The Grass DOES Needs Cutting

It cannot be said too many times, the LORD is SO good. I was up thinking about calling the guy that cuts my grass.  While thinking upon that and other things that needed doing early last Thursday morning, I received a call from someone very, very dear.  She said, "Hey, I'm going to stop by for a minute and I'll be there in just a minute."  Oh my goodness, my appearance was something akin to a train wreck.  I still had on my PJ's, hair was all over the place and, uh, yes, just a train wreck.  I did manage to run and put on a dab of lipstick and a little powder. A dab was all there was time for, because she was extremely accurate in that "I'll be there in just a minute" part.  But, that is a part of her wonderful personality.  She can do more in just a minute than most of us can do in a year.  She's that efficient.  Well, to get to the point of her visit, because my interest was piqued as well, she walked in and  handed me $25.  She said I know that you have been praying about something you need and please put this toward it. While I didn't confess to her at that moment, she was "accurate" on that account as well.  Praying ~ I had been doing ~ for gas in the car as well as for the grass to be cut.  NO ONE, but the LORD Himself, had known about these needs.  The gas had been miraculously supplied the day before, so my dear friend's gift was going to go a long way on having my grass cut.   Too many times?  NO, it cannot be said enough  ~  the Lord is good!   HE is so very good to me.  Now, let me see, where did I lay that grass- cutting guy's number?    Until We Meet Again...

The Lord God Almighty Himself is Our HOPE

Romans 12:12 says, "Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer."  

We rejoice in the knowledge that our hope is accompanied by expectation ~ the expectation that He will do what He says He will do. Almighty God is holy and cannot or will not lie. Our hope or expectation is sustained thru Him and we should rejoice therein. I Thessalonians 5:16 "Rejoice everymore." He IS our hope! "Tribulation worketh patience", according to Romans 5:3. We develop the virtue of patience by way of great misery or distress, or in other words ~ trials and storms ~ that we experience in our lives. With the grace of our Lord, we can endure the storms of life and learn this great virtue. Finally, we as Christians, should pray diligently ~ with care and persevering as I Thessalonians 5:17 tells us, "Pray without ceasing."

 Thank Thee, Father, for the great expectation we have in Thee, for supplying Thy grace as we learn patience, and for the open line to Heaven.  Until We Meet Again...