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Wednesday... They definitely have a purpose.


Wednesday... They definitely have a purpose.

We just got back late last night from Denver, Colorado where our son, Brett and his family live. Denver on its western side has beautiful mountains that protects them from some of nature's storms. Usually the tornadoes happen out on the eastern prairie except this past month. There were trees all over the place even in their yard that came down. But it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

Here in Las Vegas we also have mountains that protected us from some of the storms that come our way. And they can't be moved no matter the storm. The snow that we have seen all winter up on Mt Charleston is a reminders of the protection they have given to us. The snow piled high up there this past winter.

Now the writer of Psalm 125 in verses 1 & 2 (AMP) says, "Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever. As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth forever." 

The New Living Translation says, "Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion." As the Amplified Bible puts it, 'with confident expectation."

We have some storms here in our valley but in no way are they like what they have up on Mt Charleston. Yes we as Christians have some storms in our life but in no way are they like they could be. We can have confident expectation. The NLT says, "they will not be defeated but will endure forever." 

That storm that you are facing will not defeat you if you put your trust in the Lord. Oh you may be discouraged or depressed but if you really stop and trust and rely on the Lord then you can face your storm with confident expectation and you will not be defeated and you will endure.

Now we may get a touch of snow here where we live but in no way does it compare to the snow up on Mt. Charleston or on those unbelievable mountains in Colorado. So remember, verse 2 (NLT) says, "Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, both now and forever." And that is so true. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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