I love September, come to think of it, September might be my favourite month..
still warm, but not hot anymore, beautiful colours, fall is in the air, I just love it...not sure if my new Michigan friends call this time Indian Summer like we do in Canada, "Spaetsommer" is what we call it where I am from ..
even though only one of my own children went back to school / University this year, and she did so on a different continent which makes the back to school shopping a little difficult, it's still that time ..
new beginnings and with it new opportunities, a whole lot of possibilities, that and the fresher air invigorates me... just thinking of that, "new school year resolutions" make more sense to me than "New Years" resolutions... :)
I am excited about the new things the Lord is doing in my life.
I love that His mercies are new EVERY morning.
indeed, He is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
He will not always chide, nor will He keep His anger forever...
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities ...
for as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love towards those who fear Him,
as far as the east is from the west so far does he remove our transgressions from us,
as a father shows compassion to His children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear Him,
for He knows how we are formed, He remembers that we are dust......
I memorized this passage over the last few weeks, and I love dwelling on it..
what an amazing thing... what an amazing gift, undeserved favour for those who fear Him,
who have, through faith given to us by Him, realized the need for a Saviour, and He in His great mercy, gives us new birth, into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead ( another passage I am reviewing.. memorized it a few years ago )
this is what He tells us to do:
You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes..
Deuteronomy 11:18
to know Him, to know how much He loves us, to know His plans for our lives and how to live this life... it's all right there for us...
quickly looking up a scripture I wanted to include, reading it in context once again it, blows me away... it's all there, all of it. all we need for life and godliness, all we ever need no matter what happens in our lives...... so here it goes:
Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands."
Isaiah 55: 6-12
the point I wanted to make was that His Word does not go out in vain.. it accomplishes something, always ... as we dwell on it, as we plant it deeply into our mind, heart and soul it WILL transform us, it will make us more like Him.. we WILL know Him more, we WILL love Him more, we WILL become more like Him... it's a for sure thing..
so let me challenge you like I did the wonderful group of ladies on Tuesday morning... try it, let the Word sink into your heart, and God WILL be faithful, He will accomplish His purposes..
you can trust Him.
He never lets us down.
it's just not who He is.
SOLI DEO GLORIA
