He has carried me

On this last day of 2008, I am again reminded of God's wonderful goodness to me every day throughout the year. It has been a year full of ups and downs from a human perspective, and yet I have come to see every detail as a gift from Him, fitting into His perfect plan to glorify Himself. He has carried me tenderly and safely through 2008, and I know He also holds the future. I'm anticipating the days ahead as He continues to "carry me" each step. What a privilege to be a part of His Kingdom!

“The Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.”

“I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.”—In his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.—Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, the Lord alone guided him.

“Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.”—This is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.

"Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you.—“Do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. . . . For . . . your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

“Till now the Lord has helped us.”

Deut. 1:31; Ex. 19:4; Isa. 63:9; Deut. 32:11, 12; Isa. 46:4; Ps. 48:14; Ps. 55:22; Matt. 6:25, 32; 1 Sam. 7:12