The Word of the Lord Never Fails

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, In my younger years when our children were still at home and when we had movie night one of our favorites was "Princess Bride". There was a scene in which a few words were spoken and I find myself repeating them. The scene was the princess was kidnapped late at night and soon after they set sail one of the kidnappers saw a boat following them but was not concerned but looking back soon afterwards the boat was gaining on them to which he made a remark that that it was impossible at least 3 or 4 times. Another character seeing that the boat was defying what had been said and he responded to the man, "You keep saying that. I don't think it means what you think it means!" I have been hearing comments lately and in order to understand and try to digest the information and make some sense of it this scene and these statments came to my mind. So going to the Lord and seeking His truth there were three verses that I began to add to my pathway of Faith. The first is found in Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever." The second verse is found in Luke 1:38, "And Mary said, "Behold, the "bondslave" of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your words." The third is found in 1 Peter 1:25, "BUT the word of the LORD endures forever." Our God is a Good God! There are so many circumstances and challenges in every person's lives on a daily basis that life is overwhelming at times. And just like in the movie mentioned above the situations in our lives are so very real and we hope at times that it was a bad movie or even a bad dream. Also several years back we attended a home bible study and our leader of the group, a dear and precious sister-in-Christ, would always bring the discussion back on tract and ask, "Where is that in the bible?" So, for me I must focus upon the eternal instead of the temporal. And sometimes I even have to say as Mary did, "may it be done according to your words" because I do not understand His ways or His understanding for I have been given a limited mind. I thought it would be appropriate to attach a picture that my mother-in-law painted and has been hanging in our home(s) for many, many years. How gracious and magnificent and amazing and marvelous is our Lord. Let us pray - Abba Father, we come before Your throne of Grace and lift our arms in praises to Thee. Thank You for giving us the gift of life. Thank You for Your Son. Lord, I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ and ask that You would surround them with Your Goodness and Faithfulness and Lovingkindness as they start their day and at the end of their day give them a peace and rest to trust in You at all times. In Jesus Name, Amen.

LyndiaSue