Pencils: proof of God's immense grace

Today I was cleaning one of our old pencil boxes, weeding out the stubby, unusable ones. And it struck me. We are so blessed to serve a Creator who isn't like I was with those pencils; He doesn't get rid of us when it seems that we are past our use, when we feel like we have no drive to accomplish anything. No, He takes us, and He sharpens and refreshes us again and again, as much as is necessary; He makes us new and whole. He'll never throw us out, He'll never leave us by the wayside. He'll never treat us like an old pencil...

"Because of the LORD's great love, we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."

~Lamentations 3:22-23 (NIV)

"The Lord is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made."

~Psalm 145:13 (NIV)

His promise to us....

Today I was looking through a journal a friend had given me. On each page is a Bible verse. The one I opened to was:

"God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble." (KJV)

I feel that this is a really good reminder. God is always with us. He promises that He will never leave us, He will never forsake us. (reference Hebrews 13:5) He will never abandon us or leave us to work everything out ourselves. God is there and He always will be!