Dear Heartstrings family,

If you need wisdom and guidance today, pray. Psalm 43:3 says, "Send me your light and your faithful care, let them lead me."

I Thessalonians 5:23-24 says, "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."

I don't know about you but, I need that through and through work going on everyday. Instead of going from one decision to another on my own, I am learning to forget that waste of time and go directly to Abba Father. 

Just think about it...He will do it! This is the reason we can wake in the morning and thank Him for His kindness and ask Him to order our steps for the day ahead. Then, when it is all finished and you put your head down for the night you can rejoice in all of His faithfulness just like Psalm 92:2 tells us.

How can we have hope if we have no one to show us what that looks like? You sure won't find it by listening to all the media. You won't find it buying new things. You won't find it even from the mouth of a friend. At least not like the perfect faithfulness of God we read about in His Love Letter to us. 

I don't know what your journey looks like. I would likely believe what you tell me. The hope is in sharing how you got through those times. Some things are really tough to talk about. I have some difficult past also. But, now I have given all my past to the One Who gave me the gift of salvation.

The now, meaning today, I am trusting God to be faithful moment by moment. It couldn't help me if I hadn't the assurance that I belong to the Father and am redeemed by Jesus Christ and sealed by His Spirit. I cannot do today without Him!

Will God change His mind about tomorrow? He still has a perfect plan and is at work in this crazy world. He will fulfill all of His purposes. Instead of trying to figure all this out, why not open your Bible and see where His Spirit will lead you? I have been happily surprised by how the Holy Spirit teaches me. Lifting God's Word up and setting my thoughts and eyes on the scriptures...well, it is a Living Word and flows like a quiet stream into the heart of me.

So, will you trust your life to Jesus? Ask for wisdom and guidance early in your day. Then place your hand in His and just walk where He leads. We can ask Him for a healthy frame and a cleansed conscience and a soul that will never be at home with sin. 

I read that from a seventeenth-century pastor, Johann Heermann. He wrote this prayer. This is the translation from German to English. 

"O God, Thou faithful God,

Thou fountain every flowing,

Without whom nothing is, 

All perfect gifts bestowing, 

Grant me a healthy frame, 

And give me, Lord, within,

A conscience free from blame, 

A soul unhurt by sin."

I know this post is long. But, I believe this was something I needed to share today. Keep Hope in The Faithful One. In the matchless name of Jesus, amen.

Abundance is...God Is Faithful