Security Net

How is your day going, dear friend? Remember, this is the day that the Lord has made and He will walk with you each minute and every mile!

Today's thought from my Chuck Swindoll desk calendar speaks of God's security net which spans the globe.

He writes, "God's great net of security spans the globe. No matter when His children live, He has stretched out His everlasting arms beneath them."

The accompanying scripture is one that I've used many times before on my blogs. "The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." - Deuteronomy 33:27 (KJV)

I'll add that we as believers have another security net to undergird us. We have each other! What a privilege to pray for others in the "Fisher connection" throughout the world. Rodney in Australia is just as close as Julie in Peterborough. We are all one in Christ Jesus and we can "bear one another's burdens and thus fulfil the law of Christ." - Galatians 6:2 (KJV)

I'm grateful today for each of my brothers and sisters in the Lord who are scattered around the globe. We have a gracious Father who looks down from above and everlasting arms which lift us up from below.

We are in a safe place, in Christ! Hallelujah!

Fears and Doubts

Greetings, friends. Thanks for your visit. I trust that you will be refreshed as you take a moment here. May this be an oasis in the midst of a hectic day...or evening.

Elisabeth Elliot in her book, Secure in the Everlasting Arms quotes Thomas Carlyle who commented, "Doubt of any sort cannot be removed except by action." Elliot adds, "There is wonderful therapy in taking oneself by the scruff of the neck, getting up, and doing something. While you are doing, time passes quickly. Time itself will in some measure heal, and "light arises in the darkness" - slowly, it seems but certainly."

She continues, "I myself have been hauled out of the Slough of Despond by following the advice of the simple Saxon in an old English parsonage: 'Doe the nexte thynge'."

Many a questioning, many a fear,
Many a doubt hath its quieting here.
Moment by moment, let down from heaven,
Time, opportunity, guidance are given.
Fear not tomorrows, child of the King -
Trust them with Jesus. Do the next thing!

Whatever is happening today, know that as a believer, a follower of "the Way", you are secure in the everlasting arms."

"The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms." - Deuteronomy 33:27 (NIV)