Just a Closer Walk With Thee

 Good Sunday Morning everyone! I know, it's afternoon by now...I'm a little late getting here, but I've been to church and "brunch" with our church friends, and have had my little nap, and now am ready to visit with you for a spell.  Does anyone else take a Sunday afternoon nap? Just wondering...of course for some of us it's just par for the course for the whole week...I would have done real well living in the Latin American countries where an afternoon "siesta" is a normal part of every day.  LOL.

If you've enjoyed listening to our Sunday morning worship services, here is the link for today's message, preceded by the Praise Team singing "Just A Closer Walk With Thee".  Won't you join in and sing along?

1 I am weak but Thou art strong;

Jesus, keep me from all wrong;

I'll be satisfied as long

As I walk, let me walk close to Thee.

Refrain:

Just a closer walk with Thee,

Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,

Daily walking close to Thee,

Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

2 Thro' this world of toil and snares,

If I falter, Lord, who cares?

Who with me my burden shares?

None but Thee, dear Lord, none but Thee. 

[Refrain]

Just a closer walk with Thee,

Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,

Daily walking close to Thee,

Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

3 When my feeble life is o'er,

Time for me will be no more;

Guide me gently, safely o'er

To Thy kingdom shore, to Thy shore. 

[Refrain]

Just a closer walk with Thee,

Grant it, Jesus, is my plea,

Daily walking close to Thee,

Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

During these difficult days I find that it is really important to walk closely with the Lord. We start our day out with a daily devotional reading and reading from the Scriptures. We pray before each meal and again at bedtime, not to mention quick little prayers throughout the day as we see needs to pray for friends, loved ones, and even people that we don't know that we hear about who need prayer. We often talk about our relationship with the Lord here and on Facebook, or even in personal conversations with friends or family.  When I see the turmoil and daily crises that people are enduring in the world, I wonder how they can survive without a close walk with the Lord. I know when we've gone through difficult times in life, it was our relationship with Jesus Christ that carried us through and gave us strength to keep going.

Here is one of my most favorite passages in the Bible, which has been a constant source of encouragement especially when feeling weary:

Isaiah 40:28-31 NKJV

28 "Have you not known?

Have you not heard?

The everlasting God, the Lord,

The Creator of the ends of the earth,

Neither faints nor is weary.

His understanding is unsearchable.

29 He gives power to the weak,

And to those who have no might He increases strength.

30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,

And the young men shall utterly fall,

31 But those who wait on the Lord

Shall renew their strength;

They shall mount up with wings like eagles,

They shall run and not be weary,

They shall walk and not faint."

(this is a photo from an old post, which you can read at the following link:

https://pamelasopenwindow.blogspot.com/2014/11/our-thanksgiving-gift.html )

I hope you are enjoying a beautiful "SONday", and that you are taking that "closer walk with Thee" every day.  It will make your walk through this life ever so much better.