Wednesday, January 19, 2011

joy in the closing of a chapter...

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done. The things You planned for us no one can recount to You; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to declare.” Psalm 40:5 NIV


The past two years have been a struggle to say the least. God has carried me and protected me and cared for me through accidents, funerals, depression, and unexpected changes in life. God alone has done this. 


" The LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way you went until you came to this place." Deut. 1:31


I sigh in HUGE relief in the blessing of this next stage in life. No more must I weep at unmet expectations, grief, or sadness. God has closed that door and I stand before Him now, stronger, wiser, and different. I have learned to lean on my Savior when nothing else makes sense. Several times in the last two years, I have curled up in His arms and didn't leave for an extended period of time, because I was too scared to go. Security in His presence was the energy I lived with.  For this was a situation that no amount of coffee could fix. 


The LORD, my God, has carried me, His daughter until I have come to this place. Now it is time to walk beside Him with the strength He has taught me to walk in. I am so looking forward to each and every step. He has lavished such blessings on my life, I can't help but laugh every time another one comes, out of sheer joy of my Daddy loving on me. 


"I will follow my Lord every step of my life, for His love is better than life!"


"Every good and perfect gift gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." James 1:17 ESV