a Heart's Ramblings.

Prov 20:4 - A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing. Am I plowing in season?  What am I not doing (or doing, but as a hindrance to doing what I should be) right now in this season that will give me "something to find" when the harvest time rolls around?  How am I preparing for what God has told me "later, but not now"? Prov 20:5 - The purposes of a mans heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. Am I drowning (wasting my life) in deep waters of purposes and "maybes" or "somedays" rather than wisely putting them into action by seeking Gods big-picture purpose, finding out the purposes that are from HIM, and seeking Him to help me carry them out?  Prov 19:21: "Many are the plans in a mans heart, but it is the LORDs purpose that prevails." Prov 20:24 - A mans steps are directed by The Lord.  How then can anyone understand his own way? It's actually ok, Solomon s...

Standing on the promises of God.  When confused, worried, discouraged.  He is a rock to those who find refuge in Him! Jer 29:11  For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Rom 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Rom 8:38 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,   39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. Ephesians 5:15-17 Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise,  making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.   Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. Galatians 6:3-4 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.  4 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. John 13:7 Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand." Starting in Romans 9:20 On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, “Why did you make me like this,” will it?  21 Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for ...