isaiah 43 , things that stood out to me

1)But now thus says the LORD, he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have called you by name, you are mine.
2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.

4A Because you are precious in my eyes,
and honored, and I love you
10 You are my witnesses," declares the LORD,
"an my servant whom I have chosen,
that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.

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Tim Hughes - See His Love

I Love this song, so powerful :)

isaiah 40:28-31

28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
31 but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

We are not alone in this walking with the Lord, he is right there holding your hand and leading you through it, only if you let him, so go ahead, let him. He never leave you nor forshaken you.

Something cool that i read in my quiet time

Isaiah 33:2 O Lord be gracious to us , we wait for you. Be our arm every morning , our salvation in times of trouble God’s people aren’t trusting in themselves anymore. They are waiting on the Lord, and looking to His arm every morning. That where our help come from is from the Lord and his arm is mighty and strong.

Isaiah 33:6
And he will be the stability of your times, abundent of salvation, wisdom, knowledge. The fear of the Lord is Zion's treasure.
The fear of the Lord is His treasure: Honor, respect, and reverence towards the Lord is His treasure. It is a gift God gives us, not so we will cower in fear, but so we will rightly honor Him.

By Your Side - Tenth Avenue North

the meaning of surrender

we sing songs like i surrender all but do we really understand the meaning of the word Surrender. i found an article on the meaning of surrender and here it is:
Surrender means losing the right to handle yourself
To surrender means to give everything up to the Lord. Lay it all down. Lose the right over yourself, both the "bad" self and the "good" self. Surrender means you lose your right to handle yourself on your own. In the middle of everything, lose and forfeit your rights to the Lord. Do not move. Freeze right where you are. Do not do anything. Surrender yourself just the way you are. By all means, do not fix yourself. Do not try in yourself to get it together. If you get it together, that means you are the savior. Do not try to work what is dead back up into life, like trying to massage a heart that has stopped beating. You cannot squeeze life out of the region of death inside of you. Life must come from the outside. In resurrection, Christ as the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit. Life originates from Him. So we must let Christ inject life into our dead condition. We must receive the life. We must allow resurrection life to give life to our mortal bodies (Rom. 8:11).

Surrendering is not merely a once-and-for-all experience. It is continuous, day by day. When our soul-life is struggling to live and preserve itself, that is a call to a deeper fellowship with the Lord. It means more opening to Him, more interacting with Him in the Spirit. Surrendering is not an ascetic practice of the self denying the self.

Update

wow a lot of things have happened since i last blogged. i have not blogged for a long time and i am sorry for that. My husband and I celebrate our 1 year anniversary as a marriage couple which was nice. we went for dinner with my parents to Pebble resturants for some steaks and it was a lovely evening. work is going well. i got new glasses.