We Have Made It Thus Far

Greetings dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, We have made it thus far! Yes, we singly and collectively have made it thus far and in my reading yesterday morning in Colossians 2:6 and 7, for it is written, "Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith , just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.", it was made possible by Jesus Christ. How rich and merciful and gracious and good is our God. You might recall last week's posting about visiting the nursery, well the saga continues... All the beautiful flowers and plants that we bought needed to be repoted. We decided to add a little flair to our backyard so purchased two planters boxes with lattices for the clematis and for some bulbs and other flowers and placed it against the house by the back deck. Naturally it needed to be assembled! We started last Thursday and yesterday it was finally completed and ready for planting. Needless to say our bodies are a lot sore and tired but looking at the finished project it was so worth the time and effort put into it. We knew going in that it was going to be hard work and yet we had to step back and realize that it was not going to be done in a few hours. For that reason the scriptures that I had read yesterday became so vividly clear that my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ is not over yet - and actually it has just begun once again for the journey of faith continues to be one day at a time and only He knows how much and how far each day's work takes for each one of us. He has and continually gives us desires and wants and needs for only by being firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in our faith can we accomplish anything in our lives. Dear and precious sisters-in-Christ, we have made it thus far by the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ and may we give Him the praise - let us pray - Abba Father, Glorious LORD, how great is Your Love, thank You that it far surpasses any other Love for it is Your Lovingkindness and Steadfast love that keeps us firmly rooted. For when we received Christ Jesus the Lord, our journey of faith began and all we have ever needed to do was walk in You. You firmly rooted us and You are building us up and have established our Faith. Lord wherever you have firmly rooted each dear and precious sister-in-Christ, today may we singly and collectively be overflowing with gratitude and with hands lifted high and voices raised in praise may be thank You for this day for it is only possible that we can shout, we have made it thus far by Your tender mercies and abounding grace. In Jesus Name, Amen. Blessings and have an overflowing with gratitude day,

LyndiaSue