Good morning.

Yes, I know I’m late. Today’s “time out” is a little different. While looking for something I had recorded in my journal a while back, I came across an entry I feel compelled to share. I’m going to give it to you exactly as it was originally written so I hope you will bear with me and excuse any syntax errors you may find. It is my prayer that you will be encouraged.

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October 5, 2021

I begin this day with hopeful expectations of better days ahead _ for myself (health) and for our nation.

Over the past weeks the Lord has given me much to reflect upon. He has laid for me, as it were, some “stones of remembrance”. Memories of what has come before and of His eternal, unfailing promises. A reminder of His “new every morning” mercies, of His “never more remember” forgiveness. He reminded me that He will never leave or forsake His children and that nothing on, above, or below the earth can snatch them from His hand.

Lord, You called for Peter to get out of the boat and walk to You. Not just over the water, but over the great waves that were stirred by a raging storm. I don’t think I have felt the full power of that miracle until this moment. By Your power and through his faith, Peter walked on the water. You called him to step into the stormy deep with the promise that You would not permit him to be overtaken by the storm. And so it was – Until he took his eyes off You, the creator of the storm, and looked instead at the angry waves.

His faith failed him, or did he fail his faith? But, Your promise did not. You reached out and lifted him up and took him to the safety of the boat.

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