Through Every Storm

Through every storm I've found...God is faithful

Through every storm I've learned...His strength is mine.

And because of those dark days I am certain....

He will always keep me safe...through every storm.

I heard this song after a very disappointing day. We found out today that the people who were going to buy our house backed out, throwing us into another "tizzy". As I said in my last post...IT WILL HAPPEN! I don't know when, but I do know that God is still in control, and He will not let this storm destroy our faith!

...for with God (WE KNOW) all things are possible....

I come back to you once again to ask you to pray that this process will be over SOON! Thank you, again!

Just "Be There"

I watched someone very dear to me go through a very hurtful and trying time. During this "time" there was frustration and anger. I saw the "hurt" in their eyes, and a "wall" that came up when their "situation" was talked about. The bright eyes of happiness and excitement they use to have changed to a "far away stare". THEY went into "survival".....and my heart cried. My heart was overwhelmed as I watched God pick them up and carry them to the Potter's House. I wanted to stop Him and beg, "PLEASE, PLEASE....DON'T TAKE THEM THERE!" Yet, I knew if He didn't, they would never be used in the way God wanted to use them. I also knew they were in a very "safe place"....in His house...on the Potter's Wheel.

When someone you love is carried off to the Potter's House, just "be there" waiting for them when they come walking out of the house. No, you can't go inside while He's working on them, for you might try to stop the hammer that's breaking them. You can only stand on the outside waiting. Trust the One who is "breaking" them and is in charge of "shaping" their life. Then...be patient and listen.....just listen........

"LISTEN!!! What's that I'm hearing?"

"LAUGHTER? YES! It is LAUGHTER!"

It's coming from inside the Potter's House!

"Is He finished with them?"

Yes...for this time, He is finished, and He has turned their sorrow into JOY!

As they step out into the ministry God has prepared for them, "Just Be There" to ENCOURAGE and CHEER THEM ON!

THEN....

You will "be there" by their side and hear them as they rejoice because of "what the Lord has done"!

You will "be there" when they walk beside you through the gates of splendor...never again to be placed on the Potter's Wheel.

Rewards will be given and you will "be there" to watch them as they receive their reward for being faithful servants!

You will "be there" to hear the words as they are said to the ones you loved and cared for..."WELL DONE...thou good and faithful servants......

There is so much more to life than what we can "get" for ourselves.

"Be There" for someone who needs you...and you'll be glad you were!

PROTECT YOUR FAITH

Today while getting ready to go take care of things, I was listening to some "good gospel music" on the radio. There were songs about "holding on","God is good", "great things are happening"...the normal uplifting songs I love to hear. These songs lift your spirit and bring peace to your mind in troubled times. Then I thought, "I need to listen to the news to see what's happening in the world." So, I did!

BROTHER! By the time I had listened just a FEW MINUTES, I started feeling "low"! I started thinking "negative" thoughts. My spirit wasn't "soaring" like it had been when I was listening to "good gospel music". There was not ONE thing they said on FOX or CNN that brought any happiness to my spirit, and it sure didn't BUILD my FAITH! House markets are down, the gas prices are terrible, food prices are high and getting higher, fires in California, drought in Western Oklahoma....on and on they talked and said THEIR predictions on how BAD things are, and how BAD things are going to get.

Then I had the thought...."PROTECT YOUR FAITH"!!! I think it came from God. We have several situations that we are praying for, and sometimes it seems God is taking His time! I needed to "think on the goodness of Jesus" and NOT the economy and all of the doom and gloom around us. MY GOD is BIGGER than the ECONOMY and HE can and WILL ANSWER our prayers. I needed to remember the words to this song.

When you're up against a struggle

That's shattered all your dreams

And your hopes been cruely crushed

By Satan's manifested schemes.

And you feel the urge within you

To submit to earthly fears

Don't let the faith your standing in

Seem to disappear

Praise the Lord.

He will work for those who praise him

Praise the Lord.

For our God inhabits praise.

Praise the Lord.

For the chains that seem to bind you

Serve only to remind you.

That they fall powerless behind you.

When you praise him.

Satan is a liar and he wants to make us think

That we are paupers, when we know ourselves

We're children of the king.

So lift up the mighty shield of faith

For the battle must be won

Remember Jesus Christ has risen

So the works already done.

We can become so entrenched with the thinking of "this world" and forget that our HOPE, our STRENGTH, our ANSWERS come from HIM! It doesn't matter what the news is saying! OUR GOD is the WAY-MAKER!

Here are a few things I think I'll do:

1. Don't listen to the nay-sayers!

2. Turn off the talk shows and news!

3. Look to Jesus!

4. Read His Word!

5. Listen to those who speak positive!

6. PRAY!

7. Think on the goodness of Jesus!

8. Speak words of FAITH!

9. Know in Whom I have believed!

".....with God all things are possible."

Could It Be Today?

I need to be getting packed to leave for Deweyville where my husband will be ministering in tomorrow's services, but I had to stop and write a thought that's been on my heart.

This morning as my husband left the motorhome he turned and said, "Today could be the day....." and proceeded to tell me what today just might bring! My heart leaped thinking that a particularly thing we have been praying for might actually take place. I then started checking the "blogs" and I went to Tracie's Thoughts, and when I arrived there she started out her post with, "Today I woke up feeling a sense of Victory"! I love when the Lord speaks to us from different, unexpected places.

Whatever your need is today, just think.......TODAY COULD BE THE DAY that prayer is ANSWERED!

Note: As I had the arrow on "Publish Post" this song playing on "Enlighten, XM Radio, Channel 34" said,

"Never throw a hungry lion in the den of a praying man!"

AMEN!