Well...

Well, I have been lax of late, and it is unforgiveable. I haven't been posting, other than my whine of about a week ago. It ends tonight. I have been lax in my reading as well as my writing. If I don't spend time in His Word, then I am unable to write. God truly is my inspiration. Please, return tomorrow. I am now going to spend time in the Bible and see where the Lord leads.

God bless, and keep your eyes open.

Benjamin and Helen, thank you.

Being beat up

I am feeling beat up tonight. I just got news from my employer that I am getting a paycut. It is going to mean around $300.00 less a month, if not more. Then, a very good friend of mine and I have a falling out. She is royally ticked off at me. I am unable to get her to even talk to me. So you can imagine the mood I am in.

Can someone help me? Can someone give me some scripture or something to encourage me. I'm the one in need this time.

Laying a fleece before the Lord

Today, I was encouraging a friend and I read this passage:

Judges 6:36-40: Gideon said to God, "If you will save Israel by my hand as you have promised- look, I will place a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you said." And that is what happened. Gideon rose early the next day; he squeezed the fleece and wrung out the dew—a bowlful of water. Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me. Let me make just one more request. Allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make the fleece dry and the ground covered with dew." That night God did so. Only the fleece was dry; all the ground was covered with dew.

This got me to thinking. How often do we not seek the will of God for our lives? How often do we not seek God's help? God wants what is best for us at all times, but we need to remain within his will. If we stay there He will help us through the trials that beset us daily. He will make us strong to endure them. He will give us peace.

"Father in Heaven, you are holy and in control of all that happens. Your good and perfect will for our lives encompasses all that we do. First, forgive me for not seeking that will. Second, I ask that you reveal to me what I should be doing and where I should be going. I have made a wreck of my life. I ask you to take control and steer me in the correct course. In the name of Jesus, amen."