SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND BY MARSHA BURNS: 

Be still and know that I am God. Great and precious promises are yours if you will only dare to believe. The spiritual principles are simple, but applying them to life situations can be complex. Keep your vision clear and your motives pure as you focus on Me, says the Lord. The flesh always wants to muddy the spiritual water. 

Psalm 16:8 I foresaw the LORD before me always; for He is on my right that I should not be shaken.

January 9, 2024. I see some walking precariously along a tightrope. These are ones who have known God and have seen His power. They have walked in His ways and have pointed others in the right direction. They have now been fooled and are going the other way. The Lord says, “This is a caution for you. You are about to go into the enemy’s camp and into danger. Turn around and run back into the safety of My Kingdom.”
Psalm 56:8-9 “

You number my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle; are they not in Your book? When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me.” Robin Robinson Bohlin  

January 9, 2024. To be seen or not to be seen. I say to you, that it is more profitable to be unseen. So many times, we put value in what is evident to our senses. It is easy to focus on the “seen”. The Spirit of God says look with your heart. Look for the qualities of love and peace in your dealings with people. Don’t be offended by lack of recognition. Remember the Words of the Lord that tell us our Father in Heaven “sees” in secret and will reward you because of obedience to His will and not for recognition.

Matthew 6:1-6 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before others to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father in heaven. So whenever you do charity, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they may be glorified by men. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full! But when you do charity (give alms), do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your charity (giving of alms) may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you. ‘When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Amen, I tell you, they have their reward in full! But you, when you pray, go into your inner room; and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.”  Budd Rodgers