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Can we EVER praise Him enough---
Posted on 06/04/09, 11:34 pm
my beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, God has blessed me so much over these past months that i cannot keep up! i've started a written journal and it's filled with tears of thanks.
having scrolled through all of the beautiful entries just now, i want to tell you how very much you mean to me.
and all i can say is PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU JESUS!
i'm going for a walk soon, but will share just ONE gift He has given me---through Christ in you guys.
and that is my upcoming baptism.
i came to you with questions. you shared your thoughts and stories.
i read and reread scripture.
and i came back to you with questions. patiently and with love you shared yourselves.
i prayed and you prayed with me, you prayed for me.
God answered.
He led me to a church whereupon the 2nd service i attended---after songs of worship the pastor said, " Does anyone here want to be baptized?"
this was the 19th April. amen.
since that day i have experienced ups and downs. excited. scared.
then God took care of THAT, with the lesson i learned from Habbukuk---being in the dip: and at the end of the day STILL sing His praises b/c His plan is perfect no matter how low in the pits we fall. FAITH and TRUST will bring us out of whatever pit we are in.
until about 1.5-2wks ago i was still having cases of the 'ups and downs'
then one day at the river God shook His dear head at me---oh how i lamented, "Lord, what will happen. . .i am going to die and be reborn. . .i asked you to free me from nicotine and i KNOW you have answered my request. Father you have taken away my desire for those cold beers on a hot day. . .you have whispered to my new dr. that i don't need to be on such heavy painkillers. . .oh how can i go on . . .?"
and we laughed! my gracious loving Father and i---we laughed at how silly i am, how silly His child is!
now dear friends i am eager, excited to see what my Father has planned for me.
when i come out of the water, i am truly eager to meet the new old Jo'Ann.
i am no longer scared. of what? of being distraught and anguished and depressed and sad b/c Nick is ill?
heartbroken b/c i don't know how i will deal with Nick's demise as regards our children?
why?
i turn all of this to God, i take all of my human concerns and i say, "Gracious Father. good grief, you know ME, i am going to need you more than ever!"
and quietly He says, "Hush you silly child of mine! You, Jo'Ann, will be just fine. . ."
having scrolled through all of the beautiful entries just now, i want to tell you how very much you mean to me.
and all i can say is PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU JESUS!
i'm going for a walk soon, but will share just ONE gift He has given me---through Christ in you guys.
and that is my upcoming baptism.
i came to you with questions. you shared your thoughts and stories.
i read and reread scripture.
and i came back to you with questions. patiently and with love you shared yourselves.
i prayed and you prayed with me, you prayed for me.
God answered.
He led me to a church whereupon the 2nd service i attended---after songs of worship the pastor said, " Does anyone here want to be baptized?"
this was the 19th April. amen.
since that day i have experienced ups and downs. excited. scared.
then God took care of THAT, with the lesson i learned from Habbukuk---being in the dip: and at the end of the day STILL sing His praises b/c His plan is perfect no matter how low in the pits we fall. FAITH and TRUST will bring us out of whatever pit we are in.
until about 1.5-2wks ago i was still having cases of the 'ups and downs'
then one day at the river God shook His dear head at me---oh how i lamented, "Lord, what will happen. . .i am going to die and be reborn. . .i asked you to free me from nicotine and i KNOW you have answered my request. Father you have taken away my desire for those cold beers on a hot day. . .you have whispered to my new dr. that i don't need to be on such heavy painkillers. . .oh how can i go on . . .?"
and we laughed! my gracious loving Father and i---we laughed at how silly i am, how silly His child is!
now dear friends i am eager, excited to see what my Father has planned for me.
when i come out of the water, i am truly eager to meet the new old Jo'Ann.
i am no longer scared. of what? of being distraught and anguished and depressed and sad b/c Nick is ill?
heartbroken b/c i don't know how i will deal with Nick's demise as regards our children?
why?
i turn all of this to God, i take all of my human concerns and i say, "Gracious Father. good grief, you know ME, i am going to need you more than ever!"
and quietly He says, "Hush you silly child of mine! You, Jo'Ann, will be just fine. . ."
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Reply #1 06/05/09 2:03pm
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Reply #2 06/28/09 9:59am
Thank you so much for sharing your deepest thoughts and prayers with us. I praise God for you dear Jo' and I thank Him for sending you into my life. I love you and want the best for you always. Love in Christ. -
Reply #3 07/08/09 5:06pm
Our Father never forgets His children, does He? Walking with Him by my side has made my life fuller and I cannot seem to stop smiling and being happy....I reconnected with a new friend yesterday and she said the same thing to me..She has lost her home, job, and is noticing God everywhere. We come from very different religious backgrounds but our spiritual selves are Sisters....after a friendship of over 25 years we are talking of God. He has brought us back together and put our hands in His...the feeling of skipping through fields of flowers, hand-in-hand with Jan, singing His praises has enveloped me...
Much love to you...Mary
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