20 years in Greenville

Thanking the Lord for His faithfulness. It was this week twenty years ago that we moved to Greenville NC to start a church. We knew God had told us to come and we came. We knew He would do it and He did. Thank you Jesus.  The journey's been a good one and its not over. Thanking Him today! He is worthy.

How on earth am I going to do it?

2Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.  Thank you Lord that you will strongly support me.

The other day I was thinking "How on earth am I going to do thus and such?(There were particular items I was wondering  about.) Then I got in to the Word and read this verse and it jumped out at me.  The thought that the Lord would strongly support me in it, that's how I would do it resounded in me. For the next few days I kept saying that to myself. The Lord will strongly support me in it.That's how I'll do it. That's all I needed.  A few days later I read this verse and thought "Wow,that goes right along with it."

 Isaiah 46:4  Even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. 

 He will sustain me. He will carry me.  He will rescue me. Thank you, Lord. It's not me who has to do it.  He will keep me going and even carry me when I need it and rescue me when I need that.  My question is answered. It's just that simple.




 

I've been thinking. . .

I had a thought that I am not much different than the people of Israel.  Just like how they started worrying about not having any water after God had just taken them through the Red Sea (Ex. 15:24) (and He already had plans to give them water if they would just hang in there a little bit longer(Ex.15:27)), I seem to be guilty of the same thing.  I see miracles and things that God fixes after I have cried out to Him that, if He would do this big thing, I would never worry about the little things again.  He does the big thing and, after a time, I tend to forget  and before long I am anxious about the little things again.  Certainly if God could take the Israelites out of Egypt and drown the armies chasing them, He could provide water for them. When I read Exodus 15, I am challenged to keep praising God for the huge victories, how faithful God is, He heals, He takes care of what concerns me. It's all about my focus.  If He can take care of the big things, He can certainly provide for the little ones.

Still on 2Sam22

2Sam.22:40 You arm me with strength for battle, you made my adversaries bow at my feet.  Just as you did for David, I know you do for me.Thank you Lord that you not only arm me with everything I need in life, but my adversaries are bowed down. Not only are they bowed down but  I believe as David knew to be true for him that You made(make) my enemies turn their backs in flight(41)  Thank you Lord that you do the hard part for me.  My adversaries aren't screaming at me face to face, ready to knock me out with a punch,  but instead they are bowed down and even fleeing because you Lord are fighting for me.  I will meditate on that picture of my enemies.What a great God I serve.

2 Sam 22 is so encouraging.

I have been so encouraged by 2 Samuel 22 the past couple of days. I even told my husband this has got to be one of the best and most loaded Chapters in the whole Bible. (You can tell it blessed me.) Today I got my nuggets from verse 35 and 36. He trains my hands for battle, my arms can bend a bow of bronze (35). Thank you Lord for training me in what You want me to put my hands to in these next years of my life. While you are training me, I am becoming strong, strong enough to bend a bronze bow and fire arrows at the evil one who thinks I may be growing weak and tired, but no, on the other hand, I am waxing strong!!! Lord, You are good, and You are able and powerful, and I will put my trust in you for this strength You give me your shield of victory; you stoop down to make me great(36). Thank you Lord for your shield. I need it to protect my heart from every kind of defeat. I place it over my heart daily and I find victory over discouragement. Instead of acting on discouragement and walking through the day with that as my motivating force, I choose Your shield, which is VICTORY. Through You, I have courage and gain "heart"which is a much stronger and more positive force to motivate me and set the course of my day. It is all because "You stoop down to make me great." You love me so much that You meet me way down here where I live and You help me in every way. You identify with me in all my humanness. Let me stoop down when others are down low. You did it for me. You could have stayed high and exalted on Your throne. But You came down here to earth. You still meet me down here. Thank you Lord for lifting me up . Help me Lord to lift others up as you have done and always do for me.

The reason

There are several reasons I started this blog. Most importantly, I wanted to challenge myself to diligently seek the Lord in His word for nuggets. That is what I call the special things I get out of the Word. I started a new journal this morning(small blank book), and I thought to myself, "I could write the most special nuggets on my blog in case they would be nuggets for the reader of it". That brings me to my second reason, which is staying current on technology and how the world is communicating which is important to me since I don't want to get left behind with all the modern ways of doing things. Thirdly, I just started a facebook, but don't feel like I should share everything on it. Sometimes I feel inclined to "preach", but feel like facebook is supposed to be short little blurps. Thanks for reading .Stay tuned.