Security from Yesterday. At the end of the year we turn with eagerness to all that God has for the future, and yet anxiety is apt to arise when we remember our yesterdays. Our present enjoyment of God's grace tends to be lessened by the memory of yesterday's sins and blunders. But God is the God of our yesterdays, and He allows the memory of them to turn the past into a ministry of spiritual growth for our future. God reminds us of the past to protect us from a very shallow security in the present.
Oswald Chambers
Security for Tomorrow. This is a gracious revelation - that God will send His forces out where we have failed to do so. He will keep watch so that we will not be tripped up again by the same failures, as would undoubtedly happen if He were not our "rear guard."
Oswald Chambers
Security for Today. As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be with the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive thoughtfulness. But let us go out with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will go before us. Our yesterdays hold broken and lost opportunities that will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future.
Oswald Chambers
I leave 2013 with the words from Utmost for His Highest. They seemed to wrap up my year in the words I couldn't find. My blogging year has been up and down. Who knows what 2014 will hold. I want to say...Thanks! your words, your prayers, your cheers and rejoicing with me, they have been priceless. Blessings to you and yours in 2014!!!
16 Joining in with more words:
Oh Janette, the photos were lovely! So much has happened during your 2013, that's for sure. I'm right there with you. Praying for our 2014 and all that the Lord has for us.
Love you,
Debbie
With each picture, I give thanks for the answer to your (our) prayers!
My favorite is the one of you holding both babies!
God has blessed you over and over.
Happy New Year!
It has been an amazing year for you and the pictures tell a lot of it! God's grace has been abundant. Thanks for the Oswald Chamber quotes -- he says it so well. Love the picture with the babies! Wishing you much peace and joy in the new year!
Happy New Year, Janette! The photo of you with those two new grandbabies is beautiful!
You have had quite a year, one that only God could give. I would say your year is more like " Nothing is impossible with God."
I look forward to all that God will continue to do in your life. It was exciting. Happy New Year
Oh, what joy! The wedding pictures were just beautiful. And those two new grandbabies?? PRECIOUS!
Selfishly, I hope you keep blogging, Janette. I am always so blessed by your words. Watching God work in your life always inspires me to look closer and see what He's doing in mine!
Wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!
And GOD BLESS!
Those photos are a testimony to the Lords care and faithfulness in your life. They represent the Lords blessings and are an encouragement to those of us who have prayed for you. What a year you have had! I looking forward to 2014, wishing you much joy and peace in the coming year
I think Oswald must have read Spurgeon. I like the thought of God's being able to turn today's anxiety into tomorrow's thoughtfulness.
Love your beautiful smile in these wonderful pictures, Janette. Thanks for sharing them. Everyone looks so happy. The picture with the TWO grandbabies is just beyond precious. I am so happy for all the Lord has done in yours and your family's lives over this year.
Happy 2014!
God Bless!
Love,
Sandy
Hi Janette! I've been away from blogging and can see that I've missed so much. Apparently you've had quite a year and I can see that you are a testimony of triumph and truth (as you've always been). I love seeing your beautiful face and your beautiful family in your photos. Congratulations on the grandbabies! May the coming year be filled with pure joy! Love to you, sweet friend! xoxo
Oh Oswald speaks for me too! I love your pictures, and especially I love your honest and real heart. Thanks for letting me share with you in 2013, and 2014 is a brand new slate!!
Love you Janette!
I so loved reading your post!
Happy New Year!
I got so caught up with the words you quoted that I had to go back and enjoy the beautiful pictures. They are all beautiful, but friend... YOU are so stunning in all of them that it's all I could notice.
I love the words on the past. Truly, Chambers was one of the greatest Holy Spirit listeners of the somewhat modern age.
♥ you, Janette! You look stunning, relaxed, joyful & "together". Thanking God for His faithfulness to you and your family and the words of "sages" such as Chambers....
Blessings on 2014 and on us all spreading the sweet love of Jesus!
I echo your call for a blessed 2014. We can accomplish all things through Christ, and God does have plans for us until we draw our last breath in this world. Happy 2014, Jannette!
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