Trust your heart with the Lord

                                           

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3: 5-6

How do you convince your children that God has your mate picked out and a relationship will come in His time. How to do explain to your children that  when you meet the perfect partner that you will know, in your heart that you two are truly “soul mates” and intended to be husband and wife?

When our girls were between the ages of 8 and 10, I remember a discussion one afternoon concerning the topic of boyfriends and girlfriends. I would hear young children, some a early as 6 or 7 say that  “they were going together”.   I would ask them where were you going, when you cannot drive?

 Why would a child that young need to feel that they NEEDED to be connected to another individual of the opposite sex to fit into our societal frame work? 

Do our young children feel that they need another individual’s approval or association to feel that they have self worth or that their self esteem is high enough to function or fit in?

I remember telling my girls that if I locked them in their rooms and did not allow them to date , God would bring their husbands to our front door. They, of course, rolled their eyes at me, but they never, out loud, challenged that statement.

Guess what: my oldest daughter married a young man that she went to high school with, but got to know through the work place. They both worked in the same business. They did not have to go out and find each other. My youngest daughter is engaged to a young man that she met through family friends and our love for the lake and our lake activities. She too, did not have to “go out” and find each other.

God’s timing is Perfect!! 

That is worth saying again….. God’s timing is Perfect!!

When you plan and pray and try to live with a relationship with our Lord and Savior, trust that everything is perfect in God’s timing.

 Do you obediently walk through doors of opportunity? Do you have the faith that “All is well” or do you try to take matters into your own hands?

 Sometimes simply listening, waiting and acting on God’s call will be the best. DO you Trust, your body, soul and heart with God? Do you truly believe that God is in control of every aspect of your life, including your relationships?

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Transparent Trespasses

Instead of their shame my people will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace they will rejoice in their inheritance; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs. Isaiah 61:7

                                                   

In the Old Testament, The first born son of the family received the inheritance. Tying the Old Testament to the new… we as children of God are His first born and we are to receive our inheritance in heaven. When we identify ourselves as Christians, we then have the freedom to work for His honor and glory. The opportunity to have a job, to continually serve in all things, and a reason to rejoice that gives us everlasting joy.

As we move through our lives, God brings people to support us and assist us with our decisions. When we have Godly friends that really know us….. That is a blessing! You have heard me state the phrase many times that God puts the RIGHT people at the RIGHT place at the RIGHT time to do His will.

Last week my husband and I planned a boat trip with another couple down the Intracoastal Waterway.

We were to all meet at the marina at 9:00 a.m. to pull out for our adventure. Bobby and I spent the night on the boat the night before and we were busy getting things ready for the arrival of our friends in an hour. The phone rings and “ you guessed it”… they were delayed and instead being only an hour away, they were just pulling out for their 2 hour travel to get to us.  Putting the time line in perspective… This was the first of a domino effect of events yet to come. My husband then had a problem with the boat that was not evident earlier, the friends called and informed us that they had to turn around ten minutes from their home, after their departure due to one thinking that the other had completed a task and after their conferring in the car, they realized the other had not completed and so.. on…

My first reaction was, “Satan, get behind us!” As we worked through the series of events to finally depart the marina 3 hours later than planned, my thoughts moved from negative to positive. Why am I to question the series of events in our life? God’s timing is perfect!  Did the late departure of our friends and the boat problem put us at a location to complete a task or answer the prayer of someone else?  Was there a danger that we were averted from?

We did find out that during the time that we were scheduled to come through a very narrow passage, the channel was narrow and shallow with silt. If we had gotten to that point three hours earlier, we would have had less water. Going through the passage when we did, we only registered 2 ½ feet of water below the hull. What would it have been at a lower tide table? Was this danger avoided due to the timing of our domino effect events in our lives?

All of the people that we interact with and speak with or smile to are put in our path for a reason. I want to make sure that I am not an obstacle in someone’s path but a support.  I also celebrate with my friends. I think that with our Godly friends and family, we need to remove the PRIDEFUL facade and allow our hearts to be humbled. When friends and family share JOY… it is doubled. When SORROW is shared… it is halved. 

Who do you have in your life that you can truly experience transparent trespasses? Are you aware of the many blessings that are present everyday… even the engine problems, the flat tire and the birds singing outside the window?