Smiling at the future...what a wonderful, whimsical, UNBELIEVABLE thought....
Well...unbelievable... except for one tiny point...the BIBLE tells us in Proverbs 31...that this smiling thing is what woman who fear the LORD do...they learn to smile at the future...so let's continue searching the Scriptures to see just how come we can line ourselves up with that verse...and relax a little...so our GOD-given smiles can beak through.
I take great comfort in the fact that JESUS will leave the 99 good little sheep and go after my kid, the naughty, rebellious little sheep. I love the fact that JESUS goes and searches for that little sheep...cause that 1 little sheep is so important and valuable to HIM...and that JESUS'S mission is to bring that little wandering sheep home...with great rejoicing!!!! I hide my fears in the truth that IT IS NOT GODS WILL THAT ANY OF MY CHILDREN SHOULD PERISH.
And here's the proof, Matthew 18:10-14 (ESV)
“See that you do not despise gone of these little ones. For I tell you that in Heaven their angels always see the face of MY FATHER who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So lit is not the will of MY FATHER who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish."...that's a JESUS quote!
I breathe easier inhaling the truth that our GOD is LORD...and that HE can do anything...nothing is beyond HIM.
And here's the proof, Jeremiah 32:27 (NAS)
"Behold, I am the LORD, the GOD of all flesh is anything too difficult for ME?"...that's a FATHER quote!
I rest in the fact that HE is GOD...the Great Creator... WHO has made everything out of nothing...HE made my kids...HE knows my kids...i can trust HIM with my kids.
Proof text, Isaiah 45:11-12
Thus says the LORD, the Holy ONE of Israel, and his MAKER. “Ask ME about the things to come concerning MY sons, And you shall commit to ME the work of MY hands“ It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with MY hands And I ordained all their host.
I lay my head down at night on the pillow of HIS Sovereignty....I close my eyes and rest in HIS ruler-ship knowing that...wherever my kids are...whatever they are doing...whoever they are with...whatever they are contemplating...GOD is higher still.
Cause it says, Psalm 103:19 (NAS)
The LORD has established HIS throne in the Heavens and HIS Sovereignty rules over all.
There you have it girls! We are surrounded with plenty of scriptures that will put a smile on even the most stoic faces!
These are just a few verses and smile builders!
The WORD is full of them and they are there for the taking...to hold up, admire, and believe in!
Girls...after this... you and i... should be wearing smiles... to light up the whole town!
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Well...unbelievable... except for one tiny point...the BIBLE tells us in Proverbs 31...that this smiling thing is what woman who fear the LORD do...they learn to smile at the future...so let's continue searching the Scriptures to see just how come we can line ourselves up with that verse...and relax a little...so our GOD-given smiles can beak through.
I take great comfort in the fact that JESUS will leave the 99 good little sheep and go after my kid, the naughty, rebellious little sheep. I love the fact that JESUS goes and searches for that little sheep...cause that 1 little sheep is so important and valuable to HIM...and that JESUS'S mission is to bring that little wandering sheep home...with great rejoicing!!!! I hide my fears in the truth that IT IS NOT GODS WILL THAT ANY OF MY CHILDREN SHOULD PERISH.
And here's the proof, Matthew 18:10-14 (ESV)
“See that you do not despise gone of these little ones. For I tell you that in Heaven their angels always see the face of MY FATHER who is in heaven. What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. So lit is not the will of MY FATHER who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish."...that's a JESUS quote!
I breathe easier inhaling the truth that our GOD is LORD...and that HE can do anything...nothing is beyond HIM.
And here's the proof, Jeremiah 32:27 (NAS)
"Behold, I am the LORD, the GOD of all flesh is anything too difficult for ME?"...that's a FATHER quote!
I rest in the fact that HE is GOD...the Great Creator... WHO has made everything out of nothing...HE made my kids...HE knows my kids...i can trust HIM with my kids.
Proof text, Isaiah 45:11-12
Thus says the LORD, the Holy ONE of Israel, and his MAKER. “Ask ME about the things to come concerning MY sons, And you shall commit to ME the work of MY hands“ It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with MY hands And I ordained all their host.
I lay my head down at night on the pillow of HIS Sovereignty....I close my eyes and rest in HIS ruler-ship knowing that...wherever my kids are...whatever they are doing...whoever they are with...whatever they are contemplating...GOD is higher still.
Cause it says, Psalm 103:19 (NAS)
The LORD has established HIS throne in the Heavens and HIS Sovereignty rules over all.
There you have it girls! We are surrounded with plenty of scriptures that will put a smile on even the most stoic faces!
These are just a few verses and smile builders!
The WORD is full of them and they are there for the taking...to hold up, admire, and believe in!
Girls...after this... you and i... should be wearing smiles... to light up the whole town!
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