food for thought

"When He had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days in the same place where he was." John 11:6

The sounds of silence. Silence is golden unless... we are desperately needing to hear... test results, the safety of a loved one, and most of all - what God's will is for your life. In case you need that answer, His will is for you to be in His presence, totally abandoned to Him. "He shall direct your paths." Too simple? Need detailed instructions? Sorry, that's all you get, that's all any of us get and yet it is everything, for it is the very presence of God. We all deal with complete surrender each and every day and we either do or we don't. When I am faced with a concerning situation, I may at once pray about it, but rarely does it end there. We pray, then we do every thing humanly possible to find an answer. That doesn't mean we are not to act, there are times we must. You cannot say, "I saw my little one running toward the street, I prayed you would stop him, so I'm done here, right?" We all know that is absurd and we would instinctively save our child from harm. God gave us those instincts for our good and the good of others. We do things instinctively all the time, and God is the director of those instincts if we are walking in His presence and so much of the time, through His grace and mercy for us, when we are not. Where we have a spiritual check here is our worry and impatience for a result. We cannot have peace that surpasses all understanding if we cannot be content without knowing the outcome. The sounds of silence, we must all walk through the deafening sounds of silence without fainting, and we will continue to faint away until we surrender all. Is it well with our soul, when sorrows like sea billows roll? It can be, but the choice is up to us each and every day. Are we willing to step out into the darkness of our faith, lay down our lives and surrender all so indeed it is well with our soul? Does that mean we will not grieve, that we will not experience heartache? No. We all will and have had those experiences, but those who walk in the presence of the Lord have a healer, and a revealer of all things worked out to the glory of God for those who trust and walk with Him. Is it well with our soul? That is the question we all will answer one way or another. You don't get to skip it. And if you ignore it, your answer is no. Let us rise to the occasion of the question with total surrender and we will know what it is to be in the presence of the Lord.

Heavenly Father envelop us, may we be caught up in Your Spirit, being poured out for your glory. Ah, the sounds of silence, may they be music to our ears and peace that surpasses all understanding to our souls. In Jesus name Amen

" Turn your eyes upon Jesus , Look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace"

Love to all in Christ Jesus C:)