Hello godly sister saints!
I hope your faith is standing in our unchanging God and His Word on this day! We don't want to get swept away in looking for 'new' things like the world is! They're looking for 'relevant' things and 'experiences' and such and so few want to fully trust and live by the Word of God.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Isaiah 40:8
Reminds me of this and that there really is no new thing under the sun and man's heart is wicked...
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Jeremiah 6:16-17
So stubborn and rebellious and prideful the natural heart of man is. But God gives His children new hearts and minds!
Beautiful sunny winter's day here...
Glory to God for all the good things He has made by His power!
And we are blessed to have eyes to see and everything else in the body that work together to experience all we do.
If we feel alone in our faith that really is a good thing even if our flesh doesn't like it. We know Jesus said there will be few on the narrow road. There may be many seeking to enter but they cannot. We know they cannot give up what they must in order to enter. We must be ready to lose our life and we must take up our cross daily. There cannot be one thing we hold onto and won't surrender to follow and obey Him.
We do not want to compromise for fellowship or unity or fleshly love. One reason is we see that bad company can corrupt us. We do not want that to happen as eternal life is a precious thing we want to hold fast to the hope of it as we know we can lose it. Nothing is worth gaining in this life if we lose that. So let's be lonely, sisters! And rejoice to be so because we have Him and the precious hope to come IF we endure and overcome this life. Most everyone is getting their reward/easy life today but we would rather endure some brief hardship now than an eternity of suffering in hell. How joyous we should be and not complaining when we see others having fellowship and family and friends and such. We have so much more in the Lord and an eternal family in heaven!
And we may be extra blessed with knowing a very few saints on this narrow road and even though most will be scattered around the world we do have internet and ways of communication to try to bridge the distance and can encourage one another. That is a rare gift in this dark world when there are so few! Praise God to know some of the remnant if we do! And nothing is too big or impossible for God to do in our lives to make some of His saints find each other like a 'needle in a haystack' as they say.
Here's some scriptures I thought of sort of related to this...
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalm 1:1
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Corinthians 15:33
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew 7:14
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 21:19
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Ephesians 5:11
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 4:14-15
And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
2 Thessalonians 3:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John 15:14
Hope those encouraged you too! So many on that subject I know and a lot of other subjects of course too and we're blessed to have His Word to guide us. So many treasures to dig into and give us strength to live this faith life for we walk by faith not sight! One day we shall see Him as He is and we will be like Him! Praise God!
Well I must go but I hope you keep being strong soldiers of the Lord not growing weary or lukewarm in this race we must endure in to the end to be saved. Hold fast sisters!
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:10-11
Love in Christ,
Sister Chayil
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