No Thwarting God

Isaiah 13:5 – 40:31

What day is it?  Hubs and I lost track of time since I disrupted his schedule with my doctor’s appointments this week.  Earlier tonight I was in the bathroom brushing my teeth and I was wondering which church we would like to visit tomorrow.  It’s Thursday (I just checked) but I thought it was Saturday. I’m straight now.

Bible reading.  Holy cow it stinks when we get out of our reading rhythm.  I think Hubs is nearly finished with Isaiah (he reads when it’s dead at work, as well as on his lunch break, I think), and I’m still on chapter 40.  He’s waiting for me to catch up so we can continue.

Despite being “behind”, I do not feel like our bible reading is a chore at all.  It is not something to check off my “to do list” (I don’t do lists – ask anyone).  I have been a Christian for a long time, and yet during the past fifty or so days of reading in the Old Testament I have thought many times, Lord, so that is what You’re like or I see You a little more clearly now. God’s word is alive, alive, alive.

Practically speaking, I have been greatly helped in trusting God with my daughter’s life by seeing God’s sovereignty displayed throughout the the Old Testament.  He has plans, He purposes, and promises to do things, and He never fails to fulfill what He speaks.  God created Bren with his own hands and there is a purpose for her being here.  As Job said,

I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted ~ Job 42:2

For many years I would allow myself to be worked up to a lather over the news, and I have joined in on the Obama-Biden-Pelosi-Clinton-All Things Democrat bashing, but no more.  Because God uses whatever and whomever He chooses to accomplish His will on this earth. (I can’t say I’m not tempted on occasion, but I try to check my attitude before opening my mouth. Sometimes I’m successful, sometimes I slip.  But I do try.)

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes. ~ Proverbs 21:1

In other news, Hub’s temp state job is coming to a hault in five days.  He was so hoping he would have a new, permanent, full-time job by now, but nothing has come up yet. I’m staying positive and looking at this as a chance to wait on God’s timing; to see what He has in store for us next.

Bren and Sam have been working out the details of the band touring schedule for the month of July.  The itinerary continues to change almost daily which has been frustrating for them, but I think once they hit the road they will be in for great fun and adventure.  Oh to be 18 and free again!  Two months from now, Bren will be living in the dorms and beginning her first days of college, so I’m glad she’s making the most of her summer break.

One of these days I will be writing blog posts during daylight hours and not at nearly 3 a.m., and I hope it is soon!  I can do pretty much anything with noise in the background, but I cannot write – at home –  unless I have absolute quite.  It is kind of odd now that I think about it because I don’t seem to have a problem writing when I am in my favorite coffee joints with chatter and music filling the air.  Hm.

Fading fast.  Over and out.