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BEN
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Benjamin Franklin Terry Texas Ranger is the name of our precious Kerry Blue Terrier. He is in distress and we hope to be vet bound in the next hour after they open. He is a sweet baby and spoiled and not trained but he is ours.
Colossians 1:13-14 us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we have our redemption, the forgiveness of our sins.
Not sure about you, but I always used to feel that it was my duty to pray about things and then step up to try to facilitate things to work out. After all that is what a mother does. In a way I was trying to do God's job and arranging things to work a certain way. I have learned even again recently the Lord does not really want or need my help and He does a better job flying solo through these things. My job? I need to praise him and only do what He seems to push me to do. (Sometimes that is tricky) When I pray I MUST believe God has this, or I am not walking in faith.
As I sit sometimes feeling unsafe or worried, I have to bring myself back to TRUST. The battle may rage on for me to interfere... but that will end disastrous. They say you cannot rescue a drowning person who battles you in the water through fear. I do not want to battle God's progress and mess things up.
This is the same with God, he cannot fight battles for us when we are in the way and insist on doing it our way.
"Spiritual forces cannot work while earthly forces are active." J.H. M.
Time means nothing to God nor do human deadlines. He has known these things would happen a long time ago and he truly has everything under control. We need to give Him space and time. We are praising during this time and affirming His power.
"It takes God time to answer prayer. We often fail to give God a chance in this respect. 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.
All this takes time. Therefore we sow, and till, and wait, and trust, until all God’s purpose has been wrought out. We give God a chance in this matter of time. We need to learn this same lesson in our prayer life. It takes God time to answer prayer. "—J. H. M.
We are still in waiting and prayerful praise that everything in our hearts and needs will be tended to. It will not always be as we hoped or wanted but it will be as God means it to be. We continue to pray for those of you in need, in crisis and in pain. Every day seems longer as we wait in prayerful praise for healing in our family. Now we have to include our precious Ben. I know many of you have pets, cats, dogs, horses, birds and more... they are woven into our lives and when they are hurting we are hurting.
Positive share... I had a wonderful good night of sleep last night. I am praising God continually this morning.
Follow the Spirit of the Paint... with Laurie Pace
Laurie Pace - A Texas Artist
Laurie is an international artist, her paintings are collected in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, DuBai, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, St Thomas, Romania, Greece, Croatia, and Ecuador.
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