Today is my wife's birthday. What will the new year bring for her, for the two of us together?
Yet the LORD is His providence made us open His Word in John 10 : 4 this morning, a meditation from the book "Streams in the Desert"
The Saviour goes before us. So whatever awaits us is encountered first by Him. This is the blessed life - not anxious to see far down the road nor overly concerned about the next step, nor eager to choose the path nor weighted down with heavy responsibilities of the future, but quietly following the Shepherd, one step at a time.
The oriental shepherd always walked ahead of his sheep. He was always out in front. Any attack upon the sheep had to take him into account first. Now God is out in front of us. He is in our tomorrows, and it is tomorrow that fills people with fear. Yet God is already there. All the tomorrows of our life have to pass through Him before they can get to us.
God is in every tomorrow,
Therefore I live for today,
Certain of finding at sunrise,
Guidance and strength for my way;
Power for each moment of weakness,
Hope for each moment of pain,
Comfort for every sorrow,
Sunshine and joy after rain.
Quoted from "Streams in the Desert" - January 14
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