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Steadfast!

3/19/2015

 
Ladies, please let me know if you have ever experienced one of these days (if you haven’t just keep quiet).  I sat down at the computer to write a blog but forgot my Bible.   As I went to grab it I saw cleaning supplies left out and remembered that I had started to clean the bathroom but only got halfway done.  I better get that done, but I should shower first.  After I showered I remembered I needed to switch the clothes in the washer to the dryer.  I get to the laundry room and realize I never started the washer because it wasn’t a full load yet.  So I went to the boys’ room to get dirty cloths and see that I still needed to hang up the clean clothes I left there earlier.  After finishing, I remembered I really had to get that blog done.  So I sat down at the computer but forgot my Bible.  As I went to grab it I saw cleaning supplies left out and remembered that I had started to clean the… wait a minute…

So here I sit, feeling like I have been running crazy today and I still have only a half clean bathroom (which may be better than a half dirty bathroom depending on how you see things), a washer full of dirty clothes and a blog still needing done.

Some days I wonder… is this how it starts?  That slow decline of brain functioning they talk about on the radio?  Where is that Sudoku book I had around here?  When is the last time I did a crossword puzzle?  OR… has all my Diet Pepsi drinking finally caught up to me?  Did the aspartame turn my brain to Swiss cheese like Tristan Miles always told me it would?

Its scatter brained days like this that keep me truly thankful that I have a Heavenly Father that has everything under control.  He never forgets to feed the sparrows, stock the snow reserves or cue the sun for its rising.  Nothing is beyond his capabilities or grasp.  God always accomplishes what he sets out to do each and every day.  There is nothing left at the end of his “to do list” ever.

I praise God that he is forever perfect and his goodness never ends.  God never changes.  What comfort I take in that!  He is the same yesterday and today and forever (Hebrews 13:8).  There is no need for God to change, you can’t improve on perfection.  You can never add to or take away from it; otherwise it would not have been perfect in the first place.

The word I love to read in the Bible is “steadfast”.  It appears 219 times in the ESV Bible according to my search on biblegateway.com.  132 of those times are in the Psalms, which is where I have been reading it morning after morning as I study that book of the Bible. 

202 times out of the 219 it is connected to the word “love”.  Here are a few instances:  

Psalms 63:3, “Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.”

Psalms 59:16, “I will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For you have been a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.”

Psalms 100:8, “For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.”

My heart rejoices every time I come across that word.  I love serving a God that is steadfast.  I looked up the definition and here are the words I found: firmly loyal, constant, unswerving, fixed, unchanging, and unmovable.  How awesome is that?   Yes!  Those words describe my God and his love for me!  Woo Hoo!

So on days like this when I feel a little out of sorts and wonder about the soundness of my mind, I breathe deep and praise a God that is constant and unmovable.  He doesn’t experience forgetfulness or have senior moments.  He never doubts, worries or struggles.  “He upholds the universe by the word of his power,” (Hebrews 1:3).  This does not tire him or wear him out even a little.  He is fully and eternally sufficient to handle all he plans to do.  That includes loving you with his steadfast, unswerving, fixed and unchanging love.  He had it written down 219 times so you would understand it.

I must wrap this blog up now (just remembered I turned my hot iron on two hours ago to do my hair).  Ladies, take comfort in knowing no matter how crazy or scattered we feel, we serve a God that is infinitely secure.  He is deep and still, perfect and unchanging.  He is steadfast.  I enCOURAGE you to place your scattered mind and heart in his hands today.  Trust in him to be your rock and solid footing always!


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