"Nevertheless"

You     are not responsible for another person's actions or choices. You are not to blame. You can not control or corral others to keep them in line or in sight. Your shoulders are not that big. You arms are not  that wide.   You don't have the reach or strength enough to hold everything that you are trying to carry. There is only One that does have shoulders broad enough and arms that reach far enough. Give it to Him.    He said "my yoke is easy and my burden is light".  It is easy because He is enough. He is big enough and strong enough and wise enough. Let Him have whatever it is. If you do try to keep control, you will break. And that pile of problems will just grow and grow like a never ending tsunami. It will wash you away. We are not meant to carry that kind of load.  Leave it in His hands. The only way to shrink the problem is to give it away. Remind Him about it occasionally if you must, but lea...

Not all who wander are lost, or tripping aimlessly along without a plan or a thought.  Forces within compel ... and this traveler must spring into motion without a notion of the future,  but with a longing to experience the wonder and beauty of the Maker's glorious work. To stand in places of which I have only dreamt. To soar above oceans and depths.  To dive from the heights of the azure. One day to breathe in the bouquet of God's garden and to walk the velvety cool surface of an unthinkable oasis. Or climb the hot and craggy cliffs of unknown worlds. One day to view the heavens and earth and all of creation from the grand scape of His eyes. One day to see What no one has ever gazed upon and none but I will ever gaze. Oh! To know the look, the visage, the face of God. His voice. His touch.  His spirit. Intimate. Personal. To know that I am the only one of His that He will ever look on, or touch or speak with in that manner. Faithful. T...

Jesus said: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30 NKJV) This walk of faith sometimes doesn't seem so easy. But it should be. I don't believe Jesus ever intended for us to struggle as much as we do to believe and have faith when we are in the middle of transition or turmoil and feel overwhelmed. He says that He gives us rest when we are heavy laden ... with worry or strife, anxious and fearful, or if we feel like it is just hard work (labor) to follow His lead. His law is love. His law of love is an easy and light burden. "Love God with all your heart and soul and mind, and love others as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets..." Matthew 22: 37-40 He didn't complicate things with condit...

"Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land and feed on His faithfulness.  Delight yourself also in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart.  Commit your way to the Lord.  Trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass.  He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light and your justice as the noonday. Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him."  (Psalm 37: 3-7 NKJV) "The Lord knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever." (Psalm 37: 18 NKJV) "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and He delights in his way.   Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the Lord upholds him with His hand."  (Psalm 37: 23-24 NKJV) I want to explain a bit before I get into the story, so: I n the above scriptures where we are told to feed on His faithfulness, the word "feed" is defined: tend, pasture, graze, feed, associate with, be a friend or companion. Where we a...