The Shepherd knows


February 28, 2009
"The provision our divine Master has made of spiritual drink and spiritual food is always the best for us. We would be thankful for it if we realized this. The difficult part is the we must believe now, before we see the results, that the Shepherd knows the best pasture for His sheep. If we did, surely our hearts would be filled with thanksgiving and our mouths with praise-even in the wilderness"
Hannah Whitall Smith


Cheryl Landis painted this- isn't it amazing? You can find her here.

Be all there!

February 26, 2009


Wherever you are,
be all there.

Live to the hilt every situation that you believe to be the will of God!

-Jim Elliot

Julie's in town!


February 25, 2009

She's here!
Jon's girlfriend Julie is here from Florida and we are so excited! Jon is beyond excited :).

Thank you Scott and Cissy for letting her come-
We'll take good care of her!

He has overcome the world!

February 25, 2009


Today's post comes from yesterday's reading from one of my favorite little devotionals... Daily Strength for Daily Needs- complied by Mary Tileston. Gutenberg has it available online here. I found this reading encouraging in my fight to not be moved by my circumstances! Enjoy!



John 16:33 (Amplified Bible)
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world.


"Accustom yourself to unreasonableness and injustice. Abide in peace in the presence of God, who sees all these trials more clearly than you do, and who permits them. Be content with doing with calmness the little that depends upon yourself, and let all else be to you as if it were not." Fenelon


"It is rare when injustice, or slights patiently borne, do not leave the heart at the close of the day filled with marvelous joy and peace." Published in 1880

Stay your soul on God

February 23, 2009


"Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is."-- Amy Carmichael

Speaking Truth



















February 21, 2009

My friend Karen sent this to me. Oh so helpful!


Some Thoughts to Speaking Truth to Yourself, info from Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, pp. 284-285

1. Conditions are always changing; therefore I must obviously not be dependent upon conditions.
2. What matters supremely and vitally is my soul and my relationship to God – that is the first thing.
3. God is concerned about me as my Father, and nothing happens to me apart from God. Even the very hairs of my head are all numbered. I must never forget that.
4. God’s will and God’s ways are a great mystery, but I know that whatever He wills or permits is of necessity for my good.
5. Every situation in life is the unfolding of some manifestation of God’s love and goodness. Therefore my business is to look for this peculiar manifestation of God’s goodness and kindness and to be prepared for surprises and blessings because, “His ways are not my ways, neither His thoughts my thoughts.” What, for example, is the great lesson that Paul learned in the matter of the thorn in the flesh: It is that: “When I am weak, then am I strong.” Paul was taught through physical weakness this manifestation of God’s grace.
6. I must regard circumstances and conditions, not in and of themselves therefore, but as a part of God’s dealings with me in the work of perfecting my soul and bringing me to final perfection.
7. Whatever my conditions may be at this present moment, they are only temporary, they are only passing, and they can never rob me of the joy and the glory that will ultimately await me with Christ.

Loveliest!


February 20, 2009


"Jesus Christ is the loveliest person souls can set their eyes upon. He is the very essence of all delights and pleasures, the very soul and substance of them! As all the rivers are gathered into the ocean, which is the meeting-place of all the waters in the world--so Christ is that ocean in which all true delights and pleasures meet!" John Flavel


"Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation." Habakkuk 3:18