Tag Archives: trusting

Watch carefully for your rescue!

Posted on October 16, 2018 by heartcalm7

Picture the scene of a man lost at sea in a little boat filling with water.  Hopefully, he is not so busy bailing out his boat that he does not see the search airplane passing overhead and miss his opportunity … Continue reading →

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The wealth of contentment

Posted on September 17, 2018 by heartcalm7

Ich habe genug.  Bach’s cantata by this title says in Recitative B: “I have enough.  My comfort is this alone, that Jesus might be mine and I His own. . . Ah!  Were only my departure here, with joy I … Continue reading →

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I Give You Peace.

Posted on October 30, 2017 by heartcalm7

In the night, I was thanking God for the wonderful blessing of peace.   This is not something to be expected from the world or our personal circumstances.  It is a wonderful kindness of God to gift us with this blessing. Peace I … Continue reading →

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Powerless and dependent

Posted on October 16, 2017 by heartcalm7

It is a periodic revelation to me that I cannot obey God in my own power.  My white-knuckling attempts at being godly in my own strength do not please Him.  I need to repeatedly learn the lesson that I must acknowledge … Continue reading →

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