Blessings in Disguise
I’ll never forget the day that I was called into the office of a new Christian camp administrator and was fired. I didn’t understand then why this was happening to me. But I soon found out.
I’ll never forget the day that I was called into the office of a new Christian camp administrator and was fired. I didn’t understand then why this was happening to me. But I soon found out.
Sometimes feeling trapped is a result of our own choices, and sometimes it’s because Satan laid a trap for us and we fell into it. Sometimes God Himself sets the trap because He wants to show us how faithful He is as we trust Him.
We may face illness, a loss of income, death of a loved one, a loss of a relationship, an accident, or some other incident in our lives that catches us off guard
Nightmarish thoughts of having to copy and paste every article on the site and start from scratch in building three years worth of posts all over again started playing in my mind.
The enemy of our souls would love to have us be so taken up in thinking about how people have hurt us that we become ineffective in our walk with God.
It takes time for God to paint a rose. It takes time for God to grow an oak. It takes time for God to make bread from wheat fields. He takes the earth. He pulverizes. He softens. He enriches. He wets with showers and dews. He warms with life. He gives the blade, the stock, the amber grain, and then at last the bread for the hungry.
If you feel like your life is stuck in a hole and you can’t get out, this video will give you something to think about.
During this time of grieving, I continue to see God giving me His grace over and over again. I have peace and joy in the midst of missing my parents.
Within a short period of time of the accident, a hundred or more people were praying for us. The word went out on Facebook, and soon at least three churches were praying, as well as a prayer group in Cyprus where some missionary friends of ours were ministering.
My mother gave me a great Christian heritage, but that doesn’t mean that our relationship was always perfect. Mothers and daughters have enough differences and similarities that they have to work on their relationship just as they have to work on their other family relationships.