Thank you Lord for a better day. Not better for any amazing reason, better because even while it was hard – I found Jesus waiting for me every time I looked for him. More than once today I needed the Lord’s strength, and every time is was there the moment I needed it. Resting in His word are the answers to everything.
So tonight I’m going to share with you the many different verses that the Lord put in my path today to encourage, strengthen, and enable me to continue moving forward. Like I said, I needed quite a bit of help today, so there are more verses than usual. But if you can hang on and read them all, I think you will be amazed at just how perfect His words were for me today…
Colossians 1:9-12
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. 11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light.
What comforting words for wisdom, understanding, strength, endurance and patience. All things we need on a daily basis.
Psalm 126:4-6
4 Restore our fortunes, Lord, as streams renew the desert. 5 Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. 6 They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest.
A gentle reminder that now, as we share our tears, planting seeds, one day there will be a harvest. We will never know the impact of Kayleigh’s life until we get to heaven, and that is ok. We know God promises a harvest with shouts of joy!
And finally…
John 16:33
33 I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
What more fitting verse could God have given me to end my day on? He has told me all these things so I may have His peace. There is no better gift.
So again I will say, thank you Lord for a better day. I am looking forward to what He has in store for tomorrow.
Until tomorrow,
‘Carrow💜
This precious treasure was done just weeks before Kayleigh went home to be with Jesus. It lays by my bedside so I can hold her hand for just a moment each night before I go to sleep. How thankful I am for such a treasure.
