Some Encouragement
Hello dear readers!
I (Miss Antoinette) was reading my devotions this morning and felt the need to share what I read with my dear mother, which in turn we now wish to share with y’all as we feel this would be an encouragement to those who are in the same boat! It is from Oswald Chambers book “My Utmost for His Highest”. I pray that the Lord would give you rest and comfort as you tread the rugged path in the strength of the Lord!
God bless:
Mark 6:45-52
“We are apt to imagine that if Jesus Christ constrains us, and we obey Him, He will lead us to great success. We must never put our dreams of success as God’s purpose for us; His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have an idea that God is leading us to a particular end, a desired goal; He is not. The question of getting to a particular end is a mere incident. What we call the process, God calls the end.
What is my dream of God’s purpose? His purpose is that I depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay in the middle of the turmoil calm and unperplexed, that is the end of the purpose of God. God is not working towards a particular finish; His end is the process – that I see Him walking on the waves, no shore in sight, no success, no goal, just the absolute certainty that it is all right because I see Him walking on the sea. It is the process, not the end, which is glorifying to God.
God’s training is for now, not presently. His purpose is for this minute, not for something in the future. We have nothing to do with the afterwards of obedience; we get wrong when we think of the afterwards. What men call training and preparation, God calls the end.
God’s end is to enable me to see that He can walk on the chaos of my life just now. If we have a further end in view, we do not pay sufficient attention to the immediate present: if we realize that obedience is the end, then each moment as it comes is precious.”
Love in Christ,
Filed under: Christian Living, Practical, Random, Scripture, miscellaneous on July 28th, 2010
This is JUST what I needed!
Thank you so much for sharing this Annie (and Mrs. K.). 
I’ll have to email you this week if I get the chance (we have a guest over this week) and tell you why. 
Still keeping you in prayer my dear! I hope your family sells that trailer soon!!!!
Love and Hugs!!!
~Rachel~
Thanks for sharing this. I love that devotional. I actually bought it when I was a teenager!!! Thanks Miss Antoinette and Donna
Have a lovely rest of the week. Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather 
Wonderful message, very timely, thank you for posting,
May the blessing of Christ be on you both today, and continually as you trust HIM.