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June 6, 2018

Hold My Hand

Isaiah 41:13
I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear. I will help you.”

I am not one to repost someone else’s blog, but I was struggling all day with exactly what to say and how to say it. I knew what I wanted to talk about today, but the words just were not coming together.

Then I sat down to check my email and here was a blog from Jill Savage expressing just what I was feeling. I couldn’t say it any better, so I decided to pass it on.

The nurse walked into my room and said, “Jill it’s time to go. You’ll need to leave your glasses here.” Mark prayed for me, gave me a kiss and then waved as the nurse wheeled me out of my room towards my lumpectomy surgery. Without my glasses I can’t see much so the feeling of being disoriented seemed to heighten the emotion of the moment.

That’s when the words of Isaiah 41:13 flooded into my mind. “I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, “Do not fear. I will help you.”

God settled my heart with just a few words…just a few of HIS words, that is.

My surgeon prays for her patients before surgery. She had no idea the implication it had for me when she stopped in the presurgical area, held my RIGHT hand, and prayed for me. Coincidence? I think not.

This verse stuck with me through all my dark seasons: my husband’s infidelity, my breast cancer diagnosis, our adopted son’s mental illness and suicide attempts.

Today I’m prompted to share it with you because if you don’t need it today, you will need at some point in time. Real life is messy. We need God’s word to anchor our soul when the waves of real life seem to be tossing us around.

Whatever you’re facing today…He’s holding your hand.

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May 9, 2018

I Will Be Strong Tomorrow, but Not Right Now

1 Corinthians 12:9
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

I remember my brother’s funeral like it was yesterday, instead of 23 years ago. I remember standing tall and stiff. I remember saying over and over again, “I am an army wife. I must be strong. I cannot cry. I have to support my mom and dad.”

It was a very difficult day for all of us. My brother had been taken away in a very brutal way and much too young. He left a wife and two beautiful daughters behind.

No one ever wants to get a phone call saying your loved one is dead. I can’t explain how hard it is to hear the person on the other end of the phone tell you they were murdered.

For me, it was like the wind was knocked out of me and at the same time the world just stopped spinning and fell away. I couldn’t feel my body at all. I remember having my newborn in my arms and my friend quickly grabbing her then turning to me and setting me down on the couch.

It was in that very moment, I knew without God, I wasn’t even going to be able to take my next breath. I had no strength for anything.

At the time, I lived 12 hours away, but I don’t even remember the drive home.

When I reached my parents house and saw my parents faces, I could only mutter a quick prayer of “God, get us through this!”

The voice I heard came back with, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

I knew from that moment on, it was not going to be easy. I was going to be very hard. The days to come would even seem impossible to get through at times. However, I knew I was going to get through them. I knew God was going to go through them for me.

Yes, you read that last statement correctly. He was going to get through them for me and not just with me. He had already been down that road watching a group of people murder His son. He knew the pain I was going through.

In one of my weakest hours, he was my strength. It wasn’t easy at all, but there was hope for the sun to shine again. That is what got me through. Everything was going to be OK, just not right now. And that was OK too.

May 2, 2018

Fight to Fly

1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

No one likes pain and struggles. But what is the alternative?

How many times have you read a book or saw a movie with that spoiled rotten person who was handed everything. He never worked a day in his life. He never faced any consequences for any of his actions. He just lives to enjoy himself no matter what the cost or who he hurts.

You are probably scowling right now just thinking about it. You may even no someone in real life like that.

News Flash! That is the alternative!

You are the product of all your actions and reactions. You learn and grow through your struggles.

We are very much like the caterpillar. What would happen if it just continued to lay around and eat or crawled into the cocoon and stayed asleep? It would never learn to fly!

April 30, 2018

I. Can’t. Do. It!

Jeremiah 17:7
But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.

I. Can’t. Do. It! I stomped my feet and told the Lord! I am not capable. I don’t have the will power. I am too old. I can’t try again. I can’t go through this again. I won’t do it because I. Can’t. Do. It!

What was God’s reply? I know you can’t! But I can!

I have no confidence in me and my abilities. I don’t have the strength to do many things in my life. That is OK. I don’t have to have confidence in me. I have to have confidence in God. I must learn to rely on his strength.

Need some more proof? Here are a few more verses in the bible to convince you.

I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:29

My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word. Psalm 119:28

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Ephesians 6:10

Buy those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

But you, LORD, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me. Psalm 22:19

So, no I can’t do it! But God can! i just have to have confidence in him and rely on his strength to get me through.

April 27, 2018

Filled With Hate, But I Must Wait

Lamentations 3:26
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.

Ever find yourself in a conversation and you are ready! You are poised! You have a million things you want to spew out of your mouth like Mount St. Helen!

You feel every word of it is true and valid. Sure, they are laced with meanness, spite, hate and maybe a little vengeance. But it is justified right?! You have been hurt, wronged and you deserve to retaliate.

Then that small, still voice whispers in your ear.

“Don’t do it. I know you are hurt. I know they wronged you. By the world’s view, you have every right to retaliate. But this is my fight, not yours. I want you to be still before me and wait patiently; do not fret that they succeed in their ways, when they carried out their wicked schemes” (Psalms 37:7).

I find myself in that situation today. Believe me, it has taken some extra strength Holy Spirit duct tape to close this mouth. I can also tell you the only way I am getting through this is repeating over and over and over again Lamentations 3:26, “it is good to wait quietly. For the salvation of the Lord.”

When that burn inside starts to churn and I feel all those words wanting to blow, I close my eyes and through gritted teeth, I repeat the verse. I pray. I tell God, I am stepping back and trying to wait quietly for you to save me.

I would love to be able to end this post with a beautiful rainbow and unicorn scene. Tell you it became easier and easier and now I am not even thinking of the person or the hurt they brought to my life.

But, I can’t.

The truth is, I am still in the middle of this battle. I am fighting! I am not going to give up! But, I am still in the middle.

If you are in the middle of a battle right now, I would love to link arms and pray with you. We can wait together quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

April 18, 2018

The LORD’s Great Love

Leviticus 3:22-23
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.

Days turn into weeks, weeks into months and months into years. Some seasons we go through are down right tough. But we must always rememer that the LORD’s great love for us is what sees us through any stormy sea.

Tonight I would like to just pray for you just as Paul did over the Ephisians.

¹⁴For this reason I kneel before the Father, ¹⁵from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. ¹⁶I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, ¹⁷so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, ¹⁸may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, ¹⁹and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

²⁰Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, ²¹to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Ephisians 3:14-21).

April 13, 2018

Always Hope

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

HOPE is simply

Having

Obscure

Peace

Everlasting

No matter how dark life gets, I have a hope that tomorrow is a new day. It is this hope that gets me up everyday. It is this hope that carries me through everyday! It is this hope that allows me to sleep.

I can’t explain the peace that comes over me while the storms continue to rage all around. I can’t explain the joy I still find when I see only darkness around me.

I can only say thank you Lord for never leaving me. Thank you for your peace and joy. My hope is in You Lord.

And I pray may the God of hope fill you my friends with all joy and peace as you all trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

April 11, 2018

Troubles Will Come and So Will God

Psalms 91:1
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

When my life hits a rough patch, I love to read Psalm 91. It reminds me, God still rules. God is still in control. I have a place to go to breathe!

There is no such thing as a life without troubles. When those troubles hit there will be pain. There will be sadness and anger. There will be hatred and worry. There will be lots of tears.

However, the psalmist has also promised there will be God!

God will provide a refuge, shelter, protection, a place to breathe.

Yes, troubles will come, but God will be with me every step of the way.

Psalm 91
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”

April 9, 2018

I am Not OK, But I will be!

Psalm 56:3-4
When I am afraid I put my trust in you. In God whose word I praise in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

There are some pains in your life
That seem to have no end.

Evertime you start to smile
the tears well up again.

This season of my life
is the worst it’s ever been

Devastaion all around
and yet I cling to Him

It is well
with my soul!
Its Well
It is Well
With my soul!

April 6, 2018

Pray Now?

Colossians 4:2
Devote yourself to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

I came across this saying from Corrie ten Boom, “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”

At first I thought, “Oh, that is so cute!” Then I read it again and I felt like she was really asking me? I mean I felt a deep sense of conviction.

I have a prayer journal that I write in everyday. I spend the day often talking to God about anything and everything. So at first, I kind of felt like Peter when Jesus kept asking him, “Do you love me?” (John 21:15-17)

I prayed and asked God to search my heart. Tell me what I needed to know. Immediately, I thought about several times recently when faced with a problem, I quickly contacted a couple of friends to help me through. I even spoke to my husband. Then when I had talked to anybody and everybody, I prayed.

I made God my spare tire!

Believe me, I am not saying don’t reach out to people for help. We are to share each other’s burdens (Galatians 6:2). What I was doing was not seeking God first. I wasn’t letting him steer. Really, what I was doing was trying to run the show and do it all by myself.

Needless to say, Corrie ten Boom’s cute little saying is now printed in my prayer journal and hanging in my office. I am going to try and make sure prayer is my steering wheel and not my spare tire.

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