Hinds feet

[jerry ralph]

“Starting afresh patiently and in good cheer and hope is the mark of the Christian. One of the helpful definitions of Christianity is this: the Christian life is a series of new beginnings.” JOHN B. COBURN



“Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.”

HABAKKUK 3:17-19 KJV



I can start again anytime I want. I don’t have to start over. I just start again. I really like the quote by John B. Coburn, “the Christian life is a series of new beginnings.” I was reading this morning in the Book of Roman where the apostle Paul said that the “good that he wants to do he did not” (Rom. 7:19), so I take it that Paul had to start again many days just like the rest of us. What an awesome God we serve that realizes that we will do things wrong from time to time and allows us to start again anytime we come to the realization, that we are wrong and turn from the wrong. I think the prophet Habakkuk understood this idea when he said that even though everything goes wrong, he will still rejoice in his LORD. He went on to say that the LORD God is his strength and will make his feet like hinds feet. Do you know what a hind is? A hind is a female deer. Reading this verse reminds me of yesterday afternoon. I live in the country and when I came home from church my dog Molly was outside barking her head off. I went out to see what she was excited about and I saw several deer up in the woods gracefully leaping and moving away from Molly. With ease they bound through the trees and underbrush seemingly only to leap and bound from the high places. Within a few seconds they were out of sight. When life seems to go the wrong way, if we trust in the Lord God, we will be made like hinds feet and leap gracefully from one situation to the next. I am grateful that God allows me to start again, and not have to start over. God is doing for me what I could not do for myself……………….JRE



ILLUSION



There’s a heap o’ joy in living,

When we’re living as we should;

And the greatest joy is giving,

Where it does the greatest good;

And we come to this conclusion,

As the more of life we see,

It is merely and illusion,

When we live it selfishly.



It’s the old, but truthful story,

If we strive for great success,

And we win, it lacks the glory,

If we won by selfishness,

For we find life’s sweetest pleasure,

After all is said and done,

When we give in fullest measure,

Of the riches we have won.



FRANK C. NELSON

 

[Tekoa]

Thanks so much for this post I really needed it. Every day I have been battling to "Start Over" I get so frustrated with myself for failing God. This has really helped me.


Tekoa