{I wrote this sometime last week when Jase was a little sickling, just so you know he is doing much better now. :)}
Sometimes in life we just have to declare what we know to be true. There is something about going beyond the knowing, beyond the believing, and actually declaring into existence the truth that you know deep in your heart. Declaring truth over the worries and “what ifs” that can easily cloud your mind. Declaring truth over the doubt in your heart. Declaring truth over all the lies that are overwhelming your heart. Declaring truth in whatever circumstance you find yourself in.
This morning I sit wide awake on the couch at 4am writing this on my iPad. Jase woke up screaming inconsolably at 2:45am and I could not figure out what was going on. After finally being able to calm him, nurse him and rock him to sleep, it was 3:15am and I was wide awake. Not to mention starving since I have not nursed in the middle of the night in I don’t know how long. As I sit on the couch with my pre-breakfast toast, tv sound faded in the background, I hear a whisper in my souls to read Psalms 91. So I pick up my iPad off the dusty coffee table, in the disastrous living room, and I read. I read and am encouraged about all the things I seem to forget when worry clouds my mind. When the “what ifs” run rampant.
Something sticks out to me in the version before my eyes, the words “I declare…This I declare about the Lord…” In other words, this is what I know to be true. This is who I know God to be. This is who I believe God is in my heart. And maybe my mind is clouded by my worries, but “this I declare about the Lord…”
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.
His faithful promises are my armor and protection.
I will make The Lord my refuge, I will make the Most High my shelter. No evil will conquer, no plague will come near me. For the Lord has ordered his angels to protect me wherever I go.
The Lord will rescue those who love Him, protect those who trust in Him. I will call and He will answer.
I will find rest in the Almighty.
This I declare about the Lord.
And I will keep on declaring it, because I know it to be true, and I believe it to be true. He is my God and I trust in Him.
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I love this and I so need the Lord to take over right now. I'm ill, pissed, aggravated and frustrated. Nothing has went right since SAturday at 4:30 pm when my uncle died of a massive heart attack. Now i'm in the process of activating a new phone with an old number and you'd think it was the hardest thing ever and I've spent 3 days and 10 hours in those 3 days on the phone. hours of my life I can't get back. I'm down to tears b/c I'm that aggravated and frustrated.
I LOVE these wallpapers, they are such a good reminder for me in dark times. Thank you so much!