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Friday... It is all in our focus.


Friday... It is all in our focus. 

Thank you, God so much for a new day and a new month and for being in my life and the life of my family. And you for sure have been actively involved in our lives. Thank you so much! May we continually keep our focus on you!

I love Psalm 121:1-2 (NLT). They are definitely two of my life verses. Here is what they say. "I look up to the mountains - does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth." He is the one who made those mountains.

Look at these two other verses. Verse 5 says, "The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade." And then verse 8 says, "The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever." He has his focus on us. He is always watching over us as we come and go, "both now and forever."

As we as a family look back on last month we can see many things that could affect our attitude in what we will face in this next month. In our family, there has been some bad stuff. Margaret and I both had Covid and that is not a good thing. My son and daughter in law have a house that is torn apart because of a water leak and my son in law was in a wreck last night. Those were bad but there has also been so much good.

Now look at Isaiah 61:1a (NIV) and what it says, "The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor." Verses 2-3 says, "to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn and provided for those who grieve in Zion - to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning and the garment of praise instead of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor."

Yes, the Lord is watching and he also sees what could have happened and he is here to comfort all who mourn, to provide for those who grieve, to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of morning and the garment of praise instead of despair.

And then Isaiah goes on with great hope. In verse 7 he says, "Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours."

God knows what we are going through, There are lessons to be learned and new growth and character to be had in us. God knows what we are going through and he knows what is ahead and he knows what he is doing. And how we handle the difficulties that have come and will come is all in our focus and in our trust in him.  

So I am here at the beginning of this new month to proclaim good news. God knows what he is doing and he has so much good for those who live for and put our trust in him. It is all in our focus. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning  

 


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