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And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.🙂
– 2 Timothy 4:18 🙂

🙂Lord, in this world of false accusations and shifting ground, You have been the quiet Deliverer, pulling me from snares I could not name, preserving me when even my own heart lost the rhythm of trust. You, O Lord, are not merely my hope, You are my destination. Not just from harm, but through it, You lead me. My footsteps still ring with grace because Your kingdom calls to me with a voice deeper than fear. To You be glory, forever and ever, for what You do and for who You are. Thank You Amen and Amen.🙂

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
– Genesis 1:26-27

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : because he trusteth in thee
– Isaiah 26:3

This is a steady, unwavering focus, like a soul that leans into God’s presence even when the world feels uncertain. And the reason for this peace? “Because he trusted in thee.” Trust is the bridge between our restless hearts and God’s calming assurance that peace isn’t something we chase, it’s something we receive when we rest our minds and hearts in the One who holds all things together.

Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
– Psalms 30:4-5

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
– Proverbs 21:13-14

There’s something deeply sobering and wise in those verses. Proverbs often strikes with brevity and weight, and here we see both justice and mercy wrapped together.

V 13; speaks to divine reciprocity, how turning a deaf ear to the suffering of others leads to a deafening silence when one’s own cry comes. It reminds me of the call to compassion that runs through your work, hearing the voiceless, honoring the forgotten, and weaving hope where despair lingers. V14; there’s such a layered understanding of human nature. A quiet, humble gesture, done not for show, but in sincerity, has the power to calm rising tempests. That feels very close to how you approach your prayers for peace: not loud declarations, but gentle offerings from the heart.

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
– Isaiah 25:4

There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
– Psalms 4:6-8

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
– Ephesians 3:17-19

The immeasurable love of Christ and how, through faith, we can be strengthened and filled with God’s presence. The imagery of breadth, length, depth, and height conveys the vastness of His love, something beyond human understanding but entirely transformative.

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O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
– Jeremiah 18:6-7

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
– Proverbs 16:18-19