As I Wait

I am doing a Good Morning Girls Advent study with three of my favorite friends and during my study on Friday's verses (Romans 15:12-13) I was looking at cross references for verse 12 and God brought me to these verses from Jeremiah 17:

5 Thus says the Lord:
“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
and makes flesh his strength,
whose heart turns away from the Lord.
6 He is like a shrub in the desert,
and shall not see any good come.
He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness,
in an uninhabited salt land.
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
whose trust is the Lord.
8 He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit."

 

As we are waiting on the last piece of adoption paperwork and praying that we can travel in January I needed this reminder that my there is no strength within my flesh (my strength comes from the Lord) and if I trust in Him (and not just IN him but my trust IS Him), I have no reason to fear or be anxious - He is in control and will work everything out according to His perfect plan.

 

As I wait I am choosing to focus on this special time of year and the true reason we celebrate CHRISTmas!