Joy in Supplication

   The above image is my bookmark.  Being so, I see it multiple times each day; but somehow, I failed to take to heart the scripture written on the front.  Isaiah 30:15

   Recently, I was sitting in my room, pleading with my LORD to show me His will for my life at this time.  I felt desperate.  When I had ended my prayer - rather, my entreaty - I took up my book...and what did I see but that precious passage of scripture! "In Quietness and Trust is your Strength."  The LORD had answered my prayer, almost before I had completed it!  It also reminded me of the scripture, "Be still, and know that I am God"  (Psalm 46:10)  As we are going through some trying times, those passages greatly encouraged me and reminded me that my trust should be in the LORD and Him ALONE.  I must not fight against His plan for my life, as it is FAR greater than any that I could even hope to devise.  I must accept His will with humility, quietness, and, I pray, with joy, taking it as yet another adventure that He will use to bring me ever closer to Himself. I hope to say with my whole being, " My LORD, you have my life, my love, my heart, do what you will with me."  Anything that He takes me through, I pray that it would bring me closer to Him.  He knows my every thought, desire and pain etc, (etc etc. etc.......!!) even so, it is a comfort to know that He listens to my every prayer as a Father to the plea of His child, made dear by the PRICELESS blood of Christ Jesus.

   Words do not even come near to expressing the joy that I felt in my LORD after reading that scripture.  I know in my heart what my God is to me, my Father, my best friend, my love, my joy...for eternity!  I cannot fully express my relief, my unbounded delight in how my Heavenly Father comforted me during those few moments.

   I am sorry to get so long-winded, once I started, it all seemed to pour out of me...a natural tendency, more and more frequently displayed!

Look at this one that I just found - we serve an AMAZING God!

   Psalm 116:1-2

   “I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.

Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.”

   One more thing:

   If the Noble Family has read this post, I just want you to know that the LORD has used you POWERFULLY through His Holy Spirit to strengthen me and to reinforce my love for Him - since you were the ones who gave me that priceless gift...the card - now more precious than ever!  It was always special to me because you were the givers but now more than you can know!  I thank the LORD for your friendship and for the way in which you so freely display His unbounded love.

Photo taken by:  Wesley Noble