day 24 intentionally-praise report!

patience required to see the beauty...

It has been a whirlwind here! Prayer, prayer and more prayer.  Coming to an end, a breaking point, an on your knees, desperate pleading point...and He's there the entire time.  We've had amazing and wonderful news for hubby getting a GREAT job!  To God ALONE be the glory!  How foolish is this heart of mine to think things come easily in this life.  They have come easily but I hadn't realized why.  I'm the forever optimist (for the most part) and know God is faithful in His provision for His children.  I know this and have always believed it.  But when this job hunt took longer than I could've imagined (and I humbly say it took such a short time in comparison to so many others in this situation) I really realized He gives and He takes away; to God alone be the glory.  

Praising Him for His continued faithfulness to care for our needs..and continuing to patiently remind me when I begin to doubt...

day 23 intentionally...being carried

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

...humbled by His grace...my heart rejoices...

Day 22 intentionally-quiet hope

But this I call to mind,
    and therefore I have hope:

²² The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^[b]
    his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.
²⁴ “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    “therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
²⁶ It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke in his youth.

Lamentations 3:23-27

This morning...remembering He is faithful.  Have a blessed morning.