The Fairy of Eagle Nebula.by NASA
Good morning, friends,
I think I’m going to need to put an alarm on. Yesterday, my follow-up appointment with the neurologist…exhausted me. I went to bed shortly after getting home. I had a visitor come in and out until he went to bed. So cute.
Beginning with my thankfuls today,
7. I am so very thankful for the compassion and knowledge of my neurologist. I’m thankful she gave me her full attention and explained everything thoroughly.
8. I am very thankful that the tests I have undergone are normal..so no tumors, no surgery, no stroke.
9. I am very thankful a plan is in place and I can get to the business of healing.
I was up in the night thinking. Have you ever noticed when you think at night it never goes very well? I began worrying about my kids, my sedentary lifestyle, my husband..I was on a roll. Quite honestly, as I think through my rollercoaster, it was not a divine appointment or Spirit led. So finally my heart tuned to Him. I am so prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love…
And then I began to pray, lo and behold, I fell back asleep. Hence, the late rising this morning.
The Milky way. Picture by NASA
Where was God during my panic train wreck? He was there. We, ( ok, maybe just me but I doubt it…) I get so focused on today. I forget I am in a season, God has me here for purposes and reasons. His ways are always good, not always a “happy, giddy” good but a “molding me into looking like His Son” good. When I take my eyes off the truth, the trainwrecks, the rollercoasters are horrible.
2 Peter 3:
9 The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the [[a]material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up.
11 Since all these things are thus [b]in the process of being dissolved, what kind of person ought [each of] you to be [in the meanwhile] in consecrated and holy behavior and devout and godly qualities,
12 While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [[c]material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire?
So I remember the TRUTH. I remember the Lord is extraordinarily patient. The day of the Lord is coming, yes. He is returning. He is coming for His children. Have I loved only my own world and worries or am I careful to proclaim the Truth of His Word?
Here’s more truth. The Lord does not delay. What He promises, we can stand on the truth. We can hold tight to the knowledge that…
The Lord Is There
(yeh-ho-vaw’ shawm’-maw)
Use in the Bible: In the Old Testament Jehovah Shammah occurs only once in Ezekiel 48:35.Variant spellings: Jehovah Samma
TWOT Reference: None
Jehovah Shammah in the Septuagint:estai to onoma autês…the name thereof
Meaning and Derivation:Jehovah is translated as “The Existing One” or “Lord.” The chief meaning of Jehovah is derived from the Hebrew word Havah meaning “to be” or “to exist.” It also suggests “to become” or specifically “to become known” – this denotes a God who reveals Himself unceasingly. Shammah is derived from the Hebrew word sham, which can be translated as “there.” Jehovah Shammah is a symbolic name for the earthly Jerusalem. The name indicates that God has not abandoned Jerusalem, leaving it in ruins, but that there will be a restoration.
Further references of the name Jehovah Shammah in the Old Testament:Eze 48:35
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