Thoughts for Life: IN HIS HANDS

~Mike Wittmer- William Shatner played Captain Kirk on the television series Star Trek, but he was unprepared for a real trip into space. He called his eleven-minute sub-orbital flight "the most profound experience I can imagine." (Google image, William Shatner)

He stepped out of his rocket and marveled, "to see the blue color go right by you and now you're staring into blackness, that's the thing." You "look down and there's the blue down there and the black out there." He added, "The beauty of that color and it's so thin and you're through it in an instant."

Our planet is a blue dot surrounded by utter darkness. It's unsettling. Shatner said that flying from blue sky into blackness was like flying into death. "In an instant, you go,'"Whoa, that's death! that's what I saw. It was so moving to me. This experience, it's something unbelievable."

Shatner's shattering flight puts life in perspective. We're small objects in the universe, yet we're loved by the One who created light and separated it from the darkness (Genesis 1:3-4). Our Father knows where the darkness resides and the path to its dwelling (Job 38:19-20).)

He "laid the earth's foundation . . . while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy" (vv.4-7). Let's trust our small lives to the God who holds the whole universe in His hands.

Let's pray-

"Dear Jesus, I surrender all to you. I surrender each day; I surrender each hour, each task, each thought, each circumstance to you, dear Lord. Please take all of me so that your light can shine through me and others will come to know you. Only through surrender can I know your perfect ways, dear Lord. Please help me to let go of what I think I know and wholly cling to you. In Jesus's mighty name. Amen." [Vanessas Luu]

896-900 one-line Scriptures for those of you who want to learn some more verses this week- or to review them from when they were first posted-

896- Ps. 125:4 "Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are

upright in their hearts."

897- Ecc. 7:12 "For wisdom is a defence . . . but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdm giveth life to them that have it."

898- Ps. 142:5 "I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living."

899- Ps. 91:15 "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him."

900- Ps. 94:9 "He that planted the ear; shall he not hear? he that formed the eye shall

he not see?"

Quotes for today-

~Cindy Sproles- "We feel the sting of hardship, but remember, Christ overcame. We will overcome as well. Stand tall, pull your shoulders back and step into a New Year with hope. Our God loved us so much that He gave His only Son." (See John 3:16)

~ Karen Huffaker- "God doesn’t want us to lose heart when we pass through struggles. 'Keep your chin up,' He says. Then He assures us He is with us and will be faithful as He encourages us to be strong and courageous."

Words of wisdom-

~ God's loving care often heals deformity and illness. He touches the need, and it is healed in Jesus' name, when believers touch His Heart in faith, believing that He will heal! As He loved us first, He loves us deeply. We are invited to love the world because of this love, and we are also invited to treat ourselves with this compassion.

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YOUR PRAYER CONTROLS YOUR WORK

~ Carol Round - “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective”—James 5:16(NIV).

"Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts." This quote from Mother Teresa led me to reflect on my own prayer life.

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