Second to Leave

“And He said, ‘What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. And now you are cursed from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you; you shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.’ And Cain said to the lord, ‘My punishment is too great to bear! Behold, Thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Thy face I shall be hidden, and I shall be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will come about that whoever finds me will kill me.’ So the Lord said to him, ‘Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him seven=fold.’ And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him. Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.” Genesis 4:10-15

God has plans for us and we can follow them or not and when we do not, He uses our decisions knowing the path we will choose to follow nevertheless to work out His plan, one way or another. None can stay His hand and no one can say to Him, ‘What are You doing in my life!’ And that is, for all of it, a comforting thought both when you are IN His will and when you are thinking to wander away from Him.

Take care to know God’s Word. Your servant and friend in Christ, Darlene

PS: New Request: Jo, a dear friend in New Zealand, needs clear guidance on her next direction. Continue to pray for: Virgil (and all concerned) - see earlier emails. Isaias, mission work in Philippines. Barb to find work. Reg & Bev on their trip. Tim & Barb to be encouraged. Laughlin, getting better. Michael & Diane for travelling mercies. God’s grace on USA. Billy & Michelle for recovery. Wisdom for doctors caring for Doris, David, Poetry, Gary, Adrian and Adrian’s ageing uncle.