Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Muddy Waters

I am currently living in muddy waters.  A good friend told me once that while sitting on the Chattahoochee, she noticed that the water in the middle was clear and the stones on the bottom visible and shiny.  Whereas the water on the shore was murky and stagnant.  We came to the conclusion that the rocks in the center were visible and shiny because of the water moving above them; whereas the shore was stagnant and yucky because the water didn't move.
So what do we do when we get stuck in muddy waters?  Stagnant and unmoving?  Do we jump out in the rushing water knowing that we will be carried downstream?  Do we fear the not-knowing of where we end up?  Or do we stay in the muddy waters, where it is murky and visibility is blurry or even non-existent?
I Love God's reassurance in Psalm 37:  


4- Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
7-  Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret
18- The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care
23-24- The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.
28- For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones.
37- Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace.
40- The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.


So, some lessons to take from His Word:
Delight in The Lord
Be Still Before the Lord
Wait Patiently For the Lord
DO NOT FRET
Spend the day under The Lord's Care
Allow the Lord to Uphold me in His Hand
Be Faithful to The Lord
Seek Peace
Take Refuge In The Lord

So, not anywhere do we read to hide and lay around in the muddy waters. . . In fear of the unknown . . . To become stagnant.  

So here I go, jumping in the center, Father Hold Me in Your Precious Hands, I Trust You to Carry me to the safe place You have for me.

Your Daughter,
Eve

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