Everyone has a story…a string of stories that make up life.
Several years ago I started regularly writing down what I call Monumental
Moments, times when God shows up and I am amazingly blessed.
Like the time God intervened to keep me from circling the drain. Last year our church lost an awesome young man in a
tragic car crash.My husband and I
were doing our best to comfort his family and prepare for the funeral. I had
just come from speaking 4 times at a retreat on one weekend and I was heading
into another worried about this young man’s parents and the church folks who
were also feeling the loss. I opened my email to find that the speaker’s group
I belonged to had “randomly” selected my name for prayer that week. I sobbed on
my keyboard as I felt the prayers of my Christian sisters and as realized that
God had my back.
I wrote this blessing in my book of Monumental Moments to
refer back to when I need encouragement. Whenever I add a story, I reread a few
that I have already written and recognize how blessed I truly am. My book, Better
Than Jewels is a result of collecting
stories like that and more. Now in my counseling office, I recommend that folks
needing faith write down their Monumental Moments and witness a pattern of
God’s goodness and provision everyday. Try it and see what happens to your
faith!
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IN 2009, FOCUS ON THE WORD NOT YOUR WORRIES! My verse for 2009~
"Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you.
He will be with you; he will neither fail you nor abandon you."
- Deuteronomy 31:8 CAN I GET AN AMEN! ???
More Scriptures~
COMFORT 2 Thessalonians 2:16, “Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word.” Isaiah 51:3, “The LORD will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; he will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.” Psalm 91:1, “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.”
PEACE Isaiah 26:3, “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, whose thoughts are fixed on you!” NLT 2 Thessalonians 3:16, “Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all!” John 14:27, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”
HOPE Joel 2:25, “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten.” NKJV Jeremiah 29:11, “‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the LORD, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’” Romans 15:13, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
FEAR Isaiah 41:10, “So Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you” The Message. 2Tim. 1:7, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” Isaiah 51:12 I, “I’m the One comforting you. What are you afraid of—or who? Some man or woman who’ll soon be dead? Some poor wretch destined for dust?” The Message.
PROVISION Philippians 4:19, “And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.” Psalm 121:3, “He will not let your foot slip — he who watches over you will not slumber.” Hebrews 6:18, “God cannot tell lies! And so his promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety. Now his promises should greatly encourage us to take hold of the hope that is right in front of us” CEV.
SECURITY Psalm 125:1, “Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.” Nahum 1:7, “The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.” Psalm 62:1-2, “My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.”
