Wow, I know it has been a long while since I've written but a lot of things have happened and sometimes hard to keep up with a blog. However, my inspiration for this new year of 2011 is found in a couple of my favorite verses.
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you." Isaiah 43:2
That was the Lord's promise to His people when they were to leave Egypt. All they had to do was trust in Him and let Him fight their battles as they followed in His will. Because of God's promise here I also want to be able to go where He leads and trust that regardless of what I may pass through, that it won't consume me. I serve a BIG God.
One of my other favorites is this:
"Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19
This also I will be applying for the new year. I'm excited to see what He will do and where I will go. Yesterday is gone, today is here and tomorrow isn't promised, so it's important to live in the now and live it for His glory because how can I not praise Him for all He's done seeing all the wonderful things He has blessed me with this past year? The scriptures say that even nature itself praises Him.
"Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them." -Psalm 69:33
"And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the saints." Psalm 89:5
This is my prayer for the New Year. There is always talk of what new year resolutions you have and they are nice, I just like to make them and submit them in prayer. If I'm not successful, the Lord's grace is sufficient to wipe away all of what I do wrong and give blessings even when I don't deserve them. The latter is what amazes me always, how I can be so very undeserving and He is still constant, faithful, loving, giving and embracing. What a God, what a Savior, oh be still my heart... it's been stolen by my Jesus and how I love Him. ♥
