Susan's Blog: Five Minute Friday

Saturday, November 09, 2013

Five Minute Friday – Truth Be Told

LORD, the truth be told,

I’ve been struggling

with fear and doubt

Try as I might

I can’t control the future

or guess what will happen tomorrow

In my fear

I’ve gotten my eyes off of You LORD

Forgotten

that You are able

that You have a good and perfect plan

which You are working out in my life

I’ve lost sight of the fact

that You walk with me always

both in the peaks and valleys of my life

You use all circumstances

To help me grow and change

You expose my sin

So that I will confess and repent

You buff out that which is displeasing to You

and reveal conduct unbecoming a Christian

Help me walk by faith

May I not doubt Your goodness

or Your ability to accomplish what concerns me today

May I remember that with each step I take

You are with me

You alone know what my future holds

You are perfectly able to direct my path

Help me to keep my eyes on You Lord

Not my circumstances

Not the people that surround me

Help me to trust You

Tenaciously

Unswervingly

to the end

It’s another Saturday morn and I wanted to participate in Lisa-Jo Baker’s FiveMinute Friday writing challenge. Head over to her website “Lisa Jo Baker Tales from a Gypsy Mama”. Be sure to read some of the entries from other writers. I can promise you that you will be blessed.

3 comments:

Denise said...: This is lovely Susan, and I love the picture and verse! :) How blessed we are that He always walks beside us and directs our paths!

Have a beautiful day full of His amazing grace friend!
Denise; 3:45 AM
Ceil said...: Hi Susan! I can really relate to the fear you express. I do tend to fuss about the future, and look to mistakes in the past. I suppose it reflects my lack of trust.

I pray that I will be able to trust more, and see the truth that he has me covered. And he'll never leave me.

Have a blessed day!
Ceil; 10:42 AM
Anonymous said...: I'm a planner. I even plan buffer time so my daily organization doesn't get blowm up. However, I am learning - to throw up my hands and just give it all to HIm - and there is liberation in that. But like Dr Manette in A Tale of Two Cities - I need time to learn how to handle this liberation.

Thank you for your prayer - it was a beautiful way to start my day!; 8:25 AM

My Colors Will Be Clear

I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Spirit power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I'm a disciple of His. I won't look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

My past is redeemed, my present makes sense, my future is secure. I'm finished and done with low living, sight seeing, smooth knees, color-less dreams, tamed visions, mundane talking, "chinchy" giving and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need position, promotions, or popularity. I don't have to be right, first, tops, recognized, praised, regarded or rewarded. I now live by presence, learn by faith, walk by patience, lift by prayer, and labor by power.

My face is set, my gait is fast, my destination is heaven, my road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few. My Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured away, turned back, deluded or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy, ponder at the pool of popularity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up, paid up, and preached up for the cause of the One that gave me life, drew the line in blood for me in the hour of my destiny.

I am one of Christ's remnant people. I belong to Him and none other. All I do to bring this life to another is done because of that blood covenant poured out for me.

I must go till He comes, give till I drop, preach till all know, and work till He stops me. I must share will all that one more might hear and be drawn from the flaming darkness that longs to consume. Reach for another, touch but one more!

Until that moment...He will have no problem in recognizing me- my colors will be clear!!!

Not only are the words inspiring but so is the man behind them. The above letter was written by a Pastor in Africa who was undergoing severe persecution. On the eve of his execution he sat down and wrote the above note.

Saturday, November 09, 2013

Five Minute Friday – Truth Be Told

3 comments:

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