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What it means to have God as father

To know God as Father means to have a healer who will calm the storms that rage within. It means to have a father who will help you to “be strong, courageous, and firm; [and] be not in terror … for it is the Lord your God who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you.”[1] To know God as Father means to know what it is like to have a father who is “gracious and merciful, slow to anger, [and] abundant in kindness.”[2] And it means being able to trust a father who will never hurt you or let you down. You can trust God! He is with you now.

(Taken from Chapter two of my Book To Know God as Father

[1] (Deuteronomy 31:6 AMP)


[2] (Nehemiah 9:17 AMP).

I am not looking around for help, I am looking up!

“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1–2, ESV)

Christmas Miracle

This Christmas I have been led by God to forgo any presents for my children in lieu of putting the money towards time spent with them..

I have never done this before. Presents have always been the focus on Christmas when they really should not of been.

I sensed that God wanted to do something more, something much more amazing this year.

I thought it would work out great. That all things would fall into place.

But although none of my grown and nearly grown children care about the presents, they all have very different ideas of what they want to do on my tiny budget.

I felt led to share this (and the results) because I am Trusting God to somehow make a way in all this.

I am trusting God to bring me a miracle this Christmas.

To bring me and my family peace and joy.

His speciality.

P.s. Prayers Welcome:)

And Merry Christmas

UPDATE

I realize now that I miscalculated…we have ZERO money for Christmas, but I know this is just an opportunity to show how faithful God is…He has NEVER let me down before. Christmas will look exactly like How He planned it to look, I know this because I am giving it to Him and waiting expectantly for Him to come through!!

When you are never broke

J. Hudson Taylor wrote the following to his wife during a

difficult time in the work of the China Inland Mission:

“We have twenty-five cents – and all the promises of God!”

If we are doing what God has called us to do then

the size of our bank account will not matter.

So do not let lack of money stop you!

Step out in faith and find solid ground!

8 Days and 7 Reasons Why

So I was a work yesterday and I got the thought to count how many more work days until the new year. I was both surprised and sad to find that I would be working only eight more days.  

Surprised because it just seemed like it was just October. Sad because it was in October that I trusted God’s leading in my life and gave notice to my employers that I would be leaving at the end of December.

Leaving a job is never easy, but leaving a job that you love, that gives you the money you need to pay your bills and feed your family, and that allows you to work with some awesome people is really hard.

Not to mention the fact that I am leaving  in order to stay home, go through everything I own, sell most of it, and then pack the rest in order to move to a Country that I have never been to , and that I do not currently even have a job in.

So why am I doing this?

Why do I insist on planning for a future that seems about as likely as one in which chickens lay square eggs?

For these seven reasons.

1. God is leading me to do this

When I gave my life to Christ I ceased to be the owner of it. I gave the one who designed me, who knows me better than myself, control.

It was not a big sacrifice because I had not really been doing that great a job of controlling it on my own.

Honestly, I was a flat-out mess and as I look back over the 13 years that God has been leading me, I see that He has never once led me to do anything that has been destructive in my life.

 So while it looks like I may crash and burn, I know that the “unknown” is really just smoke and mirrors.

2. God answers my prayers

Every time that I have a major decision in my life I bring it to God. Or to be truthful, usually I panic first, then I bring it to God.

Sometimes God will throw open the doors for me, sometimes He will slam them shut, and sometimes I will feel as if I am blindfolded and led step by step before He will reveal the answer.

But never is my prayer ignored, or lost in the shuffle. God hears every prayer and responds in exactly the way He needs to, to get the desired result.

3. God always provided for all my needs

I have been a widow for 5 and ½ years now.  Before losing my husband to cancer, I, for the most part, leaned on him to supply our family’s needs.

Since Allan has been gone, it is all God, all the time. And in all these years He has never once let me or my children starve, or go without anything that is needed.

So if God provided in the past, why would He not do so in the future.

4. God’s word says he is trust “Trustworthy”

 Over and over in the Bible it talks about how trustworthy God is. All I need to do is to open up his word and read verses, such as those below, to be strengthened.

               “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.” ~ Joshua 1:9

Or

              “Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.” ~ Psalm 9:10

The word (the Bible) is not just ink on paper, it is alive and God leads me through it.

5. God has compelled me

Although I like adventure, I do not like change. I am not one to want to live in a new city every two years, like the friends of my mom.

So while I have always wanted to go to England, I would probably never have moved there as it would have required me to leave the 24 square foot radius I like to call home.

But when God has called you and He compels you to go, it changes everything. I often feel as if I am strapped to the front of a Plane, with England as the target. I could not stop this if I tried, not would I want to.

 6. God has counted my days

My husband was only 49 when he left here, my friend’s son only 19. We just do not know how long we have, but despite what the world says, it is not a “crapshoot.”.

God formed me in my mother’s womb and He has counted my days. He has amazing plans for my life that I cannot even imagine.

 So I need to allow him to do the work He needs to do in me so that I can see those plans come to fruition, before my time is up.

 7.  God loves me

God is love! Period. He is the source of all love. He is not hate, or fear, or lack, or misfortune. He is LOVE!

And He loves me (and you) with an everlasting and passionate love.

You are not an accident, nor am I. Because He loves me I know that everything will fall into place just as it should.

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So yes I am in the process of letting go of a lot of things,

but I am grabbing ahold of so much more.

And even though I may not yet know what I will one day hold,

I know that it will be amazing because I have a Father who loves me,

who looks out for me, and who is leading me into all good things.

Photo = © Sergey Nivens – Fotolia.com

Never be afraid

 “Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” ―Corrie Ten Boom

What trusting God looks like

God is trustworthy

“Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.” (Psalm 37:3–5, ESV)

Faith…

Faith

Faith makes things possible, not easy.  ~Author Unknown

Faith does not mean shuting your eyes and hiding while God does everything for you. It means giving to God your future and letting Him guide you into it, step by by step. What God will ask of you is not always easy, but it is, for sure, always worth it.

Faith…