Melodie Joy Wiebe

God is Good

Hello Everyone,

Its been exactly a month since I updated, so I figured I should update.

The Lord is good. He has blessed me so much. This past weekend the Youth came to our place it was good. Chrissy and I went for a walk it was sooooo nice. God has so richly blessed me with amazing friends who you can talk to about anything, who will sit there and let you cry and know exactly how you feel.

on a different note. The other day I was wondering why it felt that I had moved away from the Lord, then a conversation that took place months ago came back to me. We were sharing what the Lord had been teaching us. I shared on Psalm 91 about Gods protection and that the secret place is in the center of his will etc. and then my brother shared on the same verse but from a different perspective. The First verse says...

"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."

and what he pointed out came back to me. He said that we tend to think that when we are close to God we are in the "light" we see things plainly. but here it says that we abide under the shadow in the shadows its dark and we can't always see the pathway but even in those times of "shadows" we are closer then we feel; he also pointed out that in other areas of the Bible it says that

" ... and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." Exodus 20:21

"...ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness..." Deuteronomy 5:23

"He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet." 2 Samuel 22:10

"The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness." 2 Chronicles 6:1

"...he knoweth what is in the darkness..."Daniel 2:22

Though sometimes we put ourselves into a different kind of darkness where the Lord is not.

So we don't need to jump to the conclusion that just because we are in a dark time God is far from us. we need to seek the face of our Lord and see if he is drawing near or if it us drawing away.

I hope that made sense. if all of the sudden I didn't make my point clear please say something and I will do my best to correct it. I do not want to give the impression that all dark times are God drawing near.

Blessings to you all as you seek the Lords Face.

Seeking His Face,
Melodie

Jake and Karen Reimer. That sounds weird. one weirder though is Mrs. Karen Reimer. But Thats what she is. The Wedding was beautiful and I had a lot of fun. I will post pictures once I get some good ones my sister Heidi has some on her xanga but they are pretty bad but hey their pictures.

My room. That is the weirdest of all. I've rearranging cleaning out decluttering and all that fun stuff. it looks/feels empty.


Dad & Mom left this morning for a two and a half (maybe three) week trip to Mexico with George & Aggie Heide. JP and Sherry are moving in for that time which is really nice these next few weeks are going to be fun.


What is Normal? The Dictionary says that it means:

"conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural."

Life brings so many twists and turns I am having to constantly adjust to a new "normal" the Lord is continually reminding me that He is enough and whispering in my ear "Just trust me" which is so much harder than it sounds. we as human beings want to know how its all going to work out what we are going to encounter on the way. We want all the answers. Thats just now how God works though He wants us to Obey and Trust now and maybe understand and see the bigger picture later. The Lords ways are best.

I want to post the lyrics to a song I love but I need to get the CD from a friend yet but the Course says:

"So remove every idle 'till you're all I want and need.
Just the basics for survival, take it all until I see, Only You!"

It is a beautiful song. I'll get the rest of it up soon.

Well Blessings to each and every one of you.
And may the Lord reveal himself to you in a very real way.

~Melodie~