Trusting His Answers

I love summertime and I love my front porch (some call it a veranda...sounds so fancy to me!!).  My family spends A LOT of time there. I keep magazines, books, candles, plants, afghans, and oh yes...my music player there. I love coming home if I'm out running errands and hearing my music playing.  In the summer, my hubby and I start most every day there with coffee and a devotional.  Lace now joins us since she is now living so close!! And Harley...oh yes, Harley is always there wanting to find the cats to play!!


Today I was alone for coffee/devotional time and I read about "trusting God's answers". This summer in particular I have been asking a lot of questions to God. (Particularly since my Dad has passed away and my mom is coping with a new life without him and living with Alzheimers.) I'm asking a lot of questions BUT then shutting up and listening for God's answer. Not the answer I expect to hear or the one I may want to hear but GOD'S ANSWER.  I've found that I have to be patient and listen....really listen.  The devotional said to "trust His wisdom, His righteousness, and His love.  Always." It is important to not have faith in prayer, but in the God who answers the prayer. It is so comforting to know that I can just turn it all over to God...I don't have to know the answer or solve it by myself.  Many times, my prayer includes something along the lines of "I have no idea what to do here, or what to say, or what to feel.....I turn it ALL over to you Lord."

My verse for today is:

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.

Proverbs 3:5

And this is the song I'm humming today:

If the world from you withhold of its silver and its gold,



And you have to get along with meager fare,


Just remember, in His Word, how He feeds the little bird;


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.



Leave it there, leave it there,


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.


If you trust and never doubt, He will surely bring you out.


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.






If your body suffers pain and your health you can’t regain,


And your soul is almost sinking in despair,


Jesus knows the pain you feel, He can save and He can heal;


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.




When your enemies assail and your heart begins to fail,


Don’t forget that God in Heaven answers prayer;


He will make a way for you and will lead you safely through.


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.




When your youthful days are gone and old age is stealing on,


And your body bends beneath the weight of care;


He will never leave you then, He’ll go with you to the end.


Take your burden to the Lord and leave it there.

Hope you have a wonderful sunshiney happy day!!!!!!