Living Above the Circumstances

You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.  Isaiah 26:3 (Amplified Bible)

I still like some scriptures in the good old King James Version.  Just sounds so poetic.

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.  Isaiah 26:3 (King James Version)

Wanted to share something that I read a few weeks ago from Sarah Young's devotional, "Jesus Calling, Enjoying Peace in His Presence."

Waiting, trusting, and hoping are intricately connected, like golden strands interwoven to form a strong chain.  Trusting is the central strand, because it is the response from My children that I desire most.  Waiting and hoping embellish the central strand and strengthen the chain that connects you to Me.  Waiting for Me to work, with your eyes on Me, is evidence that you really do trust Me.  If you mouth the words "I trust You" while anxiously trying to make things go your way, your words ring hollow.  Hoping is future-directed, connecting you to your inheritance in heaven.  However, the benefits of hope fall fully on you in the present.

Because you are Mine, you don't just pass time in your waiting.  You can wait expectantly, in hopeful trust.  Keep your "antennae" out to pick up even the faintest glimmer of My Presence.

Surfer Girl

I can hang ten on the internet for a long time without a single wipeout!  I find a website like this that leads me to another, then another, and yet another.

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Enjoy!

Rest for the Soul

For when I think too highly of myself ...

It is not your hold of Christ that saves you - it is Christ; it is not your joy in Christ that saves you - it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument - it is Christ’s blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to your hand with which you are grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to your hope, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We will never find happiness by looking at our prayers, our doing, or our feelings; it is what Jesus is, not what we are, that gives rest to the soul.  (Quote is from Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening)

Novocain, Nitrous Oxide, and George Duke

I had a difficult time at my dental appointment today.  A simple filling is all it was, but I was tense, heart beating fast, and teary eyed.  

You'd think this would be easy, seeing as how I've had some major oral surgery in the past year and a half.  But I was under general anesthesia for all those procedures.

But I got through it ... with some novocain, nitrous oxide, and some George Duke playing in the background.