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God’s Best During Your Worst

Sometimes our pain distracts us so badly we stop caring. But God still cares. [image error]

Friday’s Pondering

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Friday’s Pondering

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Wear Wide-View Goggles

[image error]Don’t be surprised when something happens that really ticks you off.

It helps, though, if you step back, put your wide-view goggles on, and take a broad look at the challenges you’re facing.

Look around you. What’s really happening?

Read Nehemiah 3:10, Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”

Is your strength giving out? Are you thinking of giving up? Here’s the real question … a solution that Satan’s possibly put in your mind.

Are you considering pulling away from God? From church? Oh, you’d never say so, but you’re weary … so bone weary.

Remember, Christianity is messy. It’s common to face opposition. Satan’s a master at hammering on Christians. But when you use your wide-view goggles, it’s easy to see the full picture.

Read on in Nehemiah 4, After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes” (v. 4).

Don’t let Satan distract you and steal your joy. Be like Nehemiah and stay focused on the job God gives, even when there were distractions.

What do you see when you look for the full picture?

God’s Best During Your Worst: A Preview

[image error]How big does God need to be?

Sometimes when we’re in the midst of tragedy, it’s difficult to grasp God’s presence and comfort.

I should know.

After suffering a seizure on April 1, 2011, doctors found a tumor on my brain and told me I may only have ten days to live. I spent those ten days seeking answers. Why was I facing such horror? What had I done to cause this? Was God punishing me?

Was God even there?

[image error]As you can see, I lived past the promised ten days. Since then, I’ve written a book, God’s Best During Your Worst (Bold Vision Books, coming out in the Spring, 2020), that not only touches on my journey, but shows the reader how to find comfort during their tragedy as well. Could you be facing your own horror? It may not be a physical one. Maybe your heart is filled with questions of its own:

Why did my spouse gamble and get us in this financial bind?

Why can’t I get beyond the shame of the abortion I had thirty years ago?

Why didn’t God intervene when your spouse had an affair?

Why was my son hit by a drunk driver?

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Tragedies can shape our lives in ways we never wanted. Let me show you how God walked me through my catastrophe. And I’ll share the secrets I found along the way … from men in Scripture to trusted contemporaries … how you can find your way out of your Worst time in your life.

It’s a tall order, but God’s waiting to see you through. Keep watching. I’ll give you peeks into a chapter or two before the spring publication. It’s my hope … to bring you hope. And possibly healing.

God’s Best can tackle any of your Worst.

A Friend to All Women

To my lady friends (or to men who know a lady). Check out Jillian Lancour and her Clothes and Curves website. She is truly a friend to all women.

I love this woman! I met Jillian a few years ago and immediately connected with her. Besides being one of the funniest women I know, she focuses on what her purpose is: to share Jesus with hurting ladies. She makes you laugh while building you up at the same time. Then she makes you think.

Check out her September 13, 2019 blog, Shouldn’t Christian Women Be the MOST Confident? 

Leave her a note and tell her how her blog effected you. She’s so nice … she may write you back.

Love you , Jillian. Keep smiling.

2019 AWSA Conference in Murfreesboro

Pardon me for as I offer a bit of shameful self-promotion.

Look what was included in the August/September 2019 edition of Leading Hearts Magazine. Here’s a copy of a full-page ad (page 34) handed out at the 2019 AWSA conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee last month.

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If you pull up the magazine, before you even get to page 34 and after, you’ll see wonderful information from terrific women who love talking about Jesus. While I smile at what I found in the publication on Page 34, my heart sings from what this this magazine offers. Be blessed by the stories and articles shared in this publication.

Let me know what you liked best from these articles. What stories moved your heart?

 

Does God Hear Your Cries?

Do you wonder if God hears your cries? Feels your pain? Of, frankly, if he’s even there at all?

Check out Kristen D. Samuel’s latest blog.

 

5 Reasons Why God Cares About Your Depression

Thanks, Kristen.

A New Day Dawns

A new day … take a step into what waits for you.

Trust God Without Hesitation

[image error]I’m on the road, writing on a phone that’s about to run out of juice. But I wanted to share a post I wrote for CBN.com. Please look past the rough post to see God’s message. https://www1.cbn.com/devotions/trust-god-without-hesitation