My rock...

I went in to the Church today as part of my normal weekly opportunity to serve God. I set up all of the materials and such for the weekly Sunday Children's Ministry. Today was a little bit different. I have a couple of friends there that set up a prayer meeting with me for about an hour while I was there. Aurora and Elizabeth got together with me and we chatted for a bit about the all the things we needed to pray for, we read some scripture, and began to pray.

As one part of our prayer, I prayed in repentance for the anger I felt when dealing with the issues surrounding my family down in San Diego. It is so important to understand that we as Christians are to stand our ground against the enemy, covered in the blood of the lamb, and allow God to engage them. I read Psalm 18 several times this evening. The entire Psalm is inspiring and clearly demonstrates God's greatness in the deliverance of David from his mortal enemies. As we walk with God and turn away from sin, we will be blessed. "The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanliness of my hands in his sight" Ps 18:24 NIV. I can honestly stand before God at any time and know that my hands are clean - this brings me a lot of peace. When the enemy begins for close in on me, I will take refuge in my God. As my faith continues to strengthen, the enemy will continue to attempt to wound me but his arrows will be absorbed by the shield of righteousness that covers me and those arrows will not hurt me. "The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge." Ps 18:2 NIV. This is now my life verse at this time in my life.

I can not begin to tell you how awesome it is to have people around me, like Aurora and Elizabeth, that provide so much encouragement and strength - what a blessing. For the past couple of weeks I have been filled with a lot of anxiety and stress with everything going on. Today at this very moment, I feel a peace that is very refreshing. I love Jesus!