TODAY IS ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN I AM NOT GONNA BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. MY HEART IS HEAVY THIS MORNING. SEVERAL OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS AND A COUPLE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GOING THROUGH A REALLY TOUGH TIME. WE HAVE ALL HEARD THE SAYING, "WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS", AND A FEW OF THE PEOPLE I LOVE HAVE BEEN GETTING DRENCHED. DETAILS ARE NOT IMPORTANT, THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I JUST FEEL THE NEED TO LIFT THEM UP IN PRAYER TODAY WITH THE BELIEF THAT OUR LORD WILL EASE THEIR BURDENS.
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, MANY PEOPLE SUFFERED TRIALS, HEARTACHE AND SEPERATION. I HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE. IT IS TO THEIR STORIES OF STEADFAST FAITH AND DETERMINATION THAT I OFTEN TURN TO IN MY OWN TIMES OF NEED. TODAY, I AM MINDFUL OF SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABED-NEGO, WHO LITERALLY SUFFERED THROUGH THE FIRE. THEIR STORY CAN BE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL, CHAPTER 3. THESE THREE HEBREW BOYS HAD ENORMOUS DETERMINATION, FAITH AND BELIEF IN GOD ALMIGHTY. THEIR DEVOTION TO GOD WAS SO STRONG THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SENT TO BE BURNED ALIVE IN A FIERY FURNACE, ALL THREE LIVED TO TELL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WERE NOT HARMED! WHEN I SAY NOT HARMED, I DONT MEAN THEY ESCAPED WITH CUTS, BURNS AND BRUISES....THEY ESCAPED UNTOUCHED!!!!! THEIR CLOTHES DIDNT EVEN REEK FROM THE SMELL OF SMOKE!!!! HOW'S THAT FOR DELIVERANCE?????
IN MANY WAYS, WE CAN ALL IDENTIFY WITH THE THREE HEBREW BOYS......
WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH THE FIRE....SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS. LITTLE FIRES, BIG FIRES, BLAZING INFERNOS. A FIRE IS STILL A FIRE AND NONE OF THEM ARE PLEASANT. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN MY LIFE. AT TIMES, I DIDNT THINK I WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE BLAZE. I KNOW NOW THAT IT WAS DURING THOSE MONUMENTAL DISASTERS THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND ON ME WITH A TIGHTNESS! I WOULD NO HAVE MADE IT OTHERWISE. I KNOW TODAY THAT EVEN BACK THEN, GOD HAD A PLAN FOR MY LIFE. HE ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH MY FIRES FOR A REASON. IT WAS THROUGH THE FIRE THAT THE LORD FINE TUNED AND POLISHED ME. I CAN SEE THOSE THINGS TODAY. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MORE FIRES TO COME, WE ARENT PROMISED A TROUBLE FREE LIFE, BUT, I DO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. IF GOD BRINGS US TO IT, HE WILL MOST DEFINITELY BRING US THROUGH IT. HE GAVE US HIS WORD TO STAND UPON!
I HOPE THIS "NOTE" SERVED AS A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT. FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH A FIRE, I KNOW YOUR PAIN. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. TAKE TIME TO LISTEN FOR THE WORD AND THE COMFORT OF THE LORD! I PROMISE, HE WILL NOT LEAD YOU IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I AM LIVING PROOF. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU!
ISAIAH 43:2 WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY SHALL NOT OVERFLOW YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU SHALL NOT BE BURNED, NOR SHALL THE FLAME SCORCH YOU
THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M
THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, MANY PEOPLE SUFFERED TRIALS, HEARTACHE AND SEPERATION. I HAVE A GREAT LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE. IT IS TO THEIR STORIES OF STEADFAST FAITH AND DETERMINATION THAT I OFTEN TURN TO IN MY OWN TIMES OF NEED. TODAY, I AM MINDFUL OF SHADRACH, MESHACH AND ABED-NEGO, WHO LITERALLY SUFFERED THROUGH THE FIRE. THEIR STORY CAN BE FOUND IN THE BOOK OF DANIEL, CHAPTER 3. THESE THREE HEBREW BOYS HAD ENORMOUS DETERMINATION, FAITH AND BELIEF IN GOD ALMIGHTY. THEIR DEVOTION TO GOD WAS SO STRONG THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SENT TO BE BURNED ALIVE IN A FIERY FURNACE, ALL THREE LIVED TO TELL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AND WERE NOT HARMED! WHEN I SAY NOT HARMED, I DONT MEAN THEY ESCAPED WITH CUTS, BURNS AND BRUISES....THEY ESCAPED UNTOUCHED!!!!! THEIR CLOTHES DIDNT EVEN REEK FROM THE SMELL OF SMOKE!!!! HOW'S THAT FOR DELIVERANCE?????
IN MANY WAYS, WE CAN ALL IDENTIFY WITH THE THREE HEBREW BOYS......
WE HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH THE FIRE....SOME OF US MORE THAN OTHERS. LITTLE FIRES, BIG FIRES, BLAZING INFERNOS. A FIRE IS STILL A FIRE AND NONE OF THEM ARE PLEASANT. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH CATASTROPHIC FIRES IN MY LIFE. AT TIMES, I DIDNT THINK I WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE BLAZE. I KNOW NOW THAT IT WAS DURING THOSE MONUMENTAL DISASTERS THAT GOD HAD HIS HAND ON ME WITH A TIGHTNESS! I WOULD NO HAVE MADE IT OTHERWISE. I KNOW TODAY THAT EVEN BACK THEN, GOD HAD A PLAN FOR MY LIFE. HE ALLOWED ME TO GO THROUGH MY FIRES FOR A REASON. IT WAS THROUGH THE FIRE THAT THE LORD FINE TUNED AND POLISHED ME. I CAN SEE THOSE THINGS TODAY. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MORE FIRES TO COME, WE ARENT PROMISED A TROUBLE FREE LIFE, BUT, I DO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. IF GOD BRINGS US TO IT, HE WILL MOST DEFINITELY BRING US THROUGH IT. HE GAVE US HIS WORD TO STAND UPON!
I HOPE THIS "NOTE" SERVED AS A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT. FOR THOSE GOING THROUGH A FIRE, I KNOW YOUR PAIN. MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU. TAKE TIME TO LISTEN FOR THE WORD AND THE COMFORT OF THE LORD! I PROMISE, HE WILL NOT LEAD YOU IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I AM LIVING PROOF. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU!
ISAIAH 43:2 WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY SHALL NOT OVERFLOW YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU SHALL NOT BE BURNED, NOR SHALL THE FLAME SCORCH YOU
THANKS FOR READING MY "NOTE"
LOVE,
M
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