There Are Seasons

There are seasons in the lives of all when it is not easy...

Not even for Christians, to believe that God is faithful.

Our faith is sorely tried...

Our eyes dimmed with tears...

And we can no longer trace the outworking of His love.

Our ears are distracted with the noises of the world...

Harassed by the atheistic whisperings of Satan...

And we can no longer hear the sweet accents of His still small voice.

Cherished plans have been thwarted...

Friends on whom we have relied have failed us...

A professed brother or sister in Christ has betrayed us...

We are staggered.

We sought to be faithful to God...

And now a dark cloud hides Him from us.

We find it difficult, yes, impossible, for carnal reason to harmonize His frowning providence with His gracious promises.

Ah, faltering soul, seek grace to heed Isaiah 50:10...

Isa 50:10  Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

~Arthur Pink~

Home Blessings

He fears the LORD, and therefore he comes under the Divine Protection even as to the roof which covers himself and his family. 

His home is an abode of love, a school of holy training, and a place of heavenly light. 

In it there is a Family Altar where the Name of the LORD is daily had in Reverence. 

Therefore the LORD Blesses his habitation. 

It may be a humble cottage or a lordly mansion; but the LORD's blessing comes because of the Character of the inhabitant and not because of the size of the dwelling.

That house is most Blest in which the master and mistress are Godfearing people; but a son or daughter or even a servant may bring a Blessing on a whole household. 

The LORD often Preserves, Prospers, and Provides for a family for the sake of one or two in it, who are "Just" persons in His esteem, because His Grace has made them so. 

Beloved, let us have Jesus for our Constant Guest even as the sisters of Bethany had, and then we shall be Blessed indeed.

Let us look to it that in all things we are just -- in our trade, in our judgment of others, in our treatment of neighbors, and in our own personal character. 

A Just GOD cannot Bless Unjust transactions.

~Charles Spurgeon