.."breathing in new life every day...”

 

• How do we prepare for those stark times of trial when we need provision? 

• How to we keep enthusiasm for the long haul, and seeing the meaning in trials or perplexing circumstances?

• A glimpse of a winter field with hay bales quickened me to realize we care for the livestock through winter by preparation and hard work to store provisions. Likewise as we go through life we devote ourselves to the Word to build into our lives those bedrock views and convictions we need to get us through the adverse, wintry times.

"So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace." 2 Corinthians 4:16 (The Message)

“So we have no reason to despair. Despite the fact that our outer humanity is falling apart and decaying, our inner humanity is breathing in new life every day.” 2 Corinthians 4:16 (VOICE)

“Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day."  2 Corinthians 4:16 (Amplified Bible)

So  we can stay on the offensive against all that would try to lead us astray and allow us to drift from Christ and the message.

 So keep reaching and pursuing the dreams that captured your heart.

God's grace enables us to be a light in a cold, weary, place and time.

So we take heart that in the middle of adversity.

“The flowers appear on the earth. All winter they are dead and buried in their roots, and there is no sign of them; but in the spring they revive, and show themselves in a wonderful variety and health and vigor”