Whoever Trusts in the Lord Is Kept Safe

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. — Proverbs 29:25

God asks us to trust in Him.

He will keep us safe when we trust Him.

If we put our trust in people, they will fail us.

If we fear mankind, we'll be trapped in the devil's snare.

But our Lord will keep us safe.

Helping us lie down in green pastures.

 

He Humbled Himself

And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! – Philippians 2:8  

Jesus humbled Himself.

He became obedient to death.

Even death on a cross.

He took on human likeness.

If I had been the only one alive, He still would have died for me.

Fortunately, He died for everyone.

He loves us so!

The Son of Man

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. — Luke 19:10 

Jesus came to seek us out and to save us.

All of us.

And His creation lets us know how much He cares for us.

His ultimate sacrifice on the cross shows us His love.

While we were still sinners, He died for us.

We are grateful.

Whoever Trusts in the Lord Is Kept Safe

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe. — Proverbs 29:25 

Putting our hopes in humans will turn out to be our downfall.

But if we trust in the Lord, He offers to keep us safe.

To trust Him in all things is what's hard at times.

I can trust Him in some things.

Select things that I chooses to turn over.

But there are other things I don't want to let go of.

That's where I've started to create a snare.

But if can trust the Lord completely, I will be kept safe.

What a blessing!

The Father of a Righteous Child Has Great Joy

The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him. – Proverbs 23:24

We are very blessed by our husband and father.

Here he is playing basketball in high school.

He has done a great job of raising up our child and his students.

The father of a righteous child has great joy.

A man who father's a wise child rejoices in that child.

We rejoice!

The Son of Man Came to Save Us

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. — Luke 19:10

Jesus came to save us.

He came to search us out and find us.

He is called Son of Man, Counselor, Redeemer, Savior.

And He loves us as His children.

He came to seek and save the lost.

In Christ All Will Be Alive

For since by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. — 1 Corinthians 15:20-21

Today I got word that the candidate for our job, accepted my offer!

Praise God for His goodness and provision.

I think this is a record for the company, to have filled the position less than two weeks after our previous person left.

Of course, she won't be able to start until May 10, which will put it at 30 days.

To God be the glory for sending just the right person our way.

And we will have another opening in our department in the next few weeks, so we are continuing the interview process.

Fortunately, I will most likely not have to supervise that person.

Four writers is plenty for me right now.

He Gave His Life

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. — Matthew 20:28

Jesus came to serve and to give His life for me.

What a blessing.

What grace.

To me, someone completely undeserving.

I made bean soup for our family for lunch yesterday.

Then I made a few more jars of the mix for another day.

We are blessed.

And thankful.

Going Up To Jerusalem

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. — Matthew 20:17-18

Over the weekend I made oatmeal banana bread.

Our pastor gave a wonderful "parson to person" talk where he explained that sheltering in place gives new meaning to the time of Lent.

Jesus was delivered up in my place.

He took my place on the cross that I deserved.

And he died for my sins.

The third day he rose again from the dead.

And one day we will be with him in paradise.

Love Kindness

He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?  — Micah 6:8

 

God has shown us what is good.

 

He is perfect and good Himself.

He does not ask us to give Him sacrifices or offerings.

Rather, He asks us to do justice.

To love kindness.

To walk humbly with God.

Doing What Is Right

We are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man. — 2 Corinthians 8:21


Today we returned from a fun trip to Paso Robles.

We stopped in Camarillo on our way up to visit the church Kirk grew up in.

Kelly was baptized here.

Mary Magdalen Catholic Church still looks much the same as it did when Kirk attended in the 60s. 

The entire Mass was in Latin except the homily. 

90% of women worn lace head coverings, even the little girls. 

And the mass was sung with shape-note music.

It was a beautiful day.

The priest concentrated on sin for his homily.

He pointed out that even what we consider little sins can cause us to move into bigger sins.

We are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of God, but also in the eyes of our fellow neighbors.