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The Christmas story re-enacted by some kids in New Zealand “For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA “But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.” -Luke 2:10-14 "You're Here" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHKJ1aWt1J4 Mary Did You Know? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86dagxYWKmY Merry Christmas, everybody! :) Paula |
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Matthew 14:13-21 (New Living Translation)Jesus Feeds Five Thousand 13As soon as Jesus heard the news, he went off by himself in a boat to a remote area to be alone. But the crowds heard where he was headed and followed by land from many villages. 14A vast crowd was there as he stepped from the boat, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15That evening the disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and it is getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves." 16But Jesus replied, "That isn't necessary- </PRE> -you feed them." 17"Impossible!" they exclaimed. "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish!" 18"Bring them here," he said. 19Then he told the people to sit down on the grass. And he took the five loaves and two fish, looked up toward heaven, and asked God's blessing on the food. Breaking the loaves into pieces, he gave some of the bread and fish to each disciple, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20They all ate as much as they wanted, and they picked up twelve baskets of leftovers. 21About five thousand men had eaten from those five loaves, in addition to all the women and children! </PRE> </PRE> "Christ can meet our spiritual needs, our emotional needs, and our physical needs. He is both deeply spiritual and entirely practical. He can also apply a miracle to absolutely any situation...Christ can perform astounding wonders when we bring Him all we have. Matt 14:17 records the disciples saying, "We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish." Christ then responded in verse 18, "Bring them here to me." I want you to hear something loud and clear: no matter what your "only" is, when you bring all of your "only" to Jesus, it's huge! When we bring Him everything we have, He multiplies it beyond our wildest imagination. On the other hand, we can surrender Him "some" of our lot and it can dwindle to virtually nothing.""Think bigger, boys!You've yet to findI've got all the powerAll of the time.Think bigger, boys!While it is dayWatch what I doDo what I sayThink bigger boys!See every sceneWith Me in the middle reigning as KingThink bigger, boys!For one day you'll seeMe in my gloryThen you'll say to me...We should've thought bigger."From "Jesus the one and only" By Beth Moore-------------Jesus Christ, so real, so personal, so alive and no longer a baby in a manger-- knows each of us through and through. He loves and cares about everyone, including people who want </PRE> nothing to do with Him or deny He even exists. We </PRE> are as like Saran Wrap before Him--He can see clear down to our hearts where nobody else can see with nothing hidden. </PRE> He knows what we struggle with, every detail of our past, our today, our future. He knows all about our weaknesses, our mess ups, our failures, the things we wish we could take back or change but we can't. He knows when we stand up or lie down and every single thought we'll ever think even before we think it(now ain't that a thought :)! His Word tells us that He's got a heap of love and grace and forgiveness to lavish on each of us. His desire is for us to have a personal, </PRE> intimate relationship with Him and His arms are stretched wide open to us. </PRE> We don't have to get formal with God or clean up our act first and then </PRE> come to Him. This has nothing to do with going to church or any "religion". </PRE> We can come to God just as we are--warts and all and talk to Him like a friend because he </PRE> truly is one. If you want to get to know God better and have a great relationaship with Him, tell Him so. </PRE> Ask Him to make Himself real to you in a very personal way. We can hand Him every doubt, fear, every bit of anger and confusion, all our messes and ask Him to give us faith </PRE> to believe when our faith is nill. He can give us peace and hope in the midst of the hardest situations. </PRE> There's a verse that says "If you seek me you will find me if you seek me with your whole heart." </PRE> </PRE> Jesus was called the Great Physician. </PRE> He is fully capable of healing what doctors can not. NOTHING is impossible for God, absolutely NOTHING. </PRE> Sometimes He uses tools like surgery, radiation, chemo, etc in our healing and sometimes He does not. I really </PRE> do not know why sometimes He heals people physically and sometimes he doesn't but some of His </PRE> biggest miracles have nothing to do with healing diseases like cancer. Sometimes a bigger miracle than healing cancer </PRE> is the healing of somebody's heart and soul. This same Savior Who walked with the disciples can take the equivalent </PRE> of a few fish and loaves and multiply them before our eyes as we surrender full control to Him. </PRE> Gratefully His child, </PRE> Paula </PRE> |
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I have this up in my kitchen:
"The will of God has taken me where the grace of God can keep me, where the arms of God can support me, where the riches of God can supply my needs, where the power of God can give me strength. The will of God has taken me where the Spirit of God can work through me, where the wisdom of God can teach me, where the arm of God can protect me, where the hands of God can mold me. The will of God has taken me where the love of God can surround me, where the mercies of God can sustain me, where the peace of God can calm my fears, where the authority of God can overrule for me. The will of God has taken me where the comfort of God can dry my tears, where the Word of God can feed me, where the miracles of God can be done for me, where the omnipresence of God can find me." May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2 THESSALONIANS 2:16 (NIV) When my soul needs rest: http://www.truewoman.com/?id=2360 Song: "Day By Day" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNVCcph6cnI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYAG7zXCEYE&feature=fvsr Voice of Truth |
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“I can’t tell you how, when, or where God will bring a blessing through your trial of suffering. But I can tell you why–because His Word promises He will. Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose”.
God will bring a blessing through your trial because you matter greatly to Him and He longs to show you that. He may bless you with physical healing, or He may bless you by healing you emotionally of some deep-seated hurts. He may bless you spiritually with the joy of knowing Him in a way you never have before. Or He may bless others through you in unimaginable ways. My blessing from cancer is certainly not the one I sought, but because God knows me and loves me, He knew how to bless me.” --(Quote from When God and Cancer Meet by Lynn Eib) “Have you surrendered to despair because of your past or the inevitable situations in your life? Stop it! The greatest days of your life are before you. The past is over. Stop living life looking in the rear view mirror. Look forward. Press on! The best is yet to be, God never consults your past to determine your future.”–Hagee Cancer can mess with this outward shell that I need to walk around in temporarily on this earth but it can not steal the treasures I have laid up in Heaven, not a one of those can cancer touch, not ever. Matthew 6:19-20 19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. "Above All": http://www.godvine.com/Cute-5-Year-O...e-All-219.html |
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"The 4:8 Principle:The Secret of a Joy Filled Life" By Tommy Newberry (Link is to intro and Chapter 1 of this New York Times Best Seller) I borrowed the "4:8 Principle" book from the library a long time ago and plan on re-reading it soon. I asked for it yesterday for a belated anniversary gift. It fits in very nicely with some changes I'm going to make in my life this year. Paula |
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“But one thing I do:: Below is an excerpt from: http://www.aholyexperience.com/2013/...mera-giveaway/ “Well…. do I tell you that 2012 was the year I didn’t lose 10 pounds, forgot every morning for. a. year. to exercise, didn’t finish reading the Bible, failed to write what I really wanted, never got the basement backroom gutted, rammed about in the same ruts on rinse and repeat, only read half as many books to the kids as I’d planned, and missed living up to what I’d named this year? "Regardless of how shiny any life looks like from the outside, the honest and the Lord look on the bare heart. "We all are failures — at least the honest of us are. "That dog could be barking at a lot more than imagined shadows out there. "How in the world do you step hopeful into the next year when you tripped messy through the last year? How do you stand brave with all the smiling rest and ring in the new year when the old year still feels a bit like a millstone around the neck? What if everyone else is making New Year’s resolutions and you just want New You solutions?" ------------------ The link has a wonderful analogy of the author's daughter stumbling through her piano recital that is worth reading. It made me think of some of my own blunderings this past year and what God so beautifully can teach us through our mess-ups and failures. Paula |
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"I don't care how big the cancer is, how small the cure odds are, how little time a doctor says you or a loved one has, I have a message for you...God is bigger than cancer. His light is brighter than cancer's shadow, and there is always hope in Him."
---Lymm Eib in "Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow" Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! Psalm 42:5 When doubts fill my mind, Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer. Psalm 94:19 |
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John 1:16
New King James Version (NKJV) 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. John 1:16 Contemporary English Version (CEV) 16Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another John 1:16 New Living Translation (NLT) 16 From his abundance we have all received one gracious blessing after another. John 1:16 Amplified Bible (AMP) For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. Chapter on happiness by Joanna Harris in her excellent book ”Grace in Time of Need” http://joyoharris.blogspot.com/2011/03/happiness.html http://www.deeperroots.com/catalog/p...1b896024cbaf5f |
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Quote from “The Satisfied Heart” by Ruth Meyers:
“To really know God means that we see what He wants to be in relationship to us and then, more and more in the experiences of daily life, let Him be that to us–count on Him to be that. I have found Psalm 31 to be very helpful in this. In verse 2 David prays, “Be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me”. Then in verse 3 he says, “Since you are my rock and my fortress….” At first I thought this sounded like double-talk: Be to me a rock because You are my rock. Then I realized that David is saying, ‘I have chosen You to be my rock: now be that for me in my situation right now. Be to me now what You are.‘Isn’t that great? Be to me what You are, You are my best love–be that to me now, for I need that today. You are the water of life–be that to me at this time, because my soul is thirsty.” ———————————————– My prayer from some descriptions of God in the Bible: Yes, Father–be to me what You are… My Abba-Father–my Daddy who couldn’t love me more than You already do. I love being Your daughter! My refuge, my fortress, my deliverer, my strength, my all in all My Great Physician, my healer, my protector, the lover of my soul My Living water, my bread of Life My salvation, my forgiver, my intercessor, my cleanser of all unrighteousness My life My fount of every blessing, bind my wandering heart to Thee… My source, my hope, my peace, my joy, my Savior My sin-bearer. You paid the penalty for all my sin when you died on the cross for my sin and were raised from the dead. My key to Heaven through simple faith in what You have done for me My inheritance, my provider My giver of every good thing My strong tower of safety My contentment and satisfaction My giver of all wisdom My quencher of every thirst I’ll ever have My counselor and friend My sun and shield My redeemer My king My creator My giver of Eternal Life--a free gift I could never earn or merit or deserve--it's all wrapped up in placing my faith in what Christ did for me My good shepherd My Bridegroom My ever-present help in time of trouble My beloved My everything! Yes, Father–be to me what You are… |
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Oh, that we might know the LORD!
Let us press on to know Him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the comings of rain in early spring. Hosea 6:3 |
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2 Timothy 1:7
<SUP class=versenum>7 </SUP>For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. |
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Proverbs 3:5-6 <SUP class=versenum>5 </SUP>Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; <SUP class=versenum>6 </SUP>In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. Copied and pasted from http://www.cancerpatientadvocate.com/ “Dear friend, I wish you well on your-or your loved one’s-journey with cancer. I wish you a heart that has found the right attitude-a positive, realistic attitude. I wish you a mind that has found peace-by replacing worries with better thoughts and by focusing on the present and not on the “what-ifs” of the future. And I wish you a soul that has found hope-a hope based on the God of all Creation, who gives life true meaning. God can make blessing come from cancer when God and cancer meet, but we have to let Him choose the blessing. On the fifth anniversary of my cancer surgery, I wrote the following poem summing up what my journey with cancer has taught me: When your world is crashing down around you, trust Him. When what is unfolding doesn’t make sense, trust Him. When you see no light at the end of the tunnel, trust Him. When your silent tears spill down, trust Him. When the pain refuses to subside, trust Him. When your heart screams, “Why?” trust Him. When you have more questions than answers, trust Him. When the devil tells you otherwise, trust Him. When it’s the last thing you feel like doing, trust Him. When there’s simply nothing else to do, trust Him. Be encouraged: God can be trusted in all things . . . even cancer”. |
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"Jesus Christ is able to untangle all the snarls in my soul, to banish all
my complexes, and to transform even my fixed habit patterns, no matter how deeply they are etched in my subconscious" Corrie ten Boom From 31 Days of Praise by Ruth Meyers (p. 74): "I'm so grateful, Lord that the Christian life is not a rigorous self-improvement course or a do-it-yourself kit...that it is not a call to prove myself or improve myself by overcoming my own shortcomings and failures, in my own way, by my own resources. Thank You that, instead, You are at work in me and in my situation to break old patterns of thought and action, to create within me both the desire and the power to do Your gracious will...and to make me a joy to You in new ways". There is none like Thee, O Lord; Thou art great, and great is Thy name in might. Jeremiah 10:6 |
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There is a "Night of Hope & Healing" for Newtown organized for TONITE (Tuesday)in Bridgeport, CT.
The venue, artists, musicians, etc. have all donated their time for this concert. It was advertised as FREE and with 10,000 seats available it was completely booked within 2 hours. Seats were reserved for Sandy Hook Elementary School victims' families if they wanted spots. It is not a fundraiser, but a ministry to the people of CT. Artists include Stephen Curtis Chapman, Casting Crowns, Toby Mac..... Max Lucado, MaryBeth Chapman...... others. The concert is available Live Stream Tuesday night starting at 6:30PM Eastern Time. I don't know how long the live streaming is going on--I just heard about it. Here is the link: http://new.livestream.com/<WBR>accounts/327121/<WBR>NightofHopeHealing |
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Last night at the concert (link shared above) the Chapmans shared their story of the death of their five year old when she was hit accidently by her 17 year old brother driving. Here is part one of a multiple part Larry King Live interview of the story of this dear family and how they are coping with this nightmare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ySghBeUuNM
It's a story of courage and faith and applicable to dealing with all sorts of hard blows in life, like cancer. Paula |
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I was looking over some old notes I took when listening to a James MacDonald’s CD that a friend loaned me when I was going through treatment: ”Always True”: about some of God’s exceedingly great, magnificent, and precious promises in His Word that He has made to those who are His children. These are some of the highlights/DIRECT QUOTES (not my thoughts)that were a blessing to me from the series:
(Part 1) 2 Peter 1:4 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-30443>4</SUP> And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises.... 2 Peter 1:4 Amplified Bible (AMP) <SUP id=en-AMP-30482>4</SUP>By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. His promises are like diamonds hidden in a mountain of gold. Promise: A declaration of what someone will do. The character of the person is on the line. God NEVER breaks a single promise. I am an heir of God’s promises as His child. Promise #1: I will not fear, God is ALWAYS with me. Hebrews 13:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-30206>5</SUP> Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.”<SUP>[a]</SUP> <SUP id=en-NLT-30207>6</SUP> So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?”<SUP>[b]</SUP> Deuteronomy 31:6 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-5710>6</SUP> So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.” No one can fathom His greatness: Psalm 145:3 New King James Version (NKJV) <SUP id=en-NKJV-16324>3</SUP> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable God is a promiser by nature. His Word is brimming and overflowing with promises. It’s an assurance God gives His people so they can walk by faith as they wait for Him to work. God tells us “I can and I will.” Hebrews 6:18 New King James Version (NKJV) <SUP id=en-NKJV-30059>18</SUP> that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might<SUP>[a]</SUP> have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us. Psalm 119:140 New King James Version (NKJV) <SUP id=en-NKJV-16039>140</SUP> Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it. Psalm 145:3 His promises are great, they come from a great God. New King James Version (NKJV) <SUP id=en-NKJV-16324>3</SUP> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable. God’s plan is about the person He is making me into. His plans are all good.: Jeremiah 29:11 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-19622>11</SUP> For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good (wholeness) and not for disaster (evil), to give you a future and a hope. A person resting in the promises of God has a great life no matter their circumstances–they are resting in His truth. Do you think God is going to disappoint you? Let you down? No way! He always has the final word. Jeremiah 32:27 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-19734>27</SUP> “I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world. Is anything too hard for me? |
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Promise #2 : I will not doubt, God is ALWAYS in control
(continuation of notes I took awhile back and me checking some different Scripture translations while listening to the James MacDonald CDs “Always True: Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises”. The direct quotes are his, not mine.) I have listened to a few of his CD series and they were very good. Here is a link to some of his free broadcast archives: http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/w...e-word/listen/ if anyone is interested. The "Always True" series is archived and available to listen to in the January 2011 section. Proverbs 3:5-6 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-16436>5</SUP> Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. <SUP id=en-NLT-16437>6</SUP> Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Psalm 34:8 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-14372>8</SUP> Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! HIS WAY is the safest, fastest, smoothest road to the best possible destination. (My conclusion: when I want my way instead of His, it causes needless detours, u turns, etc.) God sees every detail of my situation and I can trust Him. God invented truth. He IS truth. Doubt is the soil fears grows in and is the cause of emotional roller coaster rides. God WANTS me to test His promises, put my full weight on them. God invites me to test Him and see if He is faithful. If I will do what is right and honor God I can walk by faith, wait on Him, wait on Him to work. Hebrews 6:19 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP id=en-NLT-30023>19</SUP> This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God’s inner sanctuary. Hebrews 6:19 Amplified Bible (AMP) <SUP id=en-AMP-30062>19</SUP>[Now] we have this [hope] as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot <SUP>[a]</SUP>break down under whoever steps out upon it–a hope] that reaches <SUP>[b]</SUP>farther and enters into [the very certainty of the Presence] within the veil, Lord, every good gift comes from You. (From James 1:7) ---------- My personal take-aways : God wants a mutual, personal, intimate heart-to-heart relationship with all of His creation. Every person has a free will and can embrace or reject Him: it's totally our choice. God may answer "yes", "no", or "wait" to my prayers. His priorities are bigger than my health, comfort, or what I figure must be best. His perspective is coming from an eternal one, not a temporal one. "He is God and I am not." I will not doubt or be afraid because God is in total control. God will help me to be brave and strong in Him. If God wasn’t going to use Her2 positive breast cancer, pain, and disappointment in my life, none of them would have happened. He is sovereign over all and absolutely trustworthy. I will “taste” and see that He is good. Every day. ALWAYS and no matter what. He has pure joy, hope, and peace that passes understanding that has nothing to do with circumstance or emotions for all those who take refuge in Him. Psalm 139:17-18 <SUP id=en-NLT-16232>17</SUP> How precious are your thoughts about me,<SUP>[a]</SUP> O God. They cannot be numbered! <SUP id=en-NLT-16233>18</SUP> I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Because of God, I do not have to live in a world of emotional yo-yos and roller coaster rides. I can snuggle up in His love and rest and trust. God invites me to check out all His promises that He has made to His children, test them out for myself, put my full weight on them, see that they are true because they ARE true.. God never lies. He is never mistaken. He is always faithful. Even though I fail and am not always faithful, I can count on Him 100% always. My hope in Christ is the sure and steadfast anchor of my soul. It is firm, secure, and I can count on God NEVER to fail me, NEVER to leave me, NEVER to forsake me. God still is in control when things aren’t going the way I think I want them to be going. His timing is different than mine and His timing is always on time. I will choose to lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with ALL my heart and mind and not rely on my own insight or understanding. In all my ways I will know, recognize, and acknowledge Him and He will direct and make straight and plain all my paths. “The same everlasting Father Who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings.” |
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Promise #3: I will not despair, God is ALWAYS good
(continuation of notes I took and me checking some different Scripture translations while listening to the James MacDonald CDs “Always true”. The direct quotes are his, not mine.) Romans 8:28 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP>28</SUP> And we know that God causes everything to work together<SUP>[a]</SUP> for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. Romans 8:28 Amplified Bible (AMP) <SUP>28</SUP>We are assured and know that [<SUP>[a]</SUP>God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. ——————————— Psalm 27:13 King James Version (KJV) <SUP>13</SUP>I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 New International Version (NIV) <SUP>13</SUP> I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 New American Standard Bible (NASB) <SUP>13</SUP> <SUP>[a]</SUP>I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. ——————————– 3 Accelerants to despair: 1. Surprise: no idea it was going to happen, didn’t see it coming 2. Severe: A big thing in your life 3. Settled/or the enemy telling us it’s a settled matter. “It’s all over”. It is a good place to come to when we can’t do one single thing to “fix things” except to wait on God. Our part: just believe Him. His part: the rest. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. “Be still and know that I am God.” Everything God does in my life is for my good. EVERY one of His “no’s” is a MERCY. A.W. Tozer got a “degree” in suffering. Psalm 100:5 New American Standard Bible (NASB) <SUP>5</SUP> For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations. Psalm 100:5 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP>5</SUP> For the Lord is good. His unfailing love continues forever, and his faithfulness continues to each generation. —————————— Psalm 145:9 New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP>9</SUP> The Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all his creation. Psalm 145:9 New King James Version (NKJV) <SUP>9</SUP> The LORD is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. ———————————— Things I gleaned/thoughts that were a special blessing to me: God is always good to me. He showers me with compassion and tender mercy. Every single “no” to my prayers is a mercy, full of His wisdom I do see and will continue to see His goodness while I am alive and in the land of the living. The way things are going does not need to make sense to me. I will not despair, God is ALWAYS good, loving, kind, faithful, and right in all He does and allows. I will not despair over the cancer, over the pain, over the treatment I wish I didn’t need to be doing,.. over anything else. This is all temporary stuff, all “momentary and light afflictions” with an eternal purpose and some of the hardest things I am going through are really special blessings from God. I just don’t always recognize the beautiful gifts He has for me because I get fooled for awhile by the way the “presents are wrapped”. All the “exceedingly great and precious promises” in the Bible, the “diamonds in mountains of gold”, that are God’s treasures for me personally. How very rich and blessed I am in Christ! Psalm 23 <SUP id=en-NLT-14212 class=versenum>1</SUP> The Lord is my shepherd; I have EVERYTHING I need. <SUP id=en-NLT-14213 class=versenum>2</SUP> He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. <SUP id=en-NLT-14214 class=versenum>3</SUP> He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. <SUP id=en-NLT-14215 class=versenum>4</SUP> Even when I walk through the dark valley of death,<SUP class=footnote>[a]</SUP> I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me. <SUP id=en-NLT-14216 class=versenum>5</SUP> You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You welcome me as a guest, anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. <SUP id=en-NLT-14217 class=versenum>6</SUP> Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever. I had posted the above in my blog while I was going through treatment and was having a great deal of pain from nerve damage from the surgery and my friend Nita responded with this: "I think there is a fourth acclerant to despair, and that is getting our eyes off God and forgetting that He is in control and does all things well. And when we are in pain, it is very challenging to keep our eyes on Him. We are drawn to the pain. Yesterday I read something to the effect that since God has already worked out an amazingly wonderful answer to our greatest problem – sin – we can trust Him to work out an amazingly wonderful answer to our other, smaller problems. I’ve been chewing on that and finding it a blessing because my problem with sin is not just in the past, it is also in the present. I have daily problems, but my biggest daily problem is my tendency towards sinful responses to those problems. I bet I am not the only one. And God has provided the answer through the Gospel which rescues us from the penalty and the power of sin. How wonderful that we can count on His presence and His help as we face all our problems, including the biggest one!" |
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Promise #4: I will not falter, God is ALWAYS watching
(continuation of notes I took/my journalling while listening to the James MacDonald CDs “Always true” when I was going through chemo. The direct quotes are his, not mine.) Hope the truths are a blessing and encouragement to others here as they are to me. Titus 1:1-2 <SUP id=en-NIV-29894>1</SUP> Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— <SUP id=en-NIV-29895>2</SUP> in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time Isaiah 43:2 <SUP id=en-NKJV-18505>2</SUP> When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you. God’s hand is on the thermostat, His gauge is on the depth of water. I don’t know what I can handle but He does. His goal is to change and mature me and bring honor to Himself. I can take more than I think I can–He is the One providing me with the strength I need. <H3>1 Corinthians 10:13 <SUP id=en-NKJV-28577>13</SUP> No temptation (another word is “trial”) has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. His mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness. He will always make a way of escape at just the right time. He gives encouragement to persevere, gives wisdom to do His will, He can pull me out of the fire/out of the flood waters at just the right time. God’s promises are activated by faith. Wrong views of God watching: 1. Some think God is watching like a resentful parent. He is not. Zeph 3: He rejoices over me with singing. He is “at the front of the balcony, cheering me on” 2. He is not “watching like a hawk”, swooping down on every vulnerability, waiting to pounce on every mistake Psalm 103:14 <SUP id=en-NKJV-15564>14</SUP> For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust. He knows the things that are hard for me. God wants me walking in victory and has all the resources for me to do that. There is no condemnation in Christ Jesus. 3. He is not like a crabby church lady sitting in the balcony, critical eye and wagging finger at kids she is watching below, cranky, never happy with anybody. Psalm 40:2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair,out of the mud and the mire.He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along. The goodness of God leads me to repentance. He redeemed me, set me free. He can not love me more than He already does–I am loved with an everlasting, perfect love. 4. He is not a cantankerous boss: “Hey, get to work, time is money.” God is the most loving, gracious, benevolent parent, interested in my well being He sees it all. Proverbs 15:3 <SUP id=en-NIV-16811>3</SUP> The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good Searching for people to bless. He is especially focused upon and attentive to His own. 2 Chronicles 16:9 <SUP id=en-NIV-11519>9</SUP> For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. I am precious to God in ways totally disproportionate to the person I am. He knew me before foundations of the world (Ps 139) --------------------------------- Lord, every good gift comes from You. These are some of my gifts from You from these pasages/study: (From James 1:7) God is watching me as a loving Daddy watching the apple of His eye–focused on me with eyes of compassion, plenteous in mercy, rejoicing over me with singing, gracious, tenderhearted and I have the joy and privilege of being His beloved daughter. Nothing I am going through escapes His attention. He knows everything about everything. Nothing is too hard for Him. He can do anything. He has promised me that he will work all things together for good in Romans 8:28. Isaiah 43:2 Even though this passage has a different context , I can glean the heart of God toward me too. His eye is on the thermostat of this fiery trial. Even though it feels very hot at times, I am not going to get burned up. His eye is on the gauge of the depth of water in this flood. The water is not going to go over my head. I am not drowning even though it feels like waves are crashing over me at times. He will help me catch my breath, tread water, and float on my back and rest when the water is too deep to walk through. He will not give me more than I can bear. He will show me a way of escape when I am tempted to sin, when I feel like giving up, when things feel too hard. At some point God will say “That’s enough” and this trial will end–maybe on earth, maybe in Heaven. He can completely heal me in a snap anytime He wants to, however He wants to. He will provide every bit of the strength I need to persevere and walk in His victory while He wants me on this earth, then after that He is going to take me Home to Heaven in His perfect time. I already know the end of the story and my future is bright no matter what happens. From Isaiah 43:4 : “You are precious in my eyes, honored, and I love you.” He feels like that about every one of His kids, me included. I am loved with an everlasting, perfect love and am so grateful to be His. ————- </H3> |
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"Nothing you could ever experience, no matter how terrible or frightening, could ever separate you from the love of God. No tribulation and distress you might ever suffer could be so intense that God's love for you is not even more fervent. No persecution could be so painful that God's love cannot bring comfort. Famine might starve you of food, but you will never hunger for the Father's love. Poverty cannot strip you of God's compassion, just as even death itself is incapable of robbing you of your heavenly Father's infinite love.
If you base your view of God's love on your circumstances, you will become confused. There may be times when you will ask, “How could a loving God allow this to happen to me?” You may begin to question what you find clearly stated in the Word of God. God promised that you would never be separated from His love; He did not say that you would never face hardship, persecution, poverty, or danger. If you doubt that God could love you and still allow you to experience difficult experiences, consider the life of Jesus. If you allow the death of Jesus on the cross to forever settle any questions you might have about God's love, you will approach difficult circumstances with confidence. Knowing that there will never be anything that could separate you from God's perfect love, you will watch to see how God expresses His love in each circumstance. Don't ever judge God's love based on your circumstances. Instead, evaluate your circumstances from the perspective of God's love." --Unknown Author <H3>Romans 8:35-39</H3>New Living Translation (NLT) <SUP class=versenum>35 </SUP>Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? <SUP class=versenum>36 </SUP>(As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) <SUP class=versenum>37 </SUP>No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. <SUP class=versenum>38 </SUP>And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. <SUP class=versenum>39 </SUP>No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
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Rom 8:38-39 have been my favorites for a long time. Thanks for the reminder Paula
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewKtSKbWZUI
Part 1 of 5: message by Louie Gigleo "Indescribable" The other parts are also available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAzCP8SEKwc "How Great is our God" |
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The Bend in the Road Author: Helen Steiner Rice Sometimes we come to life’s crossroads And we view what we think is the end. But God has a much wider vision And he knows that it’s only a bend- The road will go on and get smoother And after we’ve stopped for a rest, The path that lies hidden beyond us Is often the path that is best. So rest and relax and grow stronger, Let go and let God share your load And have faith in a brighter tomorrow- You’ve just come to a bend in the road. These are some quotes from the book “A Bend in the Road” by David Jeremiah (who is a cancer survivor) that were meaningful to me: “No matter how sharp the bend in the road, no matter how disruptive the moment (those unanticipated events, most of which one would usually have chosen to avoid had it been possible), everything that happens to us is for the eternal purposes of God. He is training us through the process. Like any worthy parent, He wants to teach us what we cannot learn any other way.” “As an old man, looking back on one’s life. it’s one of the things that strikes you most forcibly–that the only thing that’s taught one anything is suffering. Not success, not happiness, not anything like that. The only thing that really teaches one what life’s about–the joy of understanding, the joy of coming in contact with what life really signifies–is suffering, affliction.” –Malcolm Muggeridge “God, You have allowed this in my life. I don’t understand it, but I know that it couldn’t have happened to me unless it was filtered through Your loving Hands. So, this thing is from You.” “The Father is never closer to the vine than when He is pruning it.” “We all ask ‘why’ questions. They’re a natural part of being human. But we can ask better questions–we can ask ‘what’ questions: ‘What Lord? What would You have me to do? ‘What are You trying to teach me?’” “I didn’t sign up for this! I know that I sang, ‘Wherever He leads. I’ll go’, but can’t we at least check the weather report first? How could He lead me into a storm like this one?’ Just cling to the knowledge that you could be in no safer place than a storm of His making. You are safer and more secure in the tempest with Jesus than you could ever be in the calmest place without Him. That calm, you’ll come to realize, is an illusion, and the storm is for a good purpose and a short duration.”
I will choose not to be fearful of any bad news now or to come. My “today” and my future are all HIS. I will trust my precious Lord to care for me and my family. IN CHRIST I am confident, steadfast, fearless, triumphant. (gleaned from Psalm 112:8) Psalm 112:8 <SUP class=versenum>8 </SUP>They are confident and fearless and can face their foes triumphantly. |
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When You Have One of Those Days {or Weeks or a whole lot more} By Holly Gerth http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/39018568/0/holley.gerth http://holleygerth.com/wp-content/up...nlightbulb.jpg photo by moonlight bulb “No big deal,” he says with a flash of his exceptionally white teeth. I so want to believe him. I’m here to have gum grafting–a procedure defined as “minor” in the dental world. Sure enough, I survive. Whew. But I’m not the same for the next week. I cling to my couch like it’s a life boat, have a lifetime supply of frozen yogurt and watch Food Network shows about everything else I can’t eat. And during commercials, I battle the whispers. The ones that say, “You should be over this by now.” Or call me names I haven’t heard since the elementary school playground like “Wimp” and “Weenie.” I roll my eyes. Seriously? I just had dental surgery and there’s still some part of me that thinks I should just snap out of it? You’ve had this happen too, haven’t you? Life sends you a hard day,or week (or way more) and even though you know you should just give yourself a break you wind up being hard on yourself instead. {If it’s just me who does this, pretend along with me, o’kay? Thank you.} So let’s talk about what we can do on those days, friends. First, we can remember we are not our circumstances. Our identity doesn’t change based on what happens in our day-to-day lives. I’m the same to Jesus when I’m sitting on the couch watching Food Network as I am when I’m standing on a stage speaking to women. I’m His girl. You’re His girl. Forever. Done and done. Next, we can choose to be on our own side. We’ve talked about this before but it’s worth looking back on when we have hard days. When the Apostle Paul asked, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” it was meant as a rhetorical question. But I realized there’s one person who can be against me. It’s the one staring back from the mirror. God is on your side so you need to be too. Otherwise we’re siding with the enemy. Yikes. Enough said. Also, we can do whatever we can to not make it worse. That means taking care of ourselves, asking for help, giving ourselves permission to rest or to do what we need to to be renewed. I’m bad at this, ladies. Here’s how bad: as I snoozed on the couch during my recovery I had a dream I was playing volleyball {can you guess what’s coming next?}. I went for a low ball and smacked myself square in the jaw in my sleep. Oh, yes, I did. You may go ahead and giggle now. Most of all, we need to know that we’re not the only one who goes through times when we feel small and weak and think we should be over it already and we’re just not. We’re all good at putting on a brave face and acting like’s whatever we’re facing is “no big deal.” But you know what? It IS a big deal. To us. And to God too. Because He loves us. And when you love someone, what matters to them matters to you. So when we have one of those days, let’s be gentle with ourselves. Okay? Yes, ma’am. Now I think I’ll have some more frozen yogurt to celebrate that decision…" <HR> |
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In the Shadow of Your Wings: From a series of free on-line devotionals for Breast Cancer Patients
By Sue Sewell http://bible.org/article/shadow-your...ancer-patients “When I think of the wisdom and scope of God’s plan, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God” (Ephesians 3:14–19, NLT). It’s Cancer "It’s beginning to settle into my head now. They say I have cancer. I don’t feel sick. I don’t look sick. But apparently I am sick. I am now beginning to wage war on an enemy that I cannot see. It is a ravaging enemy, and I will remember at all times that I am at war. I can cry, but I must remember this is an enemy that will take no prisoner if given the option. I must gather up all the ammunition I can carry and fight with zeal. I know that all of my tomorrows have changed because of this enemy. That doesn’t mean I have no tomorrows, only that they will be different. I am now a part of a new sorority/fraternity. I have a common bond with others who have gone before me, and those who will come behind me. If I forget I’m at war, I will be tempted to surrender to fear. Satan finds his greatest strength is planting the seed of fear in my heart. I begin today practicing putting Christ in control of my every thought. In Christ I have hope, not fear. I am walking hand in hand with my Lord down a difficult path. I walk with Him because I know I can trust Him. I know that He will not reject nor neglect me. I know that He alone has the strength I need to face the unknown circumstances of tomorrow. He alone will reach down, gently put His arms around me, and pick me up. He will carry me when I can walk no more. My emotions overcome me with dread of the unknown. They roll over me like the swells of the rising tide. I remind myself that there is no sin in my emotions. This is the way God has made me. When I feel sad and despairing, I remind myself that what I know is more important than how I feel. I call on the Scriptures that I have hidden in my heart. My emotions are totally unpredictable: changing without warning. But what I know is God is immutable— never changing-the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. In Him alone can I trust." |
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"God Will Help You to Endure" (Option of audio and written transcript on the "Revive Our Hearts: Calling Women to Freedom, Fullness, and Fruitfulness in Christ" website)
https://www.reviveourhearts.com/radi...lp-you-endure/ "We give God our inadequacy, our weakness, our inability to deal with pressure, and God gives us His strength, His grace, and the ability to do what God wants us to do—to put down the next foot, to get to the next bend, to get around the next bend, and to keep going. Paul says in chapter 2, verse 1 to Timothy, “Be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy). God’s grace infuses us supernaturally with strength that we would not have apart from His grace." |
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Therefore let us <SUP style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" value='(H)'></SUP>draw near with <SUP style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" value='(I)'></SUP>confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAv62...ature=youtu.be Is Jesus Just a Crutch? |
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There's a neat little book that I've enjoyed, "The Red Sea Rules: Ten God‐Given Strategies for Difficult Times
Here are some notes somebody took: http://www.pacecumc.com/lessons/RedSeaRules.pdf Paula |
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Hello Paula!!
I am so thrilled I came along this thread!!! I truly don't know how I would make it through some of my deepest fears...moments...on & on if I didn't have God and His Promises in my life... A couple of my favorites... Philippians 4:13 "I can do everything through Him who gives me strength." NIV 1 John 4:4 "You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world." NIV Blessings!! |
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How nice to hear from you, Susan! It's sure wonderful to have a Bible full of the promises of God that we can always count on no matter what. Thanks for sharing those verses. I like what Kenneth Wuerst said about Phil 4:13 (also one of my favorites) that you mentioned, "I am strong for all things in the One who constantly infuses strength in me."
Blessings backatcha, :) Paula P.S. I see in your sig line that you recently started chemo. How are you doing/feeling? I just lifted you in prayer. |
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Thank You for praying for me Paula!!
Actually, this past Thurs, I had quite a scare as I was infused with Benadryl...BEFORE Herceptin... The FIRST time I had my initial "dose" of Herceptin, I was given benadryl capsules...slower release...yet I would get dizzy & experience heart palpitations, high BP...my nurse assumed I was having "panic attacks"...had 2 more weekly Herceptin infusions with "capsules"...had to ask her to slow, then stop the the IV... Finally, we talked to my oncologist, he wanted to rule out Herceptin side effects/panic attacks by having me wear a heart moniter...so, we decided to drive an hour away to another treatment center where he was...and better care... THANK GOD, as when I was infused with the Benadryl BEFORE the Herceptin, within minutes, I got dizzy, heart palpitations, my BP soared, I couldn't catch my breath...my body started twitching...it all lasted nearly 20 minutes...I was given ativan...was able to calm down and finish my entire chemo!!! So, thankful for my mom, praying...my compassionate nurse, the doctor who was right there...I even asked him to pray!! :) I wore a heart halter home, for 48 hours, had some palpitations...will have an echo tomorrow... However, I AM TRUSTING GOD IN ALL THIS...!!!! That was my 2 treatment...am feeling just weak...other than that...so far, okay!! Thanks soooo very much Paula!!! Sorry if I didn't make much sense...:( |
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Hi Susan
I'm sorry that you went through that reaction, that must have been hard. I hope the ECHO turns out A-OK and the rest of your treatment goes smoothly. This morning in my reading: Psalm 27:14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Paula |
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Psalm 127:3 <SUP class=versenum></SUP>Children are a gift from the Lord;
they are a reward from him. As I wake up to Mother's Day 2013 my heart is full of thankfulness for my three precious children and dear husband. I am so grateful. This song is beautiful and is the prayer of my heart for my kiddos:: "A Mother's Prayer" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoy74orJu10 Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms and Happy Wonderful Woman Day to all the other ladies! Paula |
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"In my distress I cried to the Lord,
And He heard me." Psalm 120:1 |
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Good Morning Paula!!
May 20th had my 3rd treatment...whew...delayed reaction...(which was good) as I was able to be "physically" strong for my son's HS graduation May 25th!! However, just about that evening and into the next 4 - 5 days...I was HIT hard...soooo weak, tired...no appetite... I was receiving Herceptin once a week when I started, however, the nurse didn't seem to have quite enough knowledge as to my side effects of the chemo's at the local clinic I first started going to. After having spoke with my Oncologist, we decided I could have my Herceptin/Taxatore/Carbo all together where I could be more closely monitored, etc. It's at a hospital, with WONDERFUL medical staff...we drive an hour just the 21 days to get or more if needed (I'm sure people drive MUCH further), however I feel so grateful & blessed for the the personal way they take are of me...God truly is taking care of ALL my needs!!! He will allow "trials" in this life...to show us we NEED Him!!! Psalm 18:2 "The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold." Blessings! |
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How wonderful that you were able to feel well enough to really enjoy your son's graduation, Susan. Neato on God's timing of the delayed reaction! :) I'm so glad that you switched over and are getting excellent care for your treatments. You are half way through chemo, coming closer and closer to the home stretch of having chemo behind you and moving onward towards rebuilding vibrant health --wooohooo!
This morning I read these thoughts: "There is an ongoing battle within me between my pursuit of happiness and my desire to have joy. Although joy may produce happiness, the two are not interchangeable. Joy is always available. Happiness is dependant on circumstance. Our Maker created us for joy, yet we can’t produce or manipulate it. That’s the rub. I’m made for joy, but I spend my days chasing after happiness. “The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy, is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow is not. When sorrow arrives, happiness dies. It can’t stand pain. Joy, on the other hand, rises from sorrow and therefore can withstand all grief. Joy, by the grace of God, is the transfiguration of suffering into endurance, and of endurance into character, and of character into hope – and the hope that has become our joy does not (as happiness must for those who depend on it) disappoint us.” Walt Wangerin |
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WONDERFUL TRUTH Paula!!! Thank you for sharing such great insight on JOY with me from such a way I NEED to "grasp" it...and know it as you explained it...I know JOY, yet the way this author explained it between happiness and obtaining Joy in Christ...YES!!
I've been reading this book..."Hope is Contagious' by Dr. Kenneth Hutherson...excellent!!! Blessings to you!! |
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