Looking Up When Life is Looking Down

This is the name of an inspiring little book by Beth Moore.  Here's a little excerpt that caught my eye as I was asking God for His guidance [hopefully she won't mind me sharing some of her thoughts and the scripture with it]...

"While you wait for God to work and to manifest your sure deliverance,

wrap yourself around Him as tightly as you possibly can.

Ask Him to make you more God-aware than you have ever been in your life.

Bind yourself to Him with everything you've got so that you will ultimately -

inevitably - go anywhere He does.

Hang on for dear life and never let go.

No matter how long it takes, He'll never run out of breath or

stop to soak His aching feet.

Pin yourself so close to Him that you can almost hear Him whisper.

His words will live in you and you will live in Him.

God does not make His home in a pit.

Bound to His holy robe, neither will you."

'But those who wait on the Lord,

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary.

They shall walk and not faint.'

                                             Isaiah 40:31

'He lifted me out of the slimy pit,

out of the mud and mire;

He set my feet on a rock

and gave me a firm place to stand.'

                                          Psalm 40:2

"Without hesitation God offers you a firm place to stand,

but your feet are not firmly set in place

until you've made up your own mind that's

where you want to be."

Mrs. Moore and I are not from the same "church", but I believe we share a love of the Lord.   Some things she may say/write aren't exactly how I view or believe, but she is a very gifted writer, speaker, teacher, and I have no doubt in my mind that she loves the Father and His Son with all her soul.  

May it be the same for each of us.  May we study scripture more deeply and love the Father more fully each day and importantly, strive to be more Christ-like in everything we do.

By His grace...