"I waited patiently"

"I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the muck and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord." Psalm 40: 1-3

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him." Psalm 62:5

I write today with a new song in my mouth. As I write today my feet are set on the solid rock of Jesus Christ. My soul is at rest and my hope comes only from him.

I thank all of you have written and called to encourage and lift us up this week. While the battle continues to rage, we have felt some of the darkness lift. I was reminded of these two scriptures today from a friend back in Frankfort. These scriptures hung on the mirror in our bathroom for two years. I had forgotten to take them down before we moved and our friend who is living in our home until it sells wrote to encourage me with these scriptures as well as tell me how they have encouraged her. How refreshing to be reminded this morning of just how very stable our God is. We serve an incredibly capable and mighty God. There is nothing- NOTHING that he cannot do. I am filled with joy today to become reacquainted with these favorite scriptures.

Thank you Father for your precious word.

I want to share Psalm 91 with you this morning. Thank you - so many of you - who pray diligently for us. We feel your prayers! We pray for you as well- please know that!

"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.' Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge- then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread upon the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. 'Because he loves me,' says the Lord, 'I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him and show him my salvation.'" Psalm 91:1-16

Father, thank you for hiding me under the shelter of your feathers, thank you for the refuge I find under your wings. Thank you for the safe place you provide me when the night is full of terror and the day is full of arrows. Thank you for the promise I find in your word- that you have sent your angels to cover me, that you recognize the darkness around me yet you will never allow me more than what I am able to flee from. Thank you for being with me in trouble and for delivering me! Praise be to you and glory to your name, Father! I love you. Amen.