"Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus"

"The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall i fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid....

Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say on the Lord!"

spending time before the Lord this morning and was humbled by this passage and more.

felt like blogging before the day began rather than when it ends.

immensely gratifying, that i get to wake up instinctively rather than waking to the annoyance of my "OH HAPPY DAY" alarm. =)

when i woke up this morning, i felt that struggle again.... a battle for my mind, a constant battle i must say... relentless really.

so i spent a good portion of my morning infront of the Lord asking for help and strength.... and came across one of my favorites that has ministered to me throughout the years... Psalm 27 (above).

The Lord speaking to me and telling me to just "wait".... on Him.

that if i'm going to have any kind of stronghold, let God be my stronghold and my light in the dark places.

Confident that the Lord is the strength of my life, there is none i shall fear, not the devil himself.

so many times do we forget our purpose in life... entangled in the vines of worry and doubt that choke us....forgetting where the Lord has brought us from, and where He will bring us.

"We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." (Is 53:6)

"Return to the LORD your God,

for He is gracious and compassionate,

slow to anger and abounding in love"  

(Jl 2:13)

we only get one chance to live and eternity hangs in the balance.

how will we spend our time here on earth?

perhaps the better question is who or what will we spend our lives for on earth?

all that we do, all that we are.....

sigh*

Jesus, i give you me.....

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.