16 July 2010

Jehovah Jireh, My Provider...

I have to admit that I was a little nervous about quitting my job to stay at home with Emma. I said over and over again that "God will take care of us, I know He will." I was learning to trust Him myself, not just telling that to the people who thought I was crazy.

He really has taken care of us! We got a bill in the mail yesterday, and I called to ask what it was about, because we didn't have the money to pay for it. The lady on the phone just said, "I'll take care of that for you. Don't worry about it." I was so happy.

I often wonder where all of the money that I used to make went. Our income was literally cut in half, yet even with one more family member, we are still faring well, thanks to God providing for us. If we didn't "need" that money then, I wonder what we would do with it now if we still had it? I hope to be a better steward of what God gives us in the future.
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On Distant Shores

I have toiled for countless years and ever felt the cost, and I've been burned by this world's cold, like leaves beneath the frost. On my knees I've crawled to You, bleeding myself dry. But the price of life is more, than I could ever buy.

And off of the blocks I was headstrong and proud, at the front of the line for the card-carrying high-browed, with both eyes fastened tight, yet unscarred from the fight, running at full tilt my sword pulled from its hilt. It's funny how these things can slip away, our frail deeds, the last will wave goodbye. It's funny how the hope will bleed away the citadels we build and fortify. Goodbye!

Night came and I broke my stride. I swallowed hard but never cried. When grace was easy to forget, I'd denounce the hypocrites. Casting first stones. Killing my own.

Then You would unscale my blind eyes and I stood battered but more wise. Fighting to accelerate. Shaking free from crippling weight. With resilience unsurpassed, I crawled my way to you at last. And on my knees, I wept at your feet. I finally believed that You still love me.

~On Distant Shores by Five Iron Frenzy

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