Life Imagined

Hebrews 10:23 -  Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.   The definition of unswerving is steady/unfaltering - not wavering or weakening.  Hope is to  desire with expectation ,  to expect with confidence .   Boy, that's good, isn't it?! We are heading toward the end of 2023.  What is your hope for the future?  Are you expecting something good?     There was a time when I didn't have much hope for my future.  Man, I was tired...  But, Jesus walked right into my situation and brought me through to the other side, restoring my heart, my mind, my finances, my hope.  These things, these stones of remembrance remind me of why I find my hope in His word.   He is faithful and my hope in Jesus should be FULL of confidence and expectation.  Hope sparks my imagination to see God's vision for me.  My husband and I often talk about our vision for the future, ...

Deuteronomy 11:22-23 - If you carefully observe all these commands I am giving you to follow - to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to Him and to hold fast to Him - then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and stronger than you.   What things are trying to take hold of me, give me stress and anxiety?  What about you?  What things are whispering so loudly to you?  When the whispers become all I can hear, where do I go?  When life's whispers become louder than the voice of my maker, I have to stop and remember this promise in Deuteronomy that says if I love the Lord, walk in obedience to Him, and hold fast to Him, He will drive out these things that seem bigger and stronger than me. Oh, praise God!!  When I feel like I'm drowning, He rescues me.     When I remember to run to the One who has shown up time and time again, I will find my deliverance.  I will find my Savi...