WOYWW: Like a Child!

Here is my desk this morning. 

Amy Weaver sent me some wonderful gelli plate prints! 

I am so happy as I've never seen what gelli plates can make 

as it is not available for sale here in Manila.

Storm Glenda is battering the Philippines 

and while I was working, the lights went off! 

I am working in the dark using one of those emergency lights! 

Please pray for protection and safety for our country.

We've had so many disasters already!

Still dark.

My reading this morning is from Matthew 11:25- 

"Although you have hidden these things from the wise 

and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."

In the world's eyes, being wise and learned 

is better than being childlike. 

So why is Jesus saying in this passage 

that those who are 'childlike' or 

'untaught and unskilled' (Amplified Bible) 

will receive revelations from God? 

I think it is because he had just finished teaching his disciples 

and was thanking God that these simple men 

accepted His words in contrast to the 

learned men whom he likened to "wolves" in Matthew 10:16.

 And so it is with us, if we wish to know God and His ways, 

we have to be like sheep following the shepherd, 

like a child obedient to his father, 

like a dove, innocent, harmless, guileless and without falsity. 

(Matthew 10:16)

 Lord, may I be like a child listening to Your words at your feet, 

and may I always be humble and trusting,

so You can mold me and make me and use me!

 

"Unless your faith is firm, you will not be firm." Isaiah 7:9

Our faith is like a muscle in a way. 

We need to exercise it so it becomes strong and firm. 

We build it up when we use it 

against the weapons of the enemy. 

Our faith is like Israel's Iron Dome, 

our shield, our bulwark. 

Suffering, setbacks, failures, 

embarrassments, disappointments- 

these are all part of the enemy's arsenal against us.

Our biggest trial as a family was when my mom got sick. 

It could have been devastating 

when she lost the battle against cancer and left us, 

but because our faith has been built up through the years, 

we were able to praise God and sing songs of His faithfulness 

while she lay on her deathbed in the hospital.
God never promised that He would save us 

from all difficulty and suffering. 

But He has promised us faith for the journey if we call on Him!

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Blessings!

Patsy