‘SECURE!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 544

September 14, 2021//

First Of all, may I Praise God for the amazing healing that is taking place in my husband Ronald.

For those who are unaware, we both had Covid starting about the first of August.  I recovered ok but Ronald got worse and had to be hospitalized with Covid and double pneumonia.  He was hospitalized for almost 23 days and had increasing amounts of oxygen and was a very sick individual.  He could have no visitors so was in for that long with just phone contact.

He has been home for a week. Came home with oxygen and walker.  He no longer is using the walker and the oxygen is at a very low level and will be reduced on to zero soon.

I just want to say Thank you Jesus.  I realize he was spared because God is not through with him.  He still has work to do on this earth.  We have friends and know of others who were dedicated to the Lord Jesus but left this world with Covid.  Why??

We must conclude that the life of a Christian is in the hands of the creator God!  We must understand that life is a vapor, and birth and death are close no matter if you live to be one hundred.

As we commit ourselves, our lives, and our loved ones to the Lord God Almighty we can live with an eternal perspective, knowing only what is done for Christ will last.

I cannot express to you the relief it was to me to be able to pray and release Ronald to the Lord Jesus when he was hospitalized, and I could not be with him. 

We can do that same thing with all the people and situations in our lives.  One of the phrases I like to use in prayer is:

“Father, I release ________________ to your Lordship!”  Putting a person’s name, a situation or an event or happening in the blank. 

May I tell you that God can handle all of it and handle it well.  We can cast all cares on Him! Jesus wants to be a part of every second of your life.  He wants to give you strength and guide you in every decision, and He want to take your worries and your fears.

We will do well to learn to lean on Him and let Him handle it!

1 Peter 5:7 (KJV)
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Maybe you are sick or have someone who is very sick or perhaps you have lost someone to death recently.  May I tell you that Jesus cares and He wants to carry your load and make your burden light!

Matthew 11:28-30 (KJV)
²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

A line in the song, “What a Friend we have in Jesus”, says it well:

“Oh, what peace we often forfeit, oh what needless pain we bear, all because we do not carry, everything to God in Prayer!”

Prayer, Praise, and casting our cares and releasing everything to the God who is able and willing is such an amazing privilege.  There are times in our lives when we know we cannot handle things, but our Lord God wants to handle even the little things in our lives and set us free to live in fulness and Joy that the world has no clue about.

In this time of not knowing what is going on in this crazy world we live in, what a privilege to have a Loving Father we can lean on.

Join me in leaning on Him and not our own understanding!

Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)
Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Father, in Jesus’ name I come. I praise you for your Love and Care for each person who reads this.  I ask you to be very near and real to all of us in this uncertain world we are in right now.  Be our steady rock and our secure and safe place.  Thank you that you will be with us through all circumstances and situations, and we release each of those and ourselves to your Lordship!  Amen

Love, MeMaw