Daily Devotional for Friday, February 20, 2009 Have you missed any of our devotionals? Remember they can be found in the Archive section of our Website
http://www.gospelines.com "Morning is Coming" "Bleak, black and icy comes night's damp fingers. With uncertainty and restlessness it starts. Gradually, gracefully, almost unknowingly you are blanketed by the luring of its blackness. Sing out, O night... you have waited the day; grasp in your clutches the things in your way But beware of the morn, and watch out for daybreak. For then you must hide... your life is at stake!" (T. Harrison, 1962) Darkness creeps upon us before we know it! The days get longer in the spring but they never seem to be long enough. Life is like that as well. We celebrate our good days, and for Christians there are many of them; but inevitably, they are followed by times of darkness. The question is, how do we handle the bad times? What can we do to help the situation when the light goes out of our lives? In his Easter message last year, a pastor friend suggested five things we can do in times like these. 1. Pray... prayer is always appropriate in good times and bad. 2. Think it through... remain calm. God is able to overcome. 3. Seek encouragement... there is strength in numbers! 4. Hold on... don't listen to those who say, give up. 5. Trust God to hold on to you... His everlasting arms will never grow weary of holding you. GospeLines Prayer: Father, it is easy to see your face in the daytime. But when the light goes out, I sometimes feel as though I am slipping into faithlessness, and it frightens me. Encircle me with friends who encourage me to hold on, and remind me that darkness is only temporary. Amen and amen. O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
