Until the Fog Lifts
Max Lucado
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you …” (Isaiah 43:2, NIV).
“It shone with the glory of God and sparkled like a precious stone-like jasper as clear as crystal” Revelation 21:11 (NLT).
“Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” Colossians 3:13 (NIV)
“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'” Romans 8:15 (NKJ)
“But godliness with contentment is great gain.” I Timothy 6:6 (NIV)
“Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the hearts.” Proverbs 21:2 (NAS)
"Come to me…” Matthew 11:28 (NIV)
“Don't be troubled. You trust God, now trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's home, and I am going to prepare a place for you. If this were not so, I would tell you plainly. When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.” John 14: 1-4 (NLT)
“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” I Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJ)
“Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you …” (Isaiah 43:2, NIV).
“Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right...
“Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord” (2 Kings 19:14, ESV).
Lord, I know my concerns are not far removed from Your attention. You are close to me in even my most broken moments. Whether it’s fear of the future up ahead or worry for the day I’m in right now,...