Moment By Moment

In Bible Study Fellowship this morning we sang this song that I had never heard before "moment By Moment". This is a song that I need to memorize. The truths are so simple, yet so powerful. If only I could trust Jesus every minute of every hour to be all that I need Him to be. There is not one need that I have that He cannot take care of, if I would just lay it at His feet.
Why is that so hard for me to do? There are just as many scriptures that speak these truths.
God wants to be near to me and wants me to rely on Him as I rely on air to breathe. I pray that I can commit these truths to my heart and live life accordingly.

Moment By Moment
Daniel W. Whittle, 1893

Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;
Living with Jesus, a new life divine;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine.

Moment by moment I'm kept in His love;
Moment by moment I've life from above;
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;
Moment by moment, O Lord, I am Thine

Never a trial that He is not there,
Never a burden that He does not bear,
Never a sorrow that He does not share,
Moment by moment, I'm under His care.

Never a heartache, and never a groan,
Never a teardrop and never a moan;
Never a danger but there on the throne,
Moment by moment He thinks of His own.

Never a weakness that He does not feel,
Never a sickness that He cannot heal;
Moment by moment, in woe or in weal, (had to look weal up, it means well)
Jesus my Savior, abides with me still.

Moment by moment, I'm kept in His love,
Moment by moment, I've life from above.
Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,
Moment by moment, O Lord I am thine.

God's Word Is Powerful

Priscilla McNabb sent me this link today about the people in Indonesia recieving the Bible for the first time in their native language. I was so humbled in watching it realizing that there are many days I don't even pick up one of the plethora of Bibles that I have in my house. God forgive me. I repent of my complacency and ask my God to renew my excitement to commune with Him each day and hear what He has to say to me. God you are so awesome to talk to me in such remarkable ways.

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Our First Christmas After

Well, Christmas is now over and it is a New Year. We missed my father terribly, but we made it through. It helped that we were with family and especially small children that we could focus on. I am so thankful for the extra time I got with my mother. Steve is so sweet and supportive and doesn't mind the extra time I was either away with us shopping or going to the movies, or just her coming and spending the night at the house. The best part of my relationship with my mother is the spiritual connnection we share. We get to have some great conversations and some really special times in prayer together.

I had seen these "memorials" on line and I thought about buying her one, and then I said "you can write one yourself". So I did. It was important to me that she know that Daddy was not forgotten this holiday and she wasn't the only one still missing him.

He was your life,
You were his dear wife.
“Till death do we part”
You pledged from the start.

How hard that reality would be
You could not have known,
When he went home to His Lord
And you were left here alone.

So many good times the two of you did share,
But having them and not him is so hard to bear.
You miss his sweet voice and holding his hand
How do you go on without your best friend?

You have known so much happiness,
You have had your cup full of joy,
And your memories are a gift from God
That death cannot destroy.

May you feel God’s arms around you
as He gently shows the way,
As He wraps you in His arms of comfort
And gives you strength for each new day.

Your memories are your keepsake
with which you’ll never part,
God has Daddy in His safe keeping
You’ll always have him in your heart.

He gives you His assurance
heavenly reunions there will be,
Eternity with Him you can be certain
and Daddy’s face again you’ll see