One hurried Thursday morning, as I was eating breakfast with my son prior to bringing him to school, I glanced once more behind me and stared at those two words on our mantelshelf.
“Be careful at school. Always pray…” I reminded my son.
“Yes, mom. You, too,” he replied as he took the last piece of his scrambled egg.
“Proverbs 3:5?” I abruptly queried and made his memory juggled a bit.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding,” was his quick reply, along with a few gulps of cold milk.
“Remember that…Start your day with the Lord. End your day with the Lord,” I ended the conversation as we got up and placed the dishes on the sink, washed our hands and our hands meeting together as we bowed our heads to talk to the One Who already knew what would happen that day. Events that were uncertain most of the time to us.
And those two words I claimed silently as we both prayed while standing on His ground with confidence, knowing that everything Jesus said was true. He left so many proofs. He left His Word. He shared so much about the Kingdom. He gave so much love. None could fathom. But because of what He did to save humanity, I would always remind myself to trust first on Him and not with my own understanding. “Because His ways and thoughts are higher than ours…”
So, I will choose to always BELIEVE…and have FAITH….no matter what comes my way... At each passing seconds...Knowing that He does know. And He promised to never leave nor forsake those who loves Him. For each hour, we don’t need to see….True followers believe by faith… True followers see through their hearts...
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| the reminders on our mantel |
“For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.” – James 1:3 [NLT]
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” – Hebrews 11:1 [NIV]
“In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” – Ephesians 6:16 [NIV]
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” – Hebrews 11:6 [NIV]
