Good morning. Back in Psalms: unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. This is so true about many ministries. They are houses of straw. No matter how successful it may look on the outside, if it's not built by the Lord, it is a failure. One Baptist minister joked that their Sunday school plan was so good it would keep on growing even after the rapture. Of course it is also very true about our own house. You can literally work yourself to death trying to figure out how to make everything work out. But if it doesn't have God, it is a failure. Unless the Lord guards the city, the watchmen keeps awake in vain. That is so true about our nation. It doesn't matter what safeguards the nation has in place, unless God is in it, terrorists can still strike. We just have to make sure that God is guarding us. It is vain for you to rise up early, to retire late, to eat the bread of painful labors; for He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. If you try to do it on your own, it doesn't matter how many hours you work on it– there just isn't enough time. It will definitely be painful labor. You will be spinning your wheels so to speak trying to figure out how to make it work. We've all done that and come under great stress. But God gives to us even in our sleep. Sometimes you wake up knowing what you are supposed to do. Behold, children are a gift of the Lord (sometimes it doesn't seem like it - it seems like they are a gift from the other place; now grandchildren – that's another story). The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. Father thank You for helping the reader to put everything together for the future. Help him/her to build his/her house and watch over him/her constantly. He’s/she's blessed as he/she goes out and he’s/she's blessed when he/she comes in.

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