A Well Watered Garden

Today I learned a lesson that went deep into my very soul. I hope I can state it in a way that it will encourage you dear reader. I have started my new Bible Study - Breaking Free by Beth More Day 2 of week one. We are in Isaiah 6. The chapter starts with the words: "In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord..." Uzziah was a very young man when he ascended the throne. Beth Moore suggests he was possibly a hero-figure for the nation and for Isaiah. I have read this passage often and it is very familiar to me. I continued on to answer the questions in the study. Qs 1: Have you lost a hero?  Of course I have and my answer was a resounding YES! Qs 2: If so, who was it and why was he such a hero to you? I wept as I listed the things that he was to me - he loved the Lord, my best friend, my counsellor, my go-to, my husband, my leader, my companion, loving gracious, kind, patient, always forgiving, he loved me, I loved him, a wonderful father to the girls, pro...

Looking at my last blog post, I realise that I have not been in My Well Watered Garden for a month. "Thank you", to you my friends who have been encouraging me to keep going. I am so amazed and blessed that you come here to read and I pray that you will be refreshed as you read God's story in my life. Truth to tell I have not been able to come here because I got myself at a crossroad and took the wrong turn. Remember my life verse that Julius underlined a couple of hours before he went to Heaven, This is what the Lord says: “Stop at the crossroads and look around.   Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls . Jeremiah 6:16 Well I took my eyes off the Lord and wandered off into an alley way that led to despair and sheer exhaustion. I began to look at my situation and began to question and threw myself a big pity party.  Nobody knew because nobody was invited. I, me and myself - it was horrid. I kept thinking ...