Building One Another

DWELL IN THE LAND Vol 10 No 22

August 16, 2011

Dear Friend,

Riding to an airport with a friend and co-worker I asked what she would be doing the coming weekend.  She replied, “I am going to dwell in the land,” just as the Psalm says, “Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Psalm 37:3*

I love the thought.  Dwell in the land!

With all the stuff coming at each one of us it is so easy to find one’s mind and one’s anxieties consumed with coping and not with appreciating simply living in the land our Lord has given us.

Dwell in the land.

                Enjoy your home.

Love those who live with you and who spend time with you.

                                                Appreciate your community - its beauty, its people.

                                                                Take pleasure in your work.

                                                                                Find joy in the current season of the year.

Dwell in the Lord.

                Go to Jesus who said, “Come to me all you that are weary.”

                                Entrust yourself to him who said, “Let not your hearts be troubled.”

                                                Take joy in this Lord who said, “that my joy may be in you.”

                                                                Receive the love of Jesus who said, “My peace I give to you.”

Dwell in the land, dwell in the Lord and be glad.

“Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.” Psalm 37:3

With joy - E. Stanley Ott

Copyright 2011 E. Stanley Ott

*Scripture from the NIV