I'm not a big believer in fate or signs; however, when I allow my heart & spirit to be open, the Lord will use anything and everything to display His love and His encouragement to me.
While waiting for my Starbucks coffee to brew, I took to surfing some blogs. If you have never done it and want to try, I caution you that you most likely will happen across a blog or two that will be shocking and you might find it wise to ensure small children are not hanging over your shoulder.
There were two blogs that I stumbled onto today that will stick with me for a long while. The first one jumped off the screen at me solely due to the reference scripture in the header. Psalms 18:16 and the phrase of "He Drew Me Out of Deep Waters." I didn't read the blog but the Lord knew I would be encouraged by this scripture. Verses 16 - 19 read in the NLT version:
16 He reached down from heaven and rescued me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
17 He rescued me from my powerful enemies,
from those who hated me and were too strong for me.
18 They attacked me at a moment when I was in distress,
but the Lord supported me.
19 He led me to a place of safety;
he rescued me because he delights in me
The Message version reads:
But me he caught—reached all the way
from sky to sea; he pulled me out
Of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos,
the void in which I was drowning.
They hit me when I was down,
but God stuck by me.
He stood me up on a wide-open field;
I stood there saved—surprised to be loved!
While this was heart encouraging to me, the second blog I stopped at was heart wrenching. A young mother started blogging to document her family's life thru her husband's journey with cancer. Even upon his passing, she is continuing to blog thru her grief. As she credits her strength to the same God that I serve, I smile to know that while He has been comforting her and her young boys through having to say goodbye to their father/husband/friend, My God is equally concerned to comfort me in my everyday life.
This young family's everyday life became something I cannot comprehend. I'm ever so thankful that He WILL NOT allow the deep waters to overtake us. Whether we have ventured into the deep ourselves or the waves of life have caught us in its current, we are never out of His watchful eye.
Blessings from 'A Latte Soul'
