In my life right now I feel like the youth David who boldly came against Goliath the Philistine when no man in the Isaelite army would. As a family, our income is paycheck to paycheck, and I’m fighting for truth against a giant corporation.
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Life Is A Fartlek
My husband has a text file stored on his computer entitled, Wise Things I’ve Said. Today he’s adding another to the list which is the title of this entry.
Tonight, My Soul, Be still And Sleep
I found this poem on the Back to the Bible website under the Streams in the Desert devotion I read this morning. It was most likely written my Madame Guyon.
Micheal W. Smith
Micheal W. Smith is a famous Christian singer who was a part of Amy Grant’s band for years when she was really popular. Then he went solo. He had a crossover hit to the secular. He has at least five kids. And I gather he’s a humble man trying to direct people to honor God. I like his version of Rich Mullins’ Awesome God.
Awesome God (live)
In this video, It’s great how the audience spontaneously begins to sing along with Micheal W. Smith as he quietly plays the beginning of Awesome God. There is strength behind Christians sincerely coming together to honor God even when it’s a simple chorus.
David of the Bible
In the Bible, David, the son of Jesse, was a shepherd boy who became the king of Isreal. He is one of the most memorable characters in the Holy Scriptures. I like to learn about him and pull from his life things I could instill in my children.
I Samuel 16 tells the beginning of the path that lead him to be king. Saul, King of Isreal, was a troubled soul and needed something to calm his stress. A young man recommended David to play the harp for him. The Bible gives a description of David. He was one with many talents:
A skillful musician
A mighty man of valor
One prudent in speech
A handsome man
and the Lord was with him.
Lucky the Turtle
There has been alot of rain this month. For some reason when it rains it makes the turtles in ponds near our house come out. A kid found a baby turtle alongside our little paved neighborhood road near a dumpster. The kid gave it to my son Benjamin. The kid thought Lucky would be a good name so it stuck.
The Meeting yesterday
I went to the meeting yesterday. The operations manager basically agreed with the previous decision. He said he would put his decision on hold. I asked him what that meant. Then he said it would need to go to the next level of the peer review process. So I filled out a form to go to the next step. In the next meeting I will meet with someone higher in management who is a director. The director is just below the chief executive officer. After that I will go to a peer review committee consisting of five people, two salaried and three wage earners.
The Goodness of God
I’m not a person who bases my faith on emotional words that I speak insisting that God will do the words I say and pray. God exists and is judicious in how He exercises His power.
My husband heard a Bible passage last week in Sunday School that reminded him of me. It comforts me. Once again, it is from a Psalm and the original author is David.
Psalm 27:12-14
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Strength In Struggles
King Saul wanted to kill David. This was a heavy dark cloud that continuously hovered over his head. But David would take refuge in talking to and trusting in God. I’m going through stressful times right now. So much that my appetite is less and I have lost weight. I have been accused falsely of a deed I did not do.
Sometimes the stress and nervousness takes over and I have to stop and just focus on breathing and work at calming myself down. At least I’m not overwhelmed with the reality that like David someone is pursuing me to end my life!!!!!
News From Guadalupe
Bob “the builder” O’Brien worked with me on house #7 during our Habitat For Humanity Building Blocks 2007. I received an email from him just today. He linked us to the local newspaper that had a slide show of the build. Here it is:
AZ Central
Linda's Thoughts 