November 12, 2022
Today is the Sabbath. Good Morning Yahweh. How are you today? Thank you for rest. We didn’t create ourselves, but somehow believe that we know best about how to take care of our bodies.
Confession: I pushed my body beyond the limit to try and finish as many journals as possible. I didn’t finish. My feet are swollen. I was monumentally tired. Did I mention that I still didn’t finish? But I am thankful that in all that, you kept me. You saved me and made me lie down last night. Thank you for caring. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for holding me.
You don’t take the easy way out. Sometimes when I think about your promises, I truly wonder how they would be fulfilled. How? Because in the natural I see no inkling of the answer. But you are the God of the Promise. Every word will come to pass. But it may not necessarily be the way that we supposed and it’s usually never easy. You didn’t even choose the easy way for your own self. Thank you for knowing what we need to become who we should be in you. Thank you for putting us through the paces. For teaching us and leading us.
Thank you for my parents, a home, a safe place to sleep. Thank you for your provision and your unending grace and love. I pray that I never take any of what you’ve given for granted. Thank you for everything. I do mean everything. And I will remember to be temperate in all things even the things that you have asked me to do.
Yes, you do ask me to sacrifice, but not at the expense of my health and my time with you. Thank you for today. Thank you for your grace. I love you!! Hugggsss. Yes, I really do miss hugs. Sigh.
Colossians 3:2 – Keep your mind on things above, not on worldly things.
Thank you for the reminders. To focus on you. Not even on the things that you have asked me to do but on you. Thank you for loving me. Yahweh, remember your daughters. Strengthen us in you. Help us to keep our minds fixed on you. I think today, I will rest. I want to push to go to church and I know it’s a good thing, but I am also so tired. I slept seven hours and fifty-seven minutes last night. You know what? I will go to church and rest more later. Thank you for your grace. I love you to you and back. Thank you for loving me.
I feel like people again. Just made breakfast. A very American style breakfast of pancakes and eggs.
Psalm 23 (KJV) – The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Yahweh, thank you for your grace. Your guidance. Thank you for being my shepherd. You are indeed the God of technology. Imagine me speaking about rest and then seeing the sermon topic when I open YouTube being about rest AND!! Using the scripture that I prayed. That is awesome. And I know that there are those who talk about algorithms. In this case, I did not speak it out loud, neither did I search it anywhere on my devices. So I know, this is you!
Okay and now as I paused the sermon to respond to a message, guess what is playing on the TV in the living room? On my Mom’s account on a “random” playlist?
Shall Not Want – Maverick City
Of course, based on Psalm 23. So rest. Definitely the order of the day along with the rest of the Psalm.
Funny story. The original “Unshakeable” Journals I had made, I decided not to sell them. I had done a redesign including using different paper. I’m glad I did. I am using one of the original journals and the paper I had used is actually difficult to write on. Thank you for the change.
