A few days ago I celebrated the anniversary of my birthday in Christ. Alot has happened in the past 13,519 days. The collection of days since September 14, 1975.
Re-birth.
I think back to what I must’ve been doing 13,520 days ago . . . heading for destruction, the way I remember. Comfortable in a self-dug pit.
Then an altar call a world ago. And, “just as I am” went forward. I still remember the fragrance of the woman who prayed over me when I bowed low before the Lord for the first time. Smelled like deliverance . . . and freedom.
I was unchained from me.
Someone along the journey mentioned the importance of a “life verse.” At the time, I didn’t know what it meant until the grace-moment I received a special word over my life from the treasury of David.
A life verse speaks directly into a situation. It came just in time while I was trying to make sense of a life that was not the way I scripted.
Among the 31,000 verses in Scripture, one was neon and heart-delivered. A luminary to shed light in the dark.
I would have despaired IF I had not believed I would SEE the goodness of God in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13
Sometimes the only thing we see is what we’re facing. It’s then we have to look up and not around.
So, this is etched in the margin of my Bible, fingerprints and tears smearing the memorized;
Life is hard, but God is good. If not for the hope that God would come through in this life, I would give up. Victory is not just in heaven but also here on planet earth. No matter how dark the night, we should never give up our confidence in God’s faithfulness, even when feeling like collapsing under affliction.
It goes on to say in :14 . . . Wait for the Lord and take courage.
I have been a lady in waiting for many things, for many years. But, I have seen the goodness of God in the land of the living. How about you?
God-breathed words written on ancient parchment shows up in the middle of my midnight. When I’m tangled tight and have questions, I let my life verse speak over the sound of life.
All verses bring life.
So, girls (and guys) wear your helmet and don’t lay down your sword . . . not for a moment.
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Ephesians 6:17
Verna
The word is so powerful. We are blessed that our Father in Heaven gave us the most precious gift, breathed by the Holy Spirit that now indwells us.
. . . residing within . . . thank you so much, Hannah (see you tonight, dear writer!)
The word is so powerful. We are blessed that our Father in Heaven gave us the most precious gift, breathed by the Holy Spirit that now indwells us.
. . . residing within . . . thank you so much, Hannah (see you tonight, dear writer!)
Oh Verna,
Psalm 91 is mine. You are absolutely right we can’t put down our swords for even a second. So glad He gave them to us! :0)
Liz – you don’t know the replies, emails, and calls I get from so many hanging on “for life” in Psalm 91 — and we definitely need to stay armed!
PRAISE GOD THAT HE DOESN’T LEAVE US IN THAT PIT! We share the same birthday year, Verna! The Lord lifted me out in August 1975! Thanks be to God for His love, mercy and grace! I love your verse, Psalm 27:13; from the day He picked us up, we have entered the land of the living, forevermore. Hallelujah!
Thanks be to God in Christ Jesus!
I didn’t know that! Our Father must’ve been looking in pits that year . . . smile. I’m grateful forever that He loved us enough to find us, save us, and bring us together as sisters.
PRAISE GOD THAT HE DOESN’T LEAVE US IN THAT PIT! We share the same birthday year, Verna! The Lord lifted me out in August 1975! Thanks be to God for His love, mercy and grace! I love your verse, Psalm 27:13; from the day He picked us up, we have entered the land of the living, forevermore. Hallelujah!
Thanks be to God in Christ Jesus!
I didn’t know that! Our Father must’ve been looking in pits that year . . . smile. I’m grateful forever that He loved us enough to find us, save us, and bring us together as sisters.
Verna – LOVE Psalm 27:13-14, and actually the whole chapter! And Liz – Psalm 91 is a very special Psalm in my marriage!
Thank you for sharing your heart, Verna.
Blessings,
Becky
. . . and Becky, I LOVE Psalm 91 . . . I pray these powerful verses relentlessly over my children . . . all 16 verses are amazing and comforting, but just in knowing . . . the Most High is our refuge . . . doesn’t get better!
Verna, Ah so beautiful to read your post in the quiet of the morning. So grateful for those life verses…I love yours and mine….My Grace is sufficent, my strength shows up best through your weakness…Without those life verses, we would be like ships without a sail! Love you!
. . . isn’t it amazing how yours can be mine, and mine can be yours . . . because the whole word of God is life to us. Thank you, dear friend for your endless encouragement.
Verna, Ah so beautiful to read your post in the quiet of the morning. So grateful for those life verses…I love yours and mine….My Grace is sufficent, my strength shows up best through your weakness…Without those life verses, we would be like ships without a sail! Love you!
That is a beautiful passage of Scripture. It is incredible how God uses all parts of Scripture–even those “less favorite” parts. I’m finding myself encouraged by Job right now–Job, a book that I once skipped over as being a downer. But one section of Scripture that has always spoken to me is Psalm 37, all of it.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
23 The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
It really speaks to me–and I love how it gets the focus off my issues or troubles, whatever they are, and onto His goodness and faithfulness.
That is a beautiful passage of Scripture. It is incredible how God uses all parts of Scripture–even those “less favorite” parts. I’m finding myself encouraged by Job right now–Job, a book that I once skipped over as being a downer. But one section of Scripture that has always spoken to me is Psalm 37, all of it.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
23 The Lord makes firm the steps
of the one who delights in him;
24 though he may stumble, he will not fall,
for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
It really speaks to me–and I love how it gets the focus off my issues or troubles, whatever they are, and onto His goodness and faithfulness.