ALL IN HIS HANDS

The following is a response to the many friends I currently have hurting with the mess in their lives. (P.S. They ALL love to sing......Hence the beginning of my dedication.)

Pretend you are going to stand up on stage and sing in front of millions of people. As you await the moment to walk up, your hands are sweating when you get a grip of the microphone. Your knees start to tremble when walking up the stairs and your body gets a nervous (red rash) reaction. Your eyes are unable to concentrate on just one thing and you begin to tremble thinking that you might make a fool of yourself. The music begins, the tone starts setting up the mood. And finaly, your voice starts singing the tune to a song that carries you into another world. What seemed to be fear at first, has been let go of, and there is a trust in your heart that compelles you to sing as loud as our ears can hear. There is a feeling of accomplishment when you have ended your performance and a sense of relief that you did it in the first place.
What all this mumbo jumbo means, is that life's circumstance are the same way. We encounter decisions, issues, feelings and distractions. We begin to fear that we may make THE WRONG decisions and therefore take too much pondering on the 'What ifs'.

Well, simply begin God to take whatever feelings that seem to be an obstacle in our lives, IS NOT ENOUGH. He is not going to make the decisions for us. The Lord is capable of everything, but what he does not do, is make the decisions for us. So, you & I must decide what action to take. We must decide when and when not to follow our instincts, our feelings, our wants. And whatever you decide, you must release the fear, the confusion, the impatience, the restlessness, the guiltiness, the wariness UNTO HIM. THAT IS WHAT HE HAS ASKED US TO DO. THAT, MY FRIEND, WILL BE THE BEST WAY HE CAN SPEAK TO YOU AND ADVICE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE SENSE OF CALMNESS IN YOUR HEART, BODY AND SOUL.


My Prayer for you: May you be able to see & feel the Lord's love in everything you do. He is there, walking along side of you. Simply waiting for you to grab hold of his hand. He has put friends in your life to hand you the tissues when things ma seem unbearable. But he still waits for you to lay your head on his shoulder so as to comfort you. With trust, he will broaden up the picture for you, as you have done for me plenty of times before.