trust

Choosing To Trust

I stood, waiting for her to appear in the doorway and walk down the aisle.
 

Weddings express ultimate trust. Two people enter a union in which they make promises to each other. Nothing short of death should fracture the alliance. They promise sexual faithfulness and that they will care for each other in sickness and health; when they have much and when they don’t. It’s a journey of togetherness built on trust.
 

Trusting God On The Curves

II Samuel 22:31
(excerpt from Morning Meditations by Martin Wiles)
 

II Samuel 22:31 As for God, His way is perfect; The word of the LORD is proven; He is a shield to all who trust in Him. (NKJV)
My grandfather was swearing while clutching the door and probably wondering why he had let me do what he had. My cousin surely contemplated the same.
 

Fear Not

II Timothy 1:7
(excerpt from Morning Meditations by Martin Wiles)
 II Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NASB)
 Spring weather is unpredictable and even more so in the Appalachian Mountains. My daughter and I were out to conquer a part of them anyway near Mt. Rogers, Virginia.

Trust In Troubling Times

Proverbs 3:5
(excerpt from Morning Meditations by Martin Wiles)
 Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. (NLT)
 Has life ever handed you a situation you didn’t appreciate but had little if any control over? It did to little Opie in the Andy Griffith episode Opie the Birdman. With a new slingshot and a promise not to shoot any living thing, Opie leaves the courthouse to try out his new weapon.

When Disaster Strikes

Matthew 14:6-12
(excerpt from Morning Meditations by Martin Wiles)
 Matthew 14:10 Herod had John beheaded in the prison. (NIV)

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