It is couch day! The used couches the Zaucha’s purchased upon moving to Ojai 6 years ago have been replaced by some new-er used couches. (Props to Craigslist). They are quite comfy. Come on over to give them a try.
Here is today’s Bible Reading: Genesis 23:1-24:51; Matthew 8:1-17; Psalm 9:13-20; Proverbs 3:1-6.
Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
My understanding is so limited. Yet, I am so tempted to focus on it rather than to trust on God who sees all things, knows all things, and has a good plan for my life.
Are you a trust-er or a lean-er? Lean-ers are worriers. Trust-ers experience perfect peace.
Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)
You will keep in perfect peace
him whose mind is steadfast,
because he trusts in you.
Like the Apostle Paul, I want more than anything to know Christ (Phil. 3:10). I do not want to simply know about Him. I want to know Him-- personally, intimately, and experientially. It is not enough for me to hear about Him. I want to see Him with my own eyes.
With My Own Eyes 
Jesse Clark
January 10, 2012 at 8:50 pm
I’m always blown away when I get to see God work and today He did mighty things. Funny you talk about lean-ers, as I am struggling at my work. I was leaning on my desire to have a secure financial future, set in my ways that Jesse can find that job, or get that promotion. Today I surrendered that to God. I made peace with the fact I may not know what the future holds, but I know Who the future holds. Praise be to God as no sooner am I sharing this truth with my wife, than do things change drastically at work. Today I was a trust-er, Lord willing tomorrow will follow suit.
Lori Lincoln
January 10, 2012 at 10:01 pm
I never knew I was (much of) a leaner until recently, when my Heavenly Father took me completely out of my comfort zone in ministry. Ha ha ha, I have to laugh now – because it is what I prayed for two years ago when I first came to FBCO. And then didn’t recognize His answer when it came. Even tho He gave me great clues along the way. I still had things mapped out in my own mind about how it “should” go, or even “would” go.
I’m learning to be more quiet as I live my life in the Lord. I feel like an infant …