Our family's scripture for the year

"You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess, and that you may live long in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their offspring, a land flowing with milk and honey. For the land that you are entering to take possession of it is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated it, like a garden of vegetables. But the land that you are going over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water by the rain from heaven, a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year."

Deuteronomy 11:1-12

In New Zealand on vacation, our family decided that this should be our family's scripture passage for the year 2010. This year, we are going through the uncertainty of searching for a new home, and these verses remind us to trust God. We may think that we can guarantee our own future by the work of our hands, building ourselves a home in Egypt. That, however, is not God's plan for us. He will prosper us by His own hand. We will have to rely on His goodness and His provision, like rain from heaven, which is beyond our human control. Nonetheless, our Father promises to give us rain and to care for us. This year, we want to live trusting that His eyes are upon us, and hence knowing that we have nothing to fear.