Good Intentions

"Rejoice always
pray without ceasing
in everything give thanks;
for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus." ~ I Thessalonians 5:16-18

"In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." ~ Psalm 138:3

The good intentions were there, but between starting the day and ending the day yesterday, messes exploded and we fell prey to Satan's tactics.

A partially good day.

Partially means not all, because there were some parts that were not so good, downright bad.

What good is partially good?

God is good all the time. Why can't we?

TRUST

Run, walk
the race
Live
life
before you
upon you
now
with
stamina
strength
endurance

without stumbling
or falling
into the pit
of self-pity
self-preoccupation
of giving up

Barely out of
the starting gate
and already
we have had
enough?
We must depend
on God
for everything
We cannot depend
on ourselves
or others

God is who we look to
God is who we confide in
We must stay rooted
in Him
We must abide in
His Love
We must not dwell...
We must not
let incidents
crop up and grab hold
of us
and take us
down paths
we know
we should not go.

We must keep our focus
on the Lord Jesus

With our trust
in Him,
we will
ALWAYS
see
the clear road ahead
He will
protect us
from
needless
worry and obsession.

Today is the Day

FEBRUARY 23, 2015 ... Four days have passed.

"This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it." ~ Psalm 118:24

It was a decent enough day until 1:15 p.m. when things started to unravel. We went down the path of saying things we didn't mean and believing them anyway and letting anger get the best of us. It wasn't until many hours later that we kicked Satan off his holier than thou negative attitude and returned God to His rightful place, where He belongs all the time.