I haven't felt much like doing much with my website lately. In this calendar year, my family has lost three cats and a dog. It's taken its toll on me. After June, I thought I would have the rest of the summer to grieve and heal. It looked like it would be that way until two weeks ago when we lost the third cat.
Some days I'm just weary. I've learned a lot more about fear this year than I ever wanted to know. It comes over me so easily.
I don't know why I'm afraid; I know that God is with me no matter what and that nothing can happen here that He won't make right in the end. I'm praying for peace and strength to go through whatever comes my way.
Maybe what I really need is the courage and strength to let Him carry me.
I take comfort in these words, and I hope you will, too:
"But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you..." --Isaiah 43:1-2,3,4, NIV
Some days I'm just weary. I've learned a lot more about fear this year than I ever wanted to know. It comes over me so easily.
I don't know why I'm afraid; I know that God is with me no matter what and that nothing can happen here that He won't make right in the end. I'm praying for peace and strength to go through whatever comes my way.
Maybe what I really need is the courage and strength to let Him carry me.
I take comfort in these words, and I hope you will, too:
"But now, this is what the LORD says— he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the LORD, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you..." --Isaiah 43:1-2,3,4, NIV
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