GOD PICKS US UP WHEN WE FALL

Like the other day, your girl here was in a meeting feeling EXTREMELY overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious about an upcoming deadline I’ve been working towards. IN THIS LIFE YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE! Thank God, in the middle of the meeting, the people I was with needed to take a phone call, and I immediately took that opportunity to quickly have an appointment with Him. Told y’all, no shame in my game, when I need God, I go running to Him!

Whatever minutes it was past the hour was the page number our family’s website I went rushing to, and God had this sweetly to say to me in the post at the very top of that page:

“Wherever you are, there I am.” – He and I

Wow! Those few words instantaneously melted away all my anxieties as I was reminded that I’m not going through life alone, GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME. He is my GREATEST FRIEND. Point. Blank. Period.

Right before that meeting, though, I had called both of my daughters in the US before they began their classes for the day, and I was so thrilled that they both were having their appointments with God. Woohoo! “Your momma needs some faith right now, please share with me what you’re reading,” I asked both of them. Ember’s was about making decisions that were pleasing to God. After my meeting, I thought to go and reread it because I felt like I had decided something that wasn’t pleasing to God. But I go there, and found a direct message from God to me after that stressful meeting:

“Follow the Leader

Many of us try to be in charge. We want to make our own decisions…But there’s a better way. When we trust in the Lord, He gets to be in charge. And he always makes the best choices. The apostle Paul was at peace because he knew God was directing his life. Even when he was locked in a Roman prison, he could write, “I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want” (Philippians 4:12b). What’s the “secret” he learned? He depended on God’s strength. That’s called trust.

Paul had to learn to trust God. It didn’t come naturally to him. Once he did, he was content and peaceful. You too can learn to trust the Lord and allow him to guide you. The safest place to be is following God wherever he wants to take you.

Prayer: Lord, I want the amazing peace Paul had. Even when it is not easy to trust and depend on you alone, I know you are truly in control and will take care of me.” – A Purpose Driven Life Devotional For Kids by Rick Warren

And how did I know this was a direct message from God to me? Well, Ember is on a streak with Him reading this book, and when I went to reread the one she had earlier shared with me, our Nook electronic book reader took me where Ember had last left off. Earlier that day, I asked God what was the caption He wanted me to share on my blog’s picture, and I felt so strongly that He wanted me to caption it with one verse, Proverbs 3:6. And of all verses in the entire Bible, this was the very one that Rick Warren quoted at the beginning of this post I just shared with you:

“In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:6

And once again everything lined up too perfectly to be some ordinary coincidence, it was God reminding me that He is familiar with all our ways, that He is in control of everything and everyone, and most crucially, we can trust Him. Just how the Apostle Paul LEARNED to trust and depend on God, we can, too! Wink! Wink!

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HEALTH MATTERS

DAY 126 OF 365 DAYS OF DISCIPLINE!

This is awful! I’m gaining weight! Staying home all day with so much food around, got me running there for comfort when I’m stressed out. But when I fall off the wagon, I’ve learned to get right back on! Need to go back to my intermittent fasting from noon to five and to cut back on the amount of food I enjoy every evening for dinner. Let’s keep being our best selves, all for the glory of God!

“LET FOOD BE THY MEDICINE AND MEDICINE THY FOOD”