Author: ruthbillingsley

Week Four Content With My Role Grant me the courage to be a servant. To be faithful, loving and true. Grant me contentment in all my roles. They are all perfect gifts from You. Mother, wife, daughter and friend, Whatever I happen to be, Grant me the strength to be each one. Your spirit living…

Week Three Psalm 139:13-16 Content to Be Me I am a painting. God holds the brush. Working a masterpiece, In Him will I trust. Trust Him to mix The colors just right, So the picture will be Beautiful and bright. Full of compassion For family and friends, Honesty and strength, Character that mends. Mends broken…

Week Two Philippians 4:6-8 Thank You, God For turning worry to peace. My cares and sorrows Only You can release. Thank You for guarding My heart and my mind. True quiet and rest In Jesus I find. Whatever is pure Whatever is true Whatever is just, Let me find it in You. In You let…

Week One My Journey to Contentment Philippians 4:11-13 Thank you God For the way you teach. Through your word and others My heart you will reach. You help me to find Contentment and peace. I’ll rest in your arms. In you I’m complete. Complete to be Happy and free. In all circumstances Your strength in…

Proverbs 30:2-6 I am an ignorant man. Understanding? I’ve none I know neither of wisdom or of the Holy One. Agur, the author of this proverb, writes about the ignorance of man and the wisdom of God. He was careful not to boast of his spiritual knowledge. But the one thing he did know, even…

Let not the wise man glory In his wisdom so smart, Or the mighty in strength, Or he rich set apart.   But let him who glories Have glory in this, That he understands Me And he know Me – such bliss.   Know that I am the Lord. There is no one like Me….

Psalm 91 I will dwell in the shelter Of the Most High And find rest in His shadow, Safe, drawing nigh.   I will say of my Savior, “He will help me. My fortress and my refuge, My trust He’ll see.”   He’ll save from the fowler’s snare, From sufferings. He’ll cover with His feathers….

Abba Father, God above, Thank You for sending me Your love.   Adopted through Christ, I became Your child. I now have a Father who is gentle and mild.   Today I have nothing to fear or to hide, Because all that I need You will provide.   A Father I can talk to and…

Christ is our peace. He has made us one. No more barriers Because of God’s Son.   No hostility Or laws that divide. Peace came on the cross. It came to abide.   Reconciled to God, Christ’s death covered all. His peace in our hearts Give hope when we call.   He came and preached…

Something that makes a good situation even better is called “icing on the cake!” We see the hand of God in the sky, on the earth, and in our lives. His blessings on us are reflected in how He cares for nature.  Nature gives us a glimpse of the God, who is in control, and lets us…