NEW BEGINNINGS

BEHOLD, 

I will do a new thing.

Now it shall spring forth;

Shall you not know it?

I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Isa. 43:19

No matter our circumstances, God is in the midst of them ready to lead us to higher ground.  Be encouraged, this is the year of BEHOLD!  God is on our side.

Counting My Blessings,

xo Susy

HAPPY 2014

Happy New Year beautiful friends ~
We're heading to our little cabin at the river this week.  A nice way to recoup from the holiday season ~ which was wonderful, by the way.

So much has already happened since Christmas, including our son and DIL getting into a car accident. We're grateful and thankful they were not more seriously hurt than they were, although it's going to be a while before they're "good as new". 

Counting My Blessings

xo Susy

Jehovah-Jireh

It has become something of a tradition to revisit this devotion I found several years ago in a flea market book, published at the turn of the last century.

Each year I read it with a fresh perspective and a deeper understanding. 

 

Jehovah-Jireh is a name of God first announced to Abraham after he had gone

out from his country and his family,  "not knowing where he was going".

 "Write deep in your heart this New Year's day

this word of sublime confidence, Jehovah-Jireh.

It tells you that you can trust God always;

that no promise of His ever fails;

that He doeth all things well;

 

that out of all seeming loss and destruction

of human hopes He brings blessing.

You have not passed this way heretofore.

There will be sorrows and joys, failures and successes,

this year, just as there were last year.

You cannot forecast individual experiences.

You cannot see a step before your feet.

Yet Jehovah-Jireh calls you to enter the new year

with calm trust.

 

It bids you put away all anxieties and forebodings ---

The Lord Will Provide."

May it help to bring comfort and hope, and the deep knowledge

 that all is well ~  if we will trust in Him.

Counting My Blessings

xo Susy

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Happy New Year

Thanks for the recent words of encouragement ladies ~ they meant a lot to me.

Ever since I found this timeless word in a small devotional at the flea market many years ago, I've published it in one form or another every year.  It's a wonderful reminder for every day, but it's especially meaningful to me as we enter into this new year. 

Sometimes it's hard - but faith is believing
in the promises of God, even when
they are contradicted by our circumstances.

"Write deep in your heart this New Year's day

this word of sublime confidence, Jehovah-Jireh.

It tells you that you can trust God always; 

that no promise of his ever fails;

that he doeth all things well;

that out of all seeming loss and destruction

of human hopes he brings blessing.

You have not passed this way heretofore. 

There will be sorrows and joys, failures and successes,

this year, just as there were last year. 

You cannot forecast individual experiences.

You cannot see a step before your feet. 

Yet Jehovah-jireh calls you to enter the new year

with calm trust.

It bids you put away all anxieties and forebodings --- 

'The Lord Will Provide'."

Happy New Year ~ and may 2012 be a year full of hope,

encouragement, fulfillment, and new beginnings
for all of us

Counting my blessings

xo Susy

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The Lord Will Provide

It was late Fall 1999 and the world's thoughts were turning toward the new millennium.  Many were fearing Y2K and what the year 2000 would bring.  I'd come across an old devotional at the flea market, dated 1900, and the entry for January 1st seemed the perfect antidote.  

I had 5,000 bookmarks printed with the quote and put them in a holder on the checkout counter at my store.  Almost every person took one, and most had me put a copy on the top of the Christmas gifts we wrapped for them.  One pastor took 500 for his congregation.  By the time the New Year arrived, only a handful of bookmarks were left. 

~this is what it said ~

"Write deep in your heart this New Year's day this word of sublime confidence,
Jehovah-Jireh. It tells you that you can trust God always; that no promise of his ever fails; that he doeth all things well; that out of all seeming loss and destruction of human hopes he brings blessing. You have not passed this way heretofore. There will be sorrows and joys, failures and successes, this year, just as there were last year. You cannot forecast individual experiences. You cannot see a step before your feet. Yet Jehovah-jireh calls you to enter the new year with calm trust. It bids you put away all anxieties and forebodings --- "The Lord Will Provide"."

It was true then, and it's  true today 

 

Happy New Year

and May You Be Blessed Beyond Measure

xo Susy