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Steady On

“You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD, the LORD is the Rock eternal.” Isaiah 26:3-4

I memorized Isaiah 26:3 and repeated it often as a college student while trying to discern my career path and weigh possibilities for the future. Quietly I wondered if I was the only one uncertain about what came next. At the time, I had no idea how deeply that verse would resonate with me while the years went on.

As a stay-at-home mom to three very young children, I might be rocking a newborn to sleep or singing lullabies to toddlers. Yet my own “perfect peace” can feel out of reach. So I cling to the comforting promise found in Isaiah 26.

I’m a different me now than the college student I was a decade ago, but I still come back to these familiar words. I was just repeating them the other night as I picked up toys and swept up crumbs. I am realizing that whatever setting I am in, I can trust the Lord to keep my mind anchored to Him when fear, pain, or confusion press in. Difficulty naturally pulls our thoughts toward worst-case scenarios. God invites us instead to fix our focus on His character, His faithfulness, His sovereignty, and His nearness.

SCRIPTURE FOCUS
Proverbs 3:5-6

INSIGHT
The storm may continue, but our inner world can remain calm because God Himself is holding us.

THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR
Job 33-34
Psalm 58
Luke 21

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