A Moment with M.O.M.: A Moment in Proverbs: Proverbs 3:5

Friday, December 3, 2010

A Moment in Proverbs: Proverbs 3:5

Proverbs 3:5

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.”

Sometimes we don’t understand the plans of the LORD. But we can be sure if we put our heart’s trust in Him we will not fall. If we keep our focus to trust in Him and seek His Word, we will not be turned away. When we seek after His heart, then the desires of our heart will follow. If we commit our way unto the LORD He will bring forth those things within us that we cannot do on our own. If we rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him, then we will see His glory!

Let us not be deceived by our own understanding for it is foolishness with God. He knows our thoughts and He will not spare His discipline if you do not seek after His heart rather than your own. Remember He is a loving father and He wishes that none will perish, but He will not allow us to go our own way without consequences paid. So seek after Him and put aside your own understanding; for He will make clear His leading in His perfect timing.

Prayer: Father, do not let me lean on my own understanding. Correct me when I foolishly try to find a way that is not inspired by you. LORD, as we come to your Word this day, teach us more about you. Cause our hearts to hunger after you and develop in us a trust that is blinded to all that would turn us away. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.

Abiding Still

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Amber LeeDecember 3, 2010 at 1:38 PM
I read Proverbs 3 this morning and got A LOT out of it. Proverbs 3:5-6 has always been one of my grandmother's favorite verses :).

I liked this verse because of what I am currently going through and how easily it is to relate to. After the accident we have to do all this stuff for insurance, and they are seeing how much my car is worth. I still owed over 5000 on it - so we are praying that my insurance will at least cover that.

There are a lot of giants facing me right now - but its all in how i choose to look at it. I can either fully trust God, and depend on Him - or I can choose to freak out because there are giants facing me. I choose to trust God and to know that in His perfect will He has already worked out all of these plans. I must simply put my trust in Him.

God is good :)
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Mrs Mary Joy PershingDecember 4, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Its the waiting patiently part that I am working on. He has amazing ways of leading and guiding us but sometimes my excitement moves me before He has designed...So glad that He is in control and helps me to pull back to the path that He wants for me.

Thanks for doing this! Its been a busy week, I am sorry I didn't get by till now.

Praying for your Mom and her recovery!

Have a wonderful weekend, friend!

Blessings!

Mary Joy
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I purchased a butterfly net for my children since we are having a delightful time watching them this fall. As Matthew ran out the front door he exclaimed with great pride, "I'm the BUTTERFLY hunter!"

As I cleaned out my purse, Sammy and Matthew sat on the bed watching as I went through each item. I found skittles at the bottom of my purse, a cheez it, nickles, dimes and pennies, lip gloss, receipts and more. Sammy said, "Mom it's like another world in your purse!" That child makes me smile!!

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After reading our proverbs for the day the children will tell me what verse they liked and what it meant to them. Today, Sammy was extreamly excited to share and raised his hand saying, "Pick me! Pick me! I know what my favorite verse was." "Okay Sammy, what was your favorite verse?" I asked. He replied, "My favorite verse is the one that says: Let no man throw a frog at his brother." The entire family started to laugh. I instantly read through the text again to see what might have sounded like that to him. Finally, I said, "Sammy, I can't find what verse you are talking about." He remained confident and said, "That's the way I heard it." When I told Grandma about it she said, "Well you know that is kinda biblical.. frogs are a curse so what Sammy was saying is: Let no man throw a curse at his brother." It's a good thing we always discuss what we hear in our Bible study.

As Matthew approached his fifth birthday he seemed disappointed. When I questioned him he said, "Momma? Can't I please just skip five and be six?!" I replied, "No... you have to be five first. Why don't you want to be five?" After a pause and with a discouraged countenance he said, "Because five is odd and I don't want to be odd Mommy!"

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Bekah walked in while Matthew and I were working on his addition flashcards. She asked, "Matthew what are you doing?" "Doing my Plusing," He replied. I said, "You mean doing your addition" With confidence he turns to me and says, "Yes, that's it's middle name."

Bethany was helping Josiah look for beef cattle online when she came to me and said, "Momma, they had these really sad looking cattle that were super skinny called 'Commercial Cattle'. Momma that's all they would be good for - there wasn't enough meat on them for anything else." My Beth is just too sweet!

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After several trips to the emergency room with my Timothy. I said, "Timothy, you really must stop hurting yourself like this. Each time we go through that hospital door it's costing Daddy 100.00!" He sweetly replied, "Is there another way we can get in Mommy?"

As Ezekiel and I poured over the garden magazines we ran across the brussel spouts. Ezekiel had never seen them before and with excitment said, "Momma, Look! They sell bite size lettuce!"

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While on one of our "girls days" Bethany was having a hard time falling asleep. Grandma encouraged her to count sheep. After a few moments of slience we heard Beths sweat voice say, "Thump" We all thought about it for a moment and then Grandma asked, "Beth what was the thump about?" "Oh, one of my sheep ran into the fence... that's all Grandma."

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Friday, December 3, 2010

A Moment in Proverbs: Proverbs 3:5

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