I read this tonight in my devotion book:
"Their strength is to sit still" (Isaiah 30:7)
We all have crisises in our lives, we have anxieites and a sense of immediate action to do something or have something done is always overwhelming. Yet a lot of the times the circumstances will not allow us to do anything - it is out of our hands. When we are in that dark place, that turmoil we need to remember to "Be Still, and know that I am God" (Ps 46:10) Sometimes you will have to force yourself to be still and to have your troubles be turned over to God. It isn't easy, alot of the times we want answers know, we want solutions to our problems immediately.
Be Still and let God take our troubles. Only he knows what is ahead - let him help dad and Uncle Wally and our families, allow him to guide us and to be with us all as we go through this turmoil and troubled times. Allow him to take care of our conflicts and turmoils that we each may be dealing with on our own. Allow him to give us the strength to survive this and to feel his love.
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Mom and dad meet with hospice yesterday - not for them to start coming in but to get it ready if it is ever needed. Amy was there and she said it seems like a weight has been lifted off of dad's shoulders. He wanted to make sure everything was taken care of before.... and now that it is he said he can continue on living. We hope for a long, long time.
Much love to all,
Such beautiful words "Be still and let God take our troubles." I went to Medjagore in 1980 The speaker told us to look at the Tabernacle and imagine Jesus opening His arms and you placing your loved one in His arms to be taken care of of. After many years I have never forgotten this and have placed many of my children, friends, etc. in God's arms. Sometimes when I think it is a woman's job, I place the person in the arms of Jesus' Mother, Mary. It's consoling when you realize you are not alone when problems arise.
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