of His Holy Spirit mentioned in Galations 5:22.
This is something we need to be doing on a daily basis, and for each
situation that we are confronted with. If we remain as King David was in
Psalms 51, we will be teachable and willing to submit our heart to be
changed so it will be pleasing to God.
David had a contrite heart, a sensitive conscience, which was eager to
repent and turn from any ways which sorrowed His God. We, too need to have
this if we want to see things from God's perspective.
Pray:
Heavenly Father, my vision is unclear and uncertain because I am seeing
things through my own human eyes and unhealed emotions. But, I want to be
able to see what is important to you. I desire to wear your lenses, and I
ask for your grace and power of the Holy Spirit to do so. I want to live as
a mature Christian, and represent you in a way that will glorify you. Thank
you for giving me a heart that is willing to repent and change. In the
precious name of your son, Jesus. Amen.
Can Your Actions Affect Others?
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder.
Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden.
As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects, and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home.
They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years.
Finally the long-awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill.
"You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you saved my life."
--- Author Unknown
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