Deuteronomy 31:8 makes a great address for living: The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do no be afraid; do not be discouraged.
One of the blessings of raising an 8 year old is pouring in and wisdom received as I go. We started a devotional this summer and actually do it some mornings. ✋ But it is on the names of God and the names from this morning were:
My Light. I have a teacher who recently said that perfection is hard-wired in us... because that is what's coming. I love that! But here in this season of living in the fall - there is darkness and even overwhelming seasons of it that may come and go - but within it remains a promise of God to be our light. It takes faith to believe what cannot be seen, and it takes action to abide. Purposely abiding in that Deut. 31 house - of not being afraid... of not being discouraged... even when it feels like the farthest thing that is needed at such a moment - act by choosing to abide in the promise, choosing to believe God is who he says he is.
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you; God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
Psalm 18:28 For you light my lamp; the LORD my God illuminates my darkness.
2 Timothy 1:6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of hands. For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.
Revelation 22:5 And there will be no longer any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever.
a baby
in a
manger
came
swaddled
needy
in the hay
divinity
simplicity
seeker's
heart
required
to take
a look
read the
book
that gives
the plot
away
Jesus,
God
in humanness
overcomer
of all
sin
perfect
plan
take the hand
of him who
now does
sit
above it all
next to the
throne
where one day
we will
bow
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ
is the same
yesterday,
today, &
forever.