Thank you Heartstrings family!

To see that you have gathered with me today means so much. I am counting all my blessings and naming them one by one!

We have sure had adversity show itself and seems more like a many layered mess. So, where do we go to find comfort and keep standing in spite of it all? The only place I know by experience is to the Word of God. He is faithful and always true! Worthy of Praise!

Here I am today reading Psalm 94. The following verses have been so relivent. I don't see how anyone could miss this. So, starting in verse 9 we begin.

"He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?

He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see?

The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath).

Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, that You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked.

For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage.

For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

Who will rise up for me against evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence.

When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving kindness, O Lord, held me up.

In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, your comforts cheer and delight my soul!

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You--they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law?

They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge.

 And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out."

There you have it...do you see how relevant this is in our nation; in our world? The Word of God is living! Are you putting your armor on everyday? Are you hiding in the Shelter of the Most High? Do you trust Father with the details of your life. He is in control, you know?

Colossians 26-7 says, "As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him. ~ Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving."

WE serve a wonderful Savior, Redeemer and Friend. He is Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace and Lord of All!

Abundance is...in the matchless name of Jesus Christ