Stand Firm

"And Moses said to the people, 'Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will work for you today. For all the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent". Ex 14

Exodus chapter 14 is about the Israelites crossing the Red Sea on dry land. This past Sunday I taught this lesson to both my Sunday morning class and my Sunday evening class. We were continuing the theme of God's protection and care. I wanted the kids to understand that if they follow Jesus there is nothing to fear. So as I'm reading the chapter to them this verse just hits me.

1. Fear not- That's pretty hard. My first reaction is generally to fear.
2. Stand firm- What's our first reacion when we're scared? To run from whatever we're afraid of right?!?! So then if we're afraid we cannot stand firm. We have to be fearless to stand.
3. See the salvation. If w are not stand firm, or in one place, we will not be able to see the rescue. If we are running with our backs turned we will miss out on the miracles.

And then to top it all off the Lord is going to fight for us! We dont have to do it! We don't have to fret, perspire, moan and groan, or freak out over it! The Lord is willing and waiting to fight our battles for us.
So that lead to a pretty obvious question for myself. "What the heck am I worried about?!?!"

What are we worried about? If the creator of the universe has counted the hairs of our heads do you not think He's got everything under control?!?!?!
So yes the deepest and yet simplest revelations come to us at times when we're simplying things for a 7 year old.

Everything here is good. Life is busy. The studies are all doing well. Rochelle and her twins left us on Thursday. Dan and Ana drove them to Tucson. Then they drove back on Saturday. They were both exhausted.

The aquaponics project is doing very well :) :) We've been getting all of our lettuce and soem of our bell peppers from down there. Within the next week we will begin enlarging the green house. It's going out another 2 meters or so on each side.

Hopefully I will have pics to put up next time. God bless everyone! Thankyou for all of your prayers and your support :)