“Rocky Road”

 Isaiah 48:17

The LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says:

 “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is good

and leads you along the paths you should follow.”  (NLT)

     We find comfort in the fact that God’s Word will never lead anyone astray.  His Word is the absolute Truth and the Final Authority—for the Creator cannot be otherwise, for if He were anything less, He would not be God.  We can trust our Redeemer to show us the Way that leads to righteous living, when we surrender to His will and wait on Him to be our Teacher and Guide and our Shepherd and Savior.  The Lord tells us: “I will be your God throughout your lifetime—until your hair is white with age.  I made you, and I will care for you.  I will carry you along and save you” (Isaiah 46:4). 

     Our Lord God and Savior deserves our every thanks and praise for His abundant mercy and amazing grace, but most importantly, for His unconditional love and total forgiveness.  The unconditional love of God never changes even when we reject Him, ignore Him, and rebel against Him.  Our goodness cannot increase God’s love for us, nor can our sinfulness diminish it.  Our steadfast faith does not earn His love anymore than our stupidity jeopardizes it.  He does not love us less if we fail, nor does He love us more when we succeed.  God’s love is not a human emotional kind of love, because it's not dependent on us.  When you let God reign over your life, my friend, allowing Him to direct the paths of your life-journey, you will discover that His Way is never the easy way, but the end results will be well worth the rocky road you travel on through this difficult life of calamity.

                                            A Whisper of Hope

Find comfort, dear child…in knowing Me, for My peace is so unlike the world's peace.  By following My Perfect Plan, I will change the way you think and feel.  I will prepare you for the road ahead and beyond.  When you trust in Me, you will learn how to overcome the Enemy and the lies of this fallen world. I will guide you away from the smooth paths of pleasure and onto the rocky road that leads to your redemption and eternal life.

1 Timothy 4:8

Physical training is good, but training for godliness

 is much better, promising benefits in this life and in 

the life to come.  (NLT)

                      Lead Me in Your truth and teach me, 

                for You are the God of my salvation.

                               (Psalm 25:5)