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If It Had Not Been for the Lord On My Side




Psalm 139:7-10King James Version (KJV)

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

Dear Friends,

"If it had not been for the Lord on my side tell me where would I be? Where would I be? Where would I be?  He kept my enemies away. He let the sun shine through a cloudy day. He rocked me in the cradle of His arms when He knew I had been battered by the storm."
     - Margaret P. Douroux

When I look back to the many times when I tried to flee from the will of God I learned there was no hiding place.  Thank God when we do not know what is good for us He remains good to us.  There is no place we can go where He is not.  Brothers and sisters wherever we are God is.

The safest place, the place of content is in the will of God.  He says soldier of my child turn right and we turn right.  God says start moving until I tell you to stop and we obey.  The move may be a crawl, a walk, a trot or a run.  Whatever the case we are follow His command.

During the times when I thought I would do it my way and take a short cut, God was still there. When I hid in the valley because I thought the mountain He assigned me to climb was too hard, the Lord didn't leave me. He gave me another chance.  Some journeys have taken longer than they should have because I didn't get obey the first time. Yet the Lord has always kept me.

If it had not be for the Lord on my side, where would I be?
Thank you God for keeping me day by day.  Thank you for your protection and comfort.  Thank you Lord.
Bless your Holy Name.

in Christ,
Sis. Stephanie

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