In His Palms (---)

One of the things that I asked GOD to do for me this year was to give me strength for each day as I was not able to see my life beyond that. Life has been a bit of a roller coaster this year but one month into 2008 I can look back and see GOD has been encouraging me with enough for each day. It is so easy to get caught with pressures of daily life and forget the goodness and guidance of GOD.It is so easy to take the steering and ask GOD to sit behind.

Saturday evening I went for a concert, it was a by a lady called Hanah yousuf and apparently she has had these musical evenings before in our church. This was the first time I was going. It was a very small crowd but the purpose was to have a small crowd and bless the people with music. I really enjoyed the small crowd and being able to sing along with a person who has written songs from her heart. One of the songs she sang was "in His Palms" it really caught my attention, remembered the verse int he bible which says in Isaiah 49

"'Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.""

it was such a comforting feeling to just be reminded that GOD is always thinking about me and is always watching over me. Last week there were things that happened that made me think why me ! and I was finding it hard to really sit and pray and really talk to GOD, I was not angry or anything, it was just the feeling of not being able to open up . . but as always GOD is patient and he knows how to draw us near to him. That was a blessed Saturday evening. Remember what I read in David Livingstone's biography.. as a young man he wrote an incredible prayer in his diary ...

"Lord, send me anywhere, only go with me.
Lay any burden on me, only sustain me.
Sever any ties but the tie that binds me to Thy service and to Thy heart."

Ravi zach comments about David's life as one which was lived on his knees and also died on his knees, he died when he was praying . . . when you hear people's lifes like this, forsaking all for the love of GOD and to be what he has called to be it sure opens my eyes to be able to trust a GOD who knows the future ..... it will all be worth it . .

Last year I read three life telling books one was , David livingstone's story, another was Adoniram Judson and another was Hudson Taylor all of these men had to forsake so many things.. in order to lead the life GOD had intended for them . . . I remember some of the verses in the bible 1. Mark 8:36 -- For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? . . 2. John 12:24 - "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. . . Livingstone changed the life's of people in Africa, Judson was instrumental in translating the bible in the Burmese language, and Hudson Taylor kept going back to China and made in roads to preach Christ Crucified...

In HIS palms he has engraved me, what a comforting thought to rest upon. Sometimes it takes time to see how significant are we in GOD's eyes. GOD is constantly watching my steps I just need to follow. There is so much to learn everyday and as each day goes by I am beginning to feel very conscious of the presence of GOD in my life.
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