encouraging girls of all ages to take their places in the Kingdom
Poetry and Ponderings by Shelly
The Lord had a season with me where He spoke to me very much through creation. He still does but in this season I went and delivered a message at a women’s addiction recovery home with an arsenal of poems all about birds.
There have been many times that I was afraid to move into an unknown area even when I felt it was the Lord doing the pushing.
We don’t choose the kind of rain that comes, How hard it falls or when it’s all done.
For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness…(1 Thessalonians 2:4-5)
Today I turn 50 years old. Hard to believe really. When I started walking with Jesus, I was a scared little girl afraid to pray out loud or even speak in front of people.
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. (Job 13:15)
So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us.
I have wondered often if my heart is truly bent to the Lord or merely to His work.
It is not an easy thing to be found faithful in this walk with Christ. We will be tested again and again to see where our loyalty does lie.
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1)
