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Plugging away....One Day at a Time

 “this (& everyday!) is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it” Psalm 118:24 

“This I call to mind & therefore I have hope: the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness....the Lord is good to those who wait for Him.  It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:21-26

Amen! These are 2 of my favorite passages. What hope and joy the truth they proclaim, simple yet profound, they bring to my heart, mind and soul to face whatever the day brings! God made me, He made the day, He knows me fully, He loves me fully and faithfully, He fully knows and is sovereignly in control of what He allows to happen in my day, bringing new mercies full & fresh to each one! And as the saying goes “what’s in the well comes up in the bucket.” Or as God’s Word puts it, “from an overflow of RF, the mouth speaks.” Matthew 12:34 filling up my heart & mind with the hope and joy from the truth and promises of God’s Word, so that’s what comes out in what I say and do! It helps direct and keep my focus on what’s true and good as I head into the radiation oncology unit to get my daily dose of cell-cycle interruption beams at 11:30 everyday. Simple yet profound as it works too.  I don’t feel anything at the time, but starting to feel the effects building up in the form of sunburn-like stinging of the skin.  A dear friend got me a tub of cream specially for radiated skin to use 2-3 times a day to help with the effects. One day at a time...

That’s another reason I love to memorize and meditate on these hope-full vereses...they increase the Holy Spirits vocabulary in my life! (Paraphrased from Cynthia Heald). They encourage me to persevere and choose contentment as He refines, sanctifies & rewards (storing up eternal treasure!) me in and though the trials. I have only this life to give myself fully for Jesus, who gave Himself fully for me...I want to be resolved to remain right where God has me until He brings me out. I know all too well that I am far from perfect so if the sufferings gives me an opportunity to be perfected, forged into a more useful tool in the hands of my Maker to yield good in my & others’ lives all while bringing great glory to Him, I’m in! want to take pleasure in being at God’s disposal.

“...we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint, because God’s love has been poured  into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given us.” Romans 5:3-5

“For I consider that the present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18

“A man who is little in his own eyes will account every affliction or trial as little and every mercy as great”! Jeremiah Burroughs 


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