God, Our Everlasting Rock

 Isaiah 26:4 Trust in the Lord forever, For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock. (NASB)

The Lord has been my Rock and my refuge all of my days. Not because I am perfect and good, but because He is perfect and good. This breaks my heart and fills me with such gratitude and love for God because who am I? A sinner in need of grace.

But because I've confessed Jesus as my Savior and Lord and follow Him, His grace covers all my sins. Every time I cry out for help, God hears me. He helps me. He becomes my safe place while He works things out for my good.

Over several decades, the Lord has shown me that because He loves me, I can trust Him. I can let Him be in control. He won't abandon me in hard times or in good times. He's my everlasting Rock! I can choose to lean on and rely on Him without fear every day for the rest of my life. 

"Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed." (Ps. 34:5) (ESV)

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Perfect Peace

 Isaiah 26:3: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. (ESV)

Perfect peace comes from keeping our minds on God, the Father, because we rely on and lean on Him. Refusing to let this world with all its distractions drag our minds away from the Lord will keep us in His peace. If we do get caught up in the chaos in the world, our remedy is to focus our thoughts back on God and His ability, His power, to bring peace to any chaotic situation.

We don’t sink into despair worrying what to do about the chaos. We trust in God, and we turn to Him in prayer. We turn our minds back to our powerful Heavenly Father and pray about the problem or situation, trusting God can and will help. 

This is work—spiritual warfare. The Enemy wants your mind focused on anything other than our Lord and Savior. But we don’t need to fear him. Jesus has promised He will never leave us or forsake us. He is for us, and we have the Holy Spirit in us. 

So, how do we turn our minds from the chaos back to God? Focusing on Scriptures that speak against the chaos, the problem, and/or the fears helps me tremendously. We walk in the kingdom of Light now; we read God’s thoughts found in Scripture, and we align our thoughts with His. We read Scripture, meditate on Scripture, memorize Scripture, quote Scripture to our souls. And soon we’re back staying our minds on Jesus, and we have peace—perfect peace—that only comes from trusting God and His Word. 

Grace and peace to you.

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Reopening Redeemed and Summoned

 Almost two years ago, I closed this blog. But I’ve been sensing the Spirit’s urging to start posting on here again. So, I’m going to follow this prompting and do just that. 

First, let me say that God has recently blessed me big time by answering two prayers. These are prayers I’ve prayed for several years. One—that my husband would want to be in the Word with me; and two—that my youngest son and his family would start going to church. 

My first prayer was answered in December when my husband agreed to listen to portions of Scripture each day during Advent (He’s blind from retinitis pigmentosa), and then agreed I could continue reading the Bible to him after supper each night in 2025. We’ve read Genesis, Exodus, Nehemiah, Philemon, and Hebrews so far.

My second prayer was answered this month when our son told us a friend of theirs invited him and his family to go to their church. My grandchildren loved it, and so they’ve been going since then. 

I’m beside myself with joy! 

If you’ve been praying for something for a long time that you know is in line with God’s Word, I encourage you to stay with it. God is faithful. He’ll either answer in the affirmative, or He’ll let you know to let it go and trust that He knows what He’s doing. 

May God bless you with answered prayers in 2025! Nothing is impossible with God!!