Day Twenty-one . . D.Day!!!
Well last night everything that could go wrong went wrong, Christopher was up a couple of times in the night throwing up, Jessica was up three times scared, an alarm went off on a mantle clock that got bumped accidentally, and then the girls missed their bus this morning(not to mention the snow). However I am feeling better than I was yesterday, my perspective is clearer and I do feel encouraged and celebratory. Giles and Wesley and their wives are going to come over, I am going to make my world famous casserole, I baked last night and even though the house isn't perfect it's a lot better than it was.
Today my devotion was on "abiding under the shadow of the wing of the Almighty" and what a beautiful image that conveys. As I pondered this devotion I was struck with the picture of how even though I did not realize or was not consciously aware of it that is where I have been all along. Even when I felt abandoned and alone I was under His wing of protection and love. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow which means that He has been with me every step of the way. The promise is that everyday I can be aware of that presence and that He is still with me and will be with me. So as company comes I will abide under His wing and worship Him and be thankful that there is such a place reserved for me.
I have been in the desert for 20 years and today I claim the promised land. When the Israelites were in the desert and they came into the promised land it was not just laid open for them, the trials were not over, they still had to go and fight for what God had promised them and that is how it is with me. I am coming out of the desert but I still have some battles to fight to claim His full promise for me and my family.
The other analogy I thought of was Lazarus being raised from the dead, he came out of the tomb but still needed to be unbound by his family from his grave clothes. In that aspect I have arisen from my grave but I still need to be unbound from my grave clothes, freed from the last vestiges of the life that has kept me from God and free to live my life again. So I am grateful and looking forward to the celebration tonight.
Today my devotion was on "abiding under the shadow of the wing of the Almighty" and what a beautiful image that conveys. As I pondered this devotion I was struck with the picture of how even though I did not realize or was not consciously aware of it that is where I have been all along. Even when I felt abandoned and alone I was under His wing of protection and love. He is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow which means that He has been with me every step of the way. The promise is that everyday I can be aware of that presence and that He is still with me and will be with me. So as company comes I will abide under His wing and worship Him and be thankful that there is such a place reserved for me.
I have been in the desert for 20 years and today I claim the promised land. When the Israelites were in the desert and they came into the promised land it was not just laid open for them, the trials were not over, they still had to go and fight for what God had promised them and that is how it is with me. I am coming out of the desert but I still have some battles to fight to claim His full promise for me and my family.
The other analogy I thought of was Lazarus being raised from the dead, he came out of the tomb but still needed to be unbound by his family from his grave clothes. In that aspect I have arisen from my grave but I still need to be unbound from my grave clothes, freed from the last vestiges of the life that has kept me from God and free to live my life again. So I am grateful and looking forward to the celebration tonight.
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