Devos: February '24

Trust in the Valleys

Trusting You in the Valleys, when the road is rough and shakey...

It's never an easy thing to do...

To trust You when the pathway is dark, hidden in the shadows and fog...

To trust You when the trail is wet and slick, and every step forward is a struggle.

To lean on You and Your strong staff, when my own legs give way under me...

To lean on You and Your unfailing love, when everything around me is chaos...

To lean on You and Your truth, when the world is filled with Lies...

To rest in You and Your provisions, when all seems to be falling apart...

To rest in You and Your meadows of healing herbs, when all I can see is bareness and rocks...

To rest in You and Your still waters, when I all I see are rushing floodwaters...

Creator of Life, Breath, and all Good Things, I cry out to you in the midst of everything...

This day, This night, and evermore!

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Love in the Midst of the Storms...

As we walk the pathway our Creator has set before us...

As we face the bitter Storms with icy winds...

As we face the treacherous Floodwaters with hidden currents...

As we face the harsh dust storms that sandblast everything in sight...

He holds out His nail-scared hands which He got in Love for you and me...

He offers safe shelter to us under His prayer shawl...

He offers higher ground upon the Rock which is our salvation...

He offers a hiding place within the shelter of His sheepfold...

He beckons us to come and sup with Him...

He offers us healing herbs from His green meadows...

He offers us sweet honey & milk from His promised land...

He offers us wild pheasants from His wilderness...

Come and Feast with the Lover of Your Soul...

Come and Sup with the One who died for you...

Come and Rest with the Prince of Peace...

This day, this night, and Evermore!

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Safe in His Refuge

Rest in Me, my children...

When you are too exhausted to lift your voice...

When you are too weak to take the next step...

When you are too worn to see what lies before...

When you are too tired to lift your head...

Run to Me, my children...

When doubts crush your soul...

When fears cloud your mind...

When bitter tears stain your face...

When brokenness overwhelms your heart...

Come to Me, my children

When you need Rest...

When you need Refreshing...

When you need Restoring...

When you need Renewal...

I stand ready to Forgive, Revive, and Heal if you call out to Me.

My forgiveness may not take away the hardships...

My reviving may not take away the struggles...

My Healing may not happen in the time you think...

Yet My Peace settles in as my nail-scarred hands wrap you in my Hug, safe within the shelter of the wings of my prayer shawl.

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Snow and the Snow Moon...

Sitting in awe, at all Your hands have made.

The snow falling soft, melting into early spring rain...

The bright Snow Moon rising full in the bitterly cold night...

The silvery light illuminating the early flowers beckoning spring...

Standing in amazement, at all Your hands heal...

The broken heart of a humbled man...

The wounds of a soul long forgotten...

The scars of a woman betrayed...

All touched by Your nail-scared hands....

Bowing low in worship, at all You do...

Creating the world in which we dwell...

Holding it all together...

Knitting us all together while still unborn...

Dying upon the Tree, our souls to set free...

Jesus, we thank You...

We praise You...

We worship You...

This day, this night, and evermore...

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