For our Wednesday I’m here for just a quick hello. Offering you a link to Wednesdays with Beth to hear her encourage us to Wake Up which I so need to do!!
ABBA, I invite you to tend us this morning. Karen, my friend, comes to mind so I bring her to You trusting You to do for her what she cannot do for herself and to raise her up to higher in You than she has ever dreamed. And as others come to pray here perhaps they will say Yes LORD me too and I agree. Me too, ABBA. And Elaine, she is a blessing to me and many; I pray You will raise her up to minister to more and more and complete her recovery. Jenny, Julee, Bridgett, Cameron and Sonny and these are just a few — the list is long; thank You for taking note of each one in JESUS Name. Amen and amen.
I have some real sinus issues going on this morning, so I’m home and my beloved is teaching our Sunday School class solo (humanly speaking) this morning; and I am ever so grateful for this laptop.
So propped up with pillows I was catching up on some emails when amide those emails was this video and which I think is important enough to share with whomever of you might be visiting today.
I’m not Mari Gras(ing) but I am playing with GRANDS so I have consulted Just Between God & Me by Sandra Drescher and I think her entry for March 8 will speak to us today. Just Between God & Me. Zondervan Publishing House. 1977.
Growing Pains
Hurts, hurts, and more hurts. If I’m a Christian and God loves me as much as He says, why does He allow me to be hurt this much? This question may be asked often and may turn into bitterness if I don’t keep reminding myself why God allows hurts in my life. Being a Christian doesn’t mean my misfortunes will automatically disappear. God doesn’t simply move into action every time I need a miracle performed. He does what’s best for me whether I realize it at the time or not. Looking back, I can see how various hurts in my life have helped me. It’s easier for me to understand what a friend is going through if I have already experienced a similar hurt. I can help that person pull through rough times by sharing my experience. Hurts can become blessings. If all Christians were shielded against hurts, we could no longer be sensitive to non-Christians, and communication with them would be lost. I want to learn to look for good in every situation. Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus (I Thess. 5:18 NIV). Equip me, O God, in any way You choose, to be a better servant for You, even if it means hurts. Grant me an attitude which seeks to find the good in everything, even if it takes awhile. Amen.
We are glad you are here; stay a while, look around, and be encouraged. We estimate there to be over 3,000 posts here at The White Stone Blog. Please know my hope is ALWAYS to help and NEVER harm. I have voiced many opinions and thoughts here since 2007 and by now I MAY NOT EVEN AGREE with all of them and some of my grammar and punctuation likely needs editing. But this is changeless: JESUS is our ONLY Savior and Hope. Do you KNOW Him?
