Be at Peace

   "Do not look forward to the changes and chances of this life in fear.  Rather look at them with full hope that, as they arise, God, whose you are, will deliver you out of them.  He has kept you hitherto; do you but hold fast to His dear hand, and He will lead you safely through all things; and when you cannot stand, He will bear you in His arms.
    Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow.  The same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow, and every day.  Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it.  Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations." -Frances De Sales

   "The Lord is my shepherd.  Not was, not may be, nor will be.  'The Lord is my shepherd,' is on Sunday, is on Monday, and is through every day of the week; is in January, is in December, and every month of the year; is at home, and is in China; is in peace, and is in war; in abundance, and in penury."- J. Hudson Taylor  (who spent the majority of his life as a missionary in China)

(Photo Credit: Engeni Dinev)

I read those quotations this morning in one of my favorite devotionals, Streams in the Desert.  I've been comforted by it's words many times.  I highly recommend it...whatever your "season"!