Wednesday in the Word-The Lord is My Rock and Strength

I sure hope that your May has kicked off to a good start. The heat is settling in quick around our parts. We've kicked off May with watching our softball girls win the District. Next week we start another round of ball. It's so much fun to watch these girls and especially our girl, Mallory. She plays centerfield. We were so proud of both teams that played against each other. They all, hand in hand gathered together as one of our girls prayed for the game and also for one of our young men that was in a horrific car accident and fighting. His name is Kaden if you can think to lift him up to our Lord. I had the opportunity recently to speak to a group of women at a ladies luncheon event at a local church. Oh we had so much fun. I wished I had gotten pictures of the beautiful decorations. We had a TEA PARTY and we each kept the cup that we drank out of it. Isn't she just lovely? Easter has come and gone but we sure have a great time with family. We gather each...

Wednesday in the Word-The Lord is My Rock and Strength

The Lord is described as many things such as; Strong Tower, Fortress, Shepherd, Shield, Light, Deliverer and the list could go on and on. But He is also our Rock and our Strength.

Sometimes just the weariness of life in general can overwhelm us at times can't it? I don't know about you but there are times when I feel like every ounce of strength I've got is zapped from me and my life can resemble a cooked noodle instead of a Rock! How about you?

The truth is that we all face times that we feel we have no strength to carry us through the trail, tribulation or just the course of life that seems to our present path.

There are days when we feel guilty for silently complaining when we look around and see all the hurt that others are feeling. We think, "I am shamed to even ask for prayer because my current needs and situation is so light compared to others.

On some days we think "DOES anyone else even CARE? Do they realize what my needs, my hurts and my disappointments in life are.

You know what? It is normal for us to have these feelings.

Sometimes in the quietness of my whining, fretting and yes, even feeling sorry for myself, the Lord has shown me through others how to gain perspective. How can I whine and fret about something going on in my life when I see a sister in the Lord battling from cancer? That tends to put things into perspective doesn't it?

At other times He has placed just the person that I needed in my life that has gone through what I am going through and understands me totally. No judging me, no trying to fix the problem, no passing it off as just a "thing", just simply knowing first hand the depths of my heart. And can I be totally honest? YES, this too shall pass but when we're in the midst of it it doesn't seem to be moving too quickly now does it?

But there has been times that the Lord has just sweetly made Himself so present in the midst of my circumstance and has reminded me that HE and HE alone is my ROCK and my STRENGTH. That YES, my situation or current path that I am walking may seem minor compared to another but HE cares. YES, it could be worse. NO, I am not alone. YES, someone cares....His name is Jesus!
Sometimes, we need no other...it may be a time in our life that the Lord is teaching us to depend totally on Him for that particular season of life.

You see our Lord cares about every single detail of our life. If it is important to you then it is important to Him...REGARDLESS of the situation at hand.

The word Rock in the dictionary is described as; A large mass of stone; a concreted mass of stony material; consolidated or unconsolidated solid mineral matter but in a figurative sense it means:someone who is strong, stable and dependable.

Our Lord is our ROCK when we feel so unstable. He is our STRENGTH when we fill we do not have one ounce left to give. He will never leave us nor forsake us. Experiencing Him as my ROCK reminds me that He is a solid foundation in my life. The Living God that I serve is Strong, Stable and Dependable and without Him I am nothing more than a grain of sand that can be blown away by the wind.

http://corinaanne.blogspot.com/2013/10/patience-my-love.html?m=1

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
- Refrain:
  On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
  All other ground is sinking sand,
  All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock/

Hugs and blessings, Cindy

Hiding the Ugly Hot Water Heater

I shared that I wanted to hide my ugly hot water heater in my laundry room with you a few weeks ago. It just stuck out like a sore thumb. But after all it is a hot water heater right? So my man took a piece of wood (not real wood) but it worked and built a frame for me. So now to see if it would fit and it did. I painted it white and did not like the texture it had even after two coats of white. (rule of thumb...you get what you pay for and the wood was cheap) But I wasn't going to let it whip me! Found some contact paper at Walmart in the gray and white. Covered the front with the contact paper and loved the look. The top was covered with a piece of painted wood as well and worked perfect to place this on top... And this.... Added a clothes basket in the corner and here was the top.... Yep, no longer an eye sore to me! Went perfect with my gray walls and gray and white floor. Remember the wood tray I bought at a...

{March Is Underway}

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{SON-Flowers}

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