Corona Devo 1999

My husband has unique interests, and one of his hobbies is making flowers for our yard....out of glass plates.

He saw a glass (plate) flower adorning someone's yard years ago and it caught his eye.  And then he thought, "I could do that".  

And he has.  He's made us a number of flowers and they are really beautiful...and delicate, because they are made of glass.  

If one of these flowers falls...they easily shatter.

~~~

I pulled into our driveway the other day to see one glass flower barely hanging on.  For some reason it had fallen and almost toppled to the (hard) concrete.  Almost.  

That flower was this close to shattering.  It was hanging on by a thread.

Are we barely hanging on today?  

Are we this close to shattering?

Beloved...God knows us.  
Child of the Living God...He sees. us  
And God opens His arms and His Word to us today.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (30) For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”  ~Matthew 11:28-30

I have chosen you and have not rejected you.  (10) So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.  I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  ~Isaiah 41:9-10


 "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  ~John 16:33


Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.  ~Psalm 23:4

~~~

We are not made of glass, but our feelings/our hearts/our dreams/and our souls are delicate.  
We get tired of life's pounding. 
We grow weary of life's woes.  
We get beat down by situations/sorrows/sicknesses/some people.  

We can get to the point where we are barely hanging on, we are this close to shattering...and we have almost toppled.

Almost.  

But--take heart.  God opens His arms and His Word to us today.

But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.  When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.  

(3) For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your stead. 

(4) Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.  (5) Do not be afraid, for I am with you...  ~Isauah 43:1-5

We might be close to hitting-the-concrete today...almost, but we are precious and honored in God's sight.  He's not going to let us shatter today.    


Blessings,  

sarah  

https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com

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