The Trials of Life

Well, things in my world are going good for the most part but they do say when it rains it pours...LOL! Now, I am not all about complaining but times are tough....but good.....if you know what I mean. I am blessed! God is good to me! When I look around I can see His love everywhere and I praise Him! With that being said, I know that I can get through anything because God will not put anything to hard for Him in my life and He is the one that will be handling the things I am unable to handle to I just give it to Him....it is all we can do and at the same time it is the most powerful things we can do. Praise God!

We are told time and time again in His Word that He will work things out for us....that we don't have to worry!

Romans 8:28 tells us that it is all for our good, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."

1 Corinthians 10:13 says that we will never be tempted in a way that we can't endure. So when we are tempted we should immediately be looking for a way out because we know that God has given it to us, "No temptation 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 that temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."

Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us straight out that we are NOT going to understand everything. This tells me that there are times we HAVE to walk by faith because God knows what is best always. He will make our paths straight....if we listen to Him He WILL guide us....but we HAVE to listen to HIM....NOT our own understanding. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths."

Then if you read Psalms 34:17-20, James 1:12, and Philippians 4:19 you will see that no matter what you are going through He is with you. All you need to do is cry out to Him. This doesn't mean that you will never have troubles. Quite the opposite....Jesus is saying that you WILL have trouble....that is what these verses are for. To let you know that He is with you through those troubles.

Psalm 34:17-20, "The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, And saved such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken."

James 1:12, "Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him."

Philippians 4:19, "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

I hold on to these verses when I am going through trying times. There are so many more....the Bible is full of promise and encouragement. Praise God that He loves us so much that He gives us these promises knowing that we can accomplish nothing without Him.

Though my life is blessed and completely and totally awesome is has its problems, as all of our lives do. I am behind in my school work. My bro in law is in the hospital. I have an alcoholic in my life that makes thing difficult. There are NOT enough hours in a day. I don't have a home church right now and am searching and waiting on God. I am a single woman doing more than many married women do. I have people on all sides expecting different things from me. MAN IT IS STRESSFUL!

But, none of that really matters so long as I can make Jesus smile, and we all can! He wants our love and obedience....that is all. He takes care of the rest. Praise God that He keeps promises and that He loves us and that He handles all the hard stuff. Being a Christian is the best thing ever! Thank You Father for sending Your Son on the cross to die for my sins. I know that without Him I would be totally and completely lost!

Have a blessed day!

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Have you ever wanted to have a place to keep all your thoughts and prayers and also listen to worship music and watch sermons and shout out praises! Yea...me either....LOL! I mean, I wasn't really looking for this when I found it, but I guess that was mainly because I didn't know it existed. I was just looking for on online prayer journal because I can stay focused better when I am typing because I can type faster than I can write. But I didn't want to just have a word document or something because with my luck I would lose it or something and I wanted to be able to look back at my past prayer requests. So, this is how I ended up finding this site and IT IS GREAT! I read the devos they post every day and there are really good reads. It also offers and Bible reading plan. I don't follow that plan though because I already had a plan on my phone that I was following....but I looked at it and the plan looks great for anyone that doesn't already have  a Bible reading plan. Anyway, check the site...I love it and I hope you will too!

 

Be blessed!

*~Dawn~*

Well, I am back at it! I know that I said in an older post that I am not runner and I suppose that is true but I can JOG! I am actually on Week 5 of the C25K program and it feels GREAT! I am doing it on the treadmill and it actually keeps me pushing a little harder. When I am just running outside I can slow down as I go but on the treadmill I walk at a pace of 2.5 and I jog at a pace of 4.3, no slowing down or speeding up...the treadmill keeps me accountable for sure. Now, if anyone has walked or ran on a treadmill they know that 4.2 isn't exactly a speedy pace but you know what, it is MY pace! Do what you can...doing something is ALWAYS better than doing nothing. I am signed up for my first 5K on June 28, 2014. I am doing the color run and I can't wait! I really won't be done with my training by then but that is okay. I am going to take it slow and enjoy myself. God gave me this body to live in while here in the natural and I am going to take care of it and have fun doing it! Be blessed!

It has been awhile

Just looked in at my blogs and realized that I haven't posted anything since 2013. Does that mean nothing has been going on? Oh no....it is actually just the opposite! I have been too busy to be blogging! School has got me running in circles and I am just now getting a very much needed break. Hanna is on break also, this has been a trying year for us both....actually, a trying few years! But I have learned and grown more in the last few years than I ever thought possible. If anyone had told me some years ago that I would be where I am today I would not have believed them. God is has brought me so far and is so good to me.

I am still going to Liberty, working on my MDiv in Professional Ministries. I am just taking two classes a semester so it is taking some time to get to get it completed but with God's help, I will get it done. What God has planned for me after I graduate, only He knows.

I am also still homeschooling my Hanna. We finally bought an online curriculum. I miss planning the curriculum myself but it has been super helpful. It has freed me up so that I can do my school while she does hers and then we can have time to work together and play together and go on missions together. It just frees us up so that we can really live out this life God has blessed us with!

Well, I do promise to start back with my blogging since I am finally getting a bit freed up....been setting some boundaries so that I can make first things first as God would have me do...

Be blessed!