From: Beverly French [frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us]
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 6:50 AM
To: Heritage
Subject: Novermber 14th Aloha

These last few weeks have been anxious times of waiting on the Lord for many of the brethren in Christ who are in hard places.  But in the waiting, the loving-kindness and tender mercies of the Lord have been seen over and over again.  In these times it is good to encourage our souls as the Psalmist David does in Psalm 62:5-8: "My soul, wait in silence for God only,  For my hope is from Him.  He only is my rock and my salvation,  My stronghold; I shall not be shaken.  On God my salvation and my glory rest;  The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God."  (And he goes on to encourage others.) 'Trust in Him at all times, O people;  Pour out your heart before Him;  God is a refuge for us."

We see in Psalm 31:24 that David says,
"Be strong and let your heart take courage,
 All you who hope in the Lord."

David tells us in Psalm 37:7 to,
"Rest in the Lord and wait patiently for Him..."

God's timing is perfect.  When we adjust our sights on Him, not on the clock of the present circumstances, then the anxiousness at the seeming delay to prayer becomes a strengthening of faith. Faith that is resting in the love, the presence and the provisions of Christ Jesus, our Lord.

We can rejoice in Isaiah 30:18 as in the Amplified Bible it reads: "And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you, and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show longing-kindness to you.  For the Lord is a God of justice.  Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]!"

And so we sing:
"My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness;  I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus name."

 On Christ the solid rock I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
All other ground is sinking sand."

Thank you Lord!  We give you praise and honor now and forever!