Yesterday, I bared a little of my soul to you as I shared about some heart hurts and healings over the last few years. I cannot say enough how much the song HOLD FAST blessed me. May you continue to watch it and be encouraged by it as I was encouraged to not give up...to put one foot in front of the other.
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Last night at different times there were phone calls from Caleb and his wife. One of them is having an extremely difficult work situation. Choosing to stand up for the right will be important, yet difficult. What would Jesus do? These calls came before and after I had posted HOLD FAST...knowing that today I would share another song that ministered to me during my very hard times: MY DELIVERER IS COMING!
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Then, this morning, at just the right time, a dear Pitman sister emailed me: "The Lord kept putting this in my mind while I was at camp. I couldn't find the whole poem for the longest time, and then, He placed it in an email from a friend this morning! GOD IS GOOD! May you be blessed to overflowing this day. I'm learning to Do the Next Thing for the Lord, for my husband, for my family...In him, Alana"
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No matter if your day is staying on schedule or if it careens wildly off course, you can just ask the Lord for guidance, take one step at a time, and as Elisabeth Elliot says, "Do the next thing."
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Do The Next Thing
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"At an old English parsonage down by the sea,
there came in the twilight a message to me.
Its quaint Saxon legend deeply engraven
that, as it seems to me, teaching from heaven.
And all through the hours the quiet words ring,
like a low inspiration, 'Do the next thing.'
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Many a questioning, many a fear,
many a doubt hath its quieting here.
Moment by moment, let down from heaven,
time, opportunity, guidance are given.
Fear not tomorrow, child of the King,
trust that with Jesus, do the next thing.
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Do it immediately, do it with prayer,
do it reliantly, casting all care.
Do it with reverence, tracing His hand,
who placed it before thee with earnest command.
Stayed on omnipotence, safe 'neath His wing,
leave all resultings, do the next thing.
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Looking to Jesus, ever serener,
working or suffering be thy demeanor,
in His dear presence, the rest of His calm,
the light of His countenance, be thy psalm.
Do the next thing."
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Your life is an occasion...RISE TO IT!
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May God minister to each of you through your reading of Matthew 7 this week, the above poem, yesterday's song, today's song...actually, today's song is especially pertinent for Carla in more ways than one:
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MY DELIVERER IS COMING written by Rich Mullins the week before his fatal car crash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3BO5CJbw6Y
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