Saturday, October 25, 2014

HIS PEACE AND REST


WHEN I WAS FOUR, HE USED THIS DOG TO KEEP ME FROM RUNNING OUTSIDE OF THE YARD AREA.
  THE LORD PROTECTED ME THEN, 65 YEARS AGO.

I HAD BEEN A FIGHTER AND PROTECTOR 
FOR PEOPLE, SINCE I WAS A KID, AND FILLED
 WITH SIGNIFICANT SINFULNESS.

MANY YEARS LATER, AFTER I HAD COME TO HIM WHEN I WAS 20, WHEN SIGNIFICANT SITUATIONS HAD BROUGHT ME BACK TO BEING A FAMILY "FIGHTER" OR PROTECTOR, THE LORD DROPPED THIS VERSE ON ME
 VERY, VERY STRONGLY.
IT WAS OCTOBER, 1970.

I KNEW THEN, AND KNOW NOW, THAT HE IS THE ONE WHO WILL AND CAN FIGHT FOR ME AND ANY OF MINE, AND FOR ALL OF US WHO TURN TO HIM TO TRUST HIM, 
MUST POUR MORE AND MORE PEACE AND REST.


ALL I CAN DO, MOMENT-BY-MOMENT, 
DAY-BY-DAY, FOREVER AND EVER.



SUNDAY STILLNESS

 

3 comments:

Nina said...

Such a wonderful photo of you and the guardian dog ... God surely protects us, the sets a circle around us when we pray - and guards us in every occasion!

Beloved said...

Caryjo,
He fights for us, and all we need to is praise Him. Thank you for this reminder, it's a hard lesson. So glad to fellowship with you at Lisha's.
In His Peace,
Chelle

Floyd said...

This is awesome! The hand of our Father has been with you and us all the days of our lives… God bless, sister.