Anything is possible, right? Who am I to deny what the Lord can do? Anything is possible, when God is involved. And He is involved in every part of our life. He is there in every struggle, every solution, every sorrow, every joy. God is involved in every part of every emotion. He is more than able to do anything He chooses to do. Do you believe that?
So many times when things don't turn out the way we WANT them to, we tend to turn against God and blame Him for whatever we didn't get; whatever didn't turn out the way we wanted it to. Blame God, we think; after all, we asked Him for something, and He didn't give it to us as we asked.
Are we spoiled children or what? Remember how our children would come at our 'no' with "you don't love me!" "You're mean!" "I don't like you!" "I don't love you anymore!' Oh yeah, I think we all have heard our children speak those words to us - or at least implied them, when they were told no.
Oh the things that tear at a parent's heart when we hear things like that! And the doors slam shut. Oh the pain!
But that's what we do with God when He doesn't give us what we want. We stick our nose up at Him and tell Him "we're done with You!" And if any reason comes back to us after our anger and hurt have subsided, we remember He is God and we are not. And that everything is in His hands.. And that whatever happens, He allows it for reasons we are not aware of. Sometimes it is for our safety. Sometimes it is to rescue us from what could happen.
And when we fight God and go ahead and do it our way, in spite of the challenges and blocks God has put up.... we soon find cause to regret it. Sometimes it takes time to realize He was right. The nudges we felt to leave ... and we stayed instead... and got in trouble for it.... the thing we did although we knew it was wrong... oh yeah... we all do that.
But God forgives us when we come back to Him and confess our rebellion against Him. He only wants the best for us. Do you believe that? What is keeping you from believing it?
"Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee. How great Thou art, How great Thou art!"
We watched the movie again last night "I am....Gabriel". If you haven't seen it, you really need to!
It's Sunday and we'll be heading to church in a couple hours. I still prefer a 9AM service, but have gotten used to going at 10AM. It gives me a bit more time in the mornings instead of rushing about to get ready. In fact, when we get ready 'on time', we even have 10-15 minutes we can go sit outside and drink a cup of coffee and enjoy the cool mornings - before the heat waves really hit. I love these quiet mornings. At this time during M-F I need to get my work computer going and on the road.
Except tomorrow. I have another road trip to Mesa... my boss is having a meeting and I've ordered lunch and am going down. Will need to pick up cookies or something for dessert and take; sure hope the boss remembers to pick up a case a water. I'll have to send him a text later today. Surely he can do that. Or, I could go early and take a case myself. Which I might do; he is so overwhelmed with work, I'm not sure he would remember. The good part is that I am on the road about an hour each way; I can literally see people that I haven't seen in ages. Well, at least 3 years since we were sent home. But what I like the best is that I get out of the house. I've ordered lunch so need to be there by 11... but I'll go down about 9AM and make sure the room is set up the way we want it. I take my work computer and set up there and work at the back of the room. It's all good. After I clean up lunch, I'll leave and take my time, heading back home.
Pastor Jentezen Franklin is talking about praise this morning. He is talking about people who used to use profanity all the time, cussing people out - and now they are praising the Lord instead - and numerous men and women stood up in the congregation and started praising the Lord. Instead of using profanity, say Praise the Lord!
My heart's desire is to see my children and my grandchildren, and great grandchildren, praising the Lord and giving Him all the glory. We can see God move when we praise Him! When was the last time YOU praised God?
Jeremiah 23:24 (NKJV): "Can anyone hide himself in secret places, so I shall not see him?" says the Lord; "Do I not fill heaven and earth?" says the Lord."
We cannot hide anywhere that God does not see us. He sees us, right where we are.
Start praising Him; He has redeemed you and your family from the darkness of the world - if you let Him. He's done it; but you have to accept it. Will you? Will you show your family the way to worship?
Blessings!
