I told LaVon before this month started that it would fly by and it has. We have a week left here then we are off, making our way back to Arizona with a stop in Round Rock, Texas for a visit with our daughter and family.
We want to thank all of you for your prayers, emails, phone calls and financial support; without any of these we could not continue.
Since my blog is about trials(Count It All Joy), I wanted to share with you a devotional by David Jeremiah this morning. May it touch your life as it did mine. May God bless you today!
Have a great day, love you, pass it on.
Don
The Oak and the Reeds
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.
Psalm 119:71
Recommended Reading: Job 1
A very large oak tree was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream.
It fell among some reeds, which it thus addressed: "I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds." They replied, "You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape."
An unbearable storm arose in Job's life and his response was "Shall we indeed accept good from God, and… not accept adversity?" His wife told him to curse God and die (Job 2:9-10). She believed nothing good could come from their trials, but Job chose to believe that the goodness of God was greater than the intensity of the storm. And it was.
When we experience storms, we can either respond as the oak tree, fighting and contending and begging God to remove it from our life, or we can bend and sway as the reeds, allowing God to carry us through the wind, unbroken and ultimately stronger in the end.
When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't ask for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.
Luis Palau
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3 comments:
Thank you. You always know the right thing to say. We miss you two very much. We will try to live the way the Lord wants us to. Keep up the good work. And by the way, has it been storming the last few Wed? Stay safe and know we love you.
I am so happy to know you have had a safe and happy summer. But I'm even happier that we will be joining you guys in AZ in a few months. Please keep all of us snowbirds in your prayers as we travel from our various home states to the wonderful sunshine of AZ.
Glad you have had a good summer. We hope to see you in AZ. We will be in Mesa. We are swaying and bending under the wind of Sharon needing gall bladder surgery (she goes to the surgeon on Sept 9) and the fact that our house is still on the market after 2 1/2 months with no offers. We know it will all work out since we have put it in His hands.
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