Before I share with you this last stop on our tour, I find myself looking back in review of our previous adventures. And I realize that every moment, every wonderful new discovery of the places and people we visited, has been provided to us by the grace of God.
James 1:17 [Amplified Bible]:
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of lights [the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens], in whom there is no variation [no rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [for He is perfect and never changes].
Certainly we have had our trials, we still live in the world. But the adversary can merely cast a pale shadow that lasts only until we turn our eyes back to the Father of lights and continue to accept His gracious gifts.
II Corinthians 9:8:
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.
Growing up, I had the best parents and two sweet sisters, but NO uncles, aunts, or cousins. So I’ve always loved meeting families, and especially those that become a part of my life.
The next day, Cindy, Gene, and I had time to appreciate our lakeside haven. A morning mist arose off the lake and at one point, the resident pair of swans came gliding over from the other side to greet us. Is our heavenly Father too good to us?
Psalms 84:11:
For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
We had challenges to face before we made it home to California, and I was eager to see how God’s grace would carry us through!
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