Welcome to Monday Virtuous Women,
The Lord is my Shepherd I shall not want or lack. He makes me to lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still and restful waters. He restores and refreshes my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake. Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me Your rod and Your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over. Surly, Goodness & Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
I love this Psalm Virtuous Women and I am pretty sure that most of you do as well. The Lord is our Shepherd and we shall not want for any good thing He paid the price for us to live in abundance in every area of our lives, spirit, soul and body, health, finances, family, and anything else concerning you and your life. He make us to lie down in green pastures. Have you ever heard the saying the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence? Well when the Lord is your Shepherd the grass is greener on your side of the fence, Because you take care of your grass, water, feed it and pull the weeds. You have put the time and effort into the grass or your life, if you will, you are a doer of the Word and you do your part to have that beautiful grass or life. You know to be still in the knowledge of God and His Word and because you do you are restful just like the still waters.
I faced a situation years ago where someone (who said they were a Christian) was trying to steal something from our family, I asked the Lord why would that person try to do that to us. He said this to me: “You know the saying the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence?” I said yes. He continued, “The grass over on your side of the fence is greener, because you and Randy pull your weeds. That person does not want to pull weeds and care for the grass in their life, so they want to come over and steal yours, for selfish reasons. They want what you have and are willing to take it, if you and Randy allow it to happen. The grass would not be green for long if they became the care taker of it, because they would not care for it and pull the weeds like you do. That blessed me when the Lord said that to me all those years ago. Long story short, that person was unsuccessful and the thief had to flee in terror. I am sharing this testimony in my 3rd book in the Empowering Women Series, Today’s Virtuous Woman Empowered to Harvest , Coming Soon.
I realized and experienced up close and personal exactly what it meant when it said in the 23 Psalm, yea thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, in 2015 when I got myself out from under the umbrella of Gods protection and ignored all the warnings God was giving me through my husband and my children. I was faced with death, but because I had the Word down in my heart and faith prayer warriors praying for me I had absolutely ZERO fear the entire time, and when I awakened in the recovery room, my spirit man took over and the Word of God flew out of me like a machine gun and about just as loud. If you want to read the entire testimony it is in my first book Today’s Virtuous Woman, available on Amazon. I will post the link below.
Fear not Virtuous Women God is on your side and the Word is working mightily in you. I know we have all had to walk through some undesirable garbage in the past year+ with Stolen elections, the so called plague, which by the way God’s Word says we are redeemed from all plagues. Lockdowns, businesses closing, masks, social distancing, no Church, and no fun allowed, sounds like the valley of the shadow of death to me. Fear not and fear no evil because the Lord is with you and on your side His Rod and His staff comfort you. He has set a table before you in the presence of all these enemies. So taste and see that the Lord He is Good. Just like the Israelites past through the Red Sea and the Egyptians followed and pursued them, the Egyptians were swallowed up and destroyed in the sea, so it is with all of this garbage we have all had to resist. There is a Red Sea moment on the way for all of it as well. We will see this garbage no more.
Our God is an awesome God and He Reigns. As for me and my house hold we will serve the Lord and we are on the Lords side. The Battle is the Lords and the Victory is ours. Keep standing, Fear not, Stand still and you will see the Salvation of the Lord. I call you all Blessed.
Patty Varsava
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