Advent

A Word for Advent from Pastor Lou
Proverbs 3:5-8
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.
7 Don't be impressed with your own wisdom. Instead, fear the LORD and turn your back on evil.
8 Then you will gain renewed health and vitality. (New Living Translation)

Twice in an hour this scripture was handed to me as if I needed to hear it. First, I heard one of the presidential candidates asked about “that scripture he often quotes,” and he noted Proverbs 3:5-6. Then, moments later, I received my daily Upper Room e-mail and there was the same quotation offered from a different perspective. I thought, maybe God is trying to tell me something.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will direct your paths.” That’s easier said than done. But as my mother always says, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

I want to venture in God! Don’t you? So let each of us pray, “Today, Lord, help me to trust. Help me to let go of the wanderings and musings of my own mind and accept the mind of Christ. Immerse me in your wisdom and love, so that as I move, it will always be toward you. Help me to find solid footing as I accept your will and choose to move closer to You.

This is Advent.

plou