'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

1. 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
and to take him at his word;
just to rest upon his promise,
and to know, 'Thus saith the Lord.'

Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!

2. O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to trust his cleansing blood;
and in simple faith to plunge me
neath the healing, cleansing flood!
(Refrain)

3. Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
just from sin and self to cease;
just from Jesus simply taking
life and rest, and joy and peace.
(Refrain)

4. I'm so glad I learned to trust thee,
precious Jesus, Savior, friend;
and I know that thou art with me,
wilt be with me to the end.
(Refrain)"

Another Year Older.

As I look back on my 21st year I see so many things that God has helped me through and blessed me with! I see valleys and shadows of death and yet I see mountain tops and sunshine too. What a wonderful Father we have! I can truly say that He has blessed me this past year. As I begin this new year of my life I am reminded of a song that we sing at church.

He has shown thee o man what is good, and what does the Lord require of thee?
But to do justly and to love mercy and walk humbly with thy God.

What a wonderful promise this is! And I am truly thankful for all of the friends and family who have helped me through this past year of my life. I love all of you! May God bless all who reads this blog this day!

Coffee and Freinds!

What a wonderful mix! I love my freinds they are amazing! I am truely blessed! Anyway, today was a pretty good day. I am doing a little bit of work on the side until I find something more permanate. So that is helping earn a little extra on the side. God has blessed me with some odd jobs until I can get a full time job. I hope that everyone has a blessed week!

Psaml 37:7-8

Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because a man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from the anger and forsake wrath; do not fret it only leads to evildoing. This verse has helped me so much over the years and I thought it was worth sharing. It is a comfort to know that we aren't in control of our own lives. I would make such a mess of mine! As I have been shown this past summer. God teaches us every day that must be patient and wait until the timing is right. Sometimes we are given a glimpse of what He has promised and we must wait for that promise to be full filled. For me waiting is the hardest part of anything. I'm afraid I'm not very good at it. But I know that He has it under control. Let us rest in that promise this week. May God bless and keep you this week!

From Streams in the Desert.

Fearing to launch on "full surrender's tide,"
I asked the Lord where would its waters glide
My little bark, "to troubled seas I dread?"
"Unto Myself," He said

Weeping beside an open grave I stood,
In bitterness of soul I cried to God;
"Where leads my path I tread?"
" Unto Myself," He said

Striving for souls, i loved the work too well;
The disappointments came, I could not tell
The reason, till He said, "I am thine all;
Unto Myself I call."

Watching my heroes those I loved the best
I saw them fail; they could not stand the test,
Even by this the Lord, through tears not few
Unto Himself me drew.

Unto Himself! Nor earthly tongue can tell
The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell;
The things that charmed me once seem all as naught;
Unto Himself I'm brought.

Writers Block.

Well as you can tell by the title I'm having a little trouble figuring out what to write about today. I have had a pretty whirl wind kind of week. Monday I babysat or rather help baby sit. Tuesday I went and had dinner with the gang before they hed back to their different campuses for the semester. Yesterday I had an interview, I think it went fairly well I wont know much until the end of next week. I am leaving it in Gods hands..I know that He knows what is best and that He is always in control. I hope that everyone is having a good week! May God bless and keep you. Psalms 123:1-4 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens! Behold as the eyes of the servants look to their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of their misstress so your eyes look to the Lord our God, until He is gracious to us for we are greatly filled with comtempt. Our soul is greatly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease and with contempt of the proud.

Trusting Him.

There are parts of our lives and events in out lives that we cannot change. We may not know what fully happened in these events but it should be enough for us to just trust Him and know that God has it under control. And that in these events we are taught something. Whether it be a lesson that we need to learn about ourselves or things that we need to see in another person. This past summer has taught me about the person that I could become without God's saving grace. That person is someone that I never want to see again. But it is still something that I have to struggle and wrestle with to keep it in check. But I do not have to do it alone and that is a great comfort to me. I think that often times are true fleshly selves and desires are allowed to show so that we may be reminded of who we were before His saving grace. I encourage anyone who is struggling desperate to hold on, you are not alone. Romans 3:23-24 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. God bless you this day.