((((((((Lise))))))))
With gas prices so high, I've been spending alot of time, lately, just waiting - sometimes walking and praying - while the kids have their practices, etc.
Just mentioning that because it struck me how God can use something as aggravating as the high cost of fuel to bless our lives

It's definitely brought changes to my routine and offered many opportunities to be still and ponder, read, meditate, pray... to simply be.
Anyhow, last night as I sat in a parking lot with no one else around, I began to read the Psalms... aloud. Wow, is that powerful!
Just hearing these words of truth lifted me up and out of myself, expanding my vision and easing the burdens of the day. Sharper than a two-edged sword, you know? Absolutely, positively, the daily bread - the sustenance without which I'd starve. Got to Psalm 31 and thought of you so strongly... the whole thing, and especially this part:
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.I hope that you will continue to increase in comfort, peace, and strength, dear Lise.
Love,
Carolyn