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[cimi]

MAY 11
Friday

READ: 2 SAMUEL 15:13-26
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My flesh and my heart
fail; but God is the
strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
__Psalm 73:26
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David fled Jerusalem, driven from his home by his son Absalom, who had gathered an army of supporters. As he escaped, he instructed Zadok, his priest, to take the ark of God back to Jerusalem and to lead his people in worship there. "If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord," he mused, "He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place." But if not, "Here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him" (2 Sam. 15:25-26).
Perhaps, like David, you've lost the power of self-determination. Someone has seized control of your life, or so it seems.
You may fear that circumstance and human caprice have overturned your plans. But nothing can frustrate God's loving intention. Tertullian (150-220 Ad) wrote, "[Do not regret] a thing which has been taken away..by the Lord God, without whose will neither does a leaf glide down from a tree, nor a sparrow of one farthing's worth fall to the earth."
Our heavenly Father knows how to care for His children and will allow only what He deems best. We can rest in His infinite wisdom and goodness.
Thus we can echo David's words: "Here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him." __David Roper
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you are helpless in life's fray,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~God's mighty power will be your stay;~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~Your failing strength He can renew,~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~For He's a God who cares for you. __D. De Haan~~~~~~~~~~
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WE CAN LEAVE OUR CARES WITH GOD
BECAUSE GOD CARES.

[Mackenaw]

Thank you, Cimi, for sharing and bringing this writing to us. It is something I think about a lot. In time of great stress, will I remember? Experience and my past says, nope you'll lose it, and go into the pit -- but I choose to flick those thoughts out of my mind, and humbly go before The Lord and ask for forgiveness of my momentary doubt and ask Him for strength and perseverence and allow my faith to stand on His promises. God will handle "the what ifs", my heart wants His will to be my will. Give me strength Lord, in the blessed name of Jesus. Flesh, you may fail me, but my Father in Heaven will not. David's words inspire me, must be The Holy Spirit. Wooooooooohooooooooo! Thank You Jesus.