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When life stands between this screen and me, I miss you. It is at these times I know The White Stone is more for me than for you; but thank you for sharing this gathering place with me.

Psalm 13.
Starts in the natural. Ends in the Supernatural.

Look. Identify with the Psalmist.

See that he had feet of clay. See that he had doubts. See that he had fears. See that he questioned. See that he wanted ‘it’ to be different.

Then see what made the difference.

13 (0) For the leader. A psalm of David:
2 (1) How long, Adonai?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
3 (2) How long must I keep asking myself what to do,
with sorrow in my heart every day?
How long must my enemy dominate me?
4 (3) Look, and answer me, Adonai my God!
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death.
5 (4) Then my enemy would say, “I was able to beat him”;
and my adversaries would rejoice at my downfall.
6 (5) But I trust in your grace,
my heart rejoices as you bring me to safety.
(6) I will sing to Adonai, because he gives me
even more than I need.

via Ps 13 KJV;CJB – How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? – Bible Gateway.

BUT.
But I TRUST

AS
As You are bringing me to safety, ABBA I trust. Not

WHEN You bring me to safety.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

I want to practice the BIG DIFFERENCE today. And I want you to, too.

ABBA, thank You. BUT I TRUST and AS not when. You have given us Wisdom here and by Your Strength and Grace we will make use of it today for YESHUA’s sake and our own. So this is my prayer for each dear friend who gathers here today to allow Your wisdom to be applied to this day in us. Someone close and dear is on my mind even now, wanting so much for her to see this passage; to identify and take up this wisdom living. And me too; least I fall myself this very day.
And still we are praying for Terri and family. Kerri. Dori. Pat & Rosalie. Leslie – all those who sit around that table with me. Alyssa and her family. The men and their families of the Baseball Camp this year. Israel: peace and protection. America: repentance and revival. And other dear friends whose faces we see. Thank You for the safe return of the mission teams and for the work done – keep it going HOLY SPIRIT. ABBA, this covers much and yet so little; even so we bring them, baggage and all. Mary: strong and faithful and at risk; comfort her, steady her, protect her and in time bring her through to the new life You have for her. Thank You for reading our hearts and minds and perfecting our prayers for Your Answers and helps to us all in JESUS name.

Seek

Day 20 – Soul Detox

Psalms 34:1-22

Devotional

In order to face the “what ifs” of fear, you must seek God until He takes away your fears.

How different could your life be if you put your full trust in God and strived to seek Him daily?

via Soul Detox | YouVersion.com.

That is a question well worth answering.
Full trust in GOD.
Would full trust in HIM bring you and me to the place of courage to overcome our fears? What does Psalm 34 say?

(4) I sought Adonai, and he answered me; he rescued me from everything I feared.

via Psalms 34:1-22 CJB;NASB – By David, when he pretended to be – Bible Gateway.

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If We What?

Day 15 — Soul Detox

Psalms 27:1-14

Devotional

We are often paralyzed with irrational fear that something may happen. Rather than living by faith, we live by fear. These toxic fears can cripple our lives and rob us of our joy. This week you will read what God’s Word says about toxic fears and how we should face them.

How have you seen your toxic fears influence your actions and thoughts?

via Soul Detox | YouVersion.com.

As you read the Text for today (via the link above or your own copy of Scripture in hand) did you notice NOT to fear is a choice? Did you notice that the Scripture in no way tells us there are not scary things around us?

What about evildoers, adversaries, foes all trying to eat us up? We can be easily paralyzed except for one choice. The choice must be to TRUST.

I mean what does verse 1 say?

Yeshua is our LIGHT – He gets us through any DARKNESS if we TRUST.  And He is our SALVATION – He delivers us from every evildoer, every adversary, every foe that comes against us if we TRUST.

And the Psalmist penned:

Adonai is the stronghold of my life;

of whom should I be afraid?

via Psalms 27:1-14 CJB;NASB – By David: ADONAI is my light and – Bible Gateway.

Of whom indeed should we be afraid?

How’s that for defeating toxic thinking and fear?

You might also check in with SHE READS TRUTH

Unwanted-ness

Our guest today from YOU VERSION opines the state of feeling one is unwanted is the worst disease of humankind. I hope you will read and ponder. Particularly in this Season, what can you and I do to help someone who may be struggling with ‘unwanted-ness’? (Please share, if you will, some of your Christmas plans this year to exalt the LORD JESUS by loving others.)

PARTNER POWER

God formed families to give people closeness. The deepest hurt man can know is to have no one to love and no one who cares. An experienced social worker says, “I have come to realize that it is being unwanted that is the worst disease that any human being can ever experience. For all kinds of diseases there are medicines and cures, but for being unwanted. . . I don’t think this terrible disease can ever be cured.” We who know Christ realize that He can provide warmth and friendship. Still, we need human companionship. Thus, an important purpose of the family is to provide human warmth, touch, and friendship. In that closeness, we develop strength.

There is great power in partnership. God gave us each other to strengthen one another. Husbands look at life with a different perspective than do wives. Wives see things that husbands overlook. The way Abigail was able to cool David’s anger is an excellent illustration of the way men and women complement each other (1 Samuel 25). The wise husband listens to his wife, and the wise wife hears her husband.

Even the cynical writer of Ecclesiastes recognizes the power of partnership. He says: There is one alone, without companion: He has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labors, Nor is his eye satisfied with riches (Ecclesiastes 4:8).

via Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with God | YouVersion.com.

And before I close for today. Something that made my eyes happy in Tennessee.

My Brother’s Horses

My Sister’s (in-law) November Rose

A Joy-full day to you, dear Friends,

Blessings of Joy and Peace,