A relationship like no other

God's raising Christ from the dead was His way of saying, "I am God and I approve and accept not only the sacrifice my Son gave in dying, but also all who trust Jesus' sacrifice alone as their only all-access pass into the family of God." I hope you've been adopted into the most wonderful family on earth, the family of God. Begin a relationship with God if you haven't-today!

God is Healer, but we must be intentionally moving toward healing.

 
Time passed. Judah's wife, Shua's daughter, died. When the time of mourning was over, Judah with his friend Hirah of Adullam went to Timnah for the sheep shearing. Gen.38:12
Time teaches us that we are very vulnerable to yield to sinful pleasures and dark escape routes after times of deep hurt or difficulty. On his daughter Shua's death, Judah mourned for some time then sought to return happily to work. As he journeyed to Timnah to shear sheep; he slept with a "prostitute," who he later found to be his daughter-in-law, Tamar. Giving in to the unthinkable, Judah slept with his close relation and soon was father of twins, Perez (Breakout) and Zerah (Bright). God would have you understand the need to move from mourning to healing. We need to handle our hurt and disappointment in a way that places us on path to healing; a steady spa treatment of Scripture, heart-felt prayer, legit recreation, and time with friends, who are good at listening and super empathetic is needed to help us get back to working diligently and not fail miserably as Judah did. Interestingly, his twins were named Perez (Breakout) and Zerah (Bright). They received these names because Zerah was on path to being born first but Perez beat him to birth, so the name (Breakout). When we fail to focus on healing well, depending on the Spirit and His options; we too will fail as Judah did. The "Bright" paths of right decisions will elude us as they did Judah and we will inevitably "Breakout" in sinful escape. Harm follows our failing to heal well.

Change your viewpoint on trials

The words of Laura Story's song "Blessings" have encouraged me so much. I'm sure they'll help you as well. Feel free to view it on the video bar of our blog; be encouraged.

Laura Story - "Blessings" Lyrics

We pray for blessings
We pray for peace
Comfort for family, protection while we sleep
We pray for healing, for prosperity
We pray for Your mighty hand to ease our suffering
All the while, You hear each spoken need
Yet love us way too much to give us lesser things

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

We pray for wisdom
Your voice to hear
And we cry in anger when we cannot feel You near
We doubt Your goodness, we doubt Your love
As if every promise from Your Word is not enough
All the while, You hear each desperate plea
And long that we'd have faith to believe

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
What if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
And what if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise

When friends betray us
When darkness seems to win
We know the pain reminds this heart
That this is not, this is not our home,

‘Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops
What if Your healing comes through tears
And what if a thousand sleepless nights
Are what it takes to know You’re near
What if my greatest disappointments
Or the aching of this life
Is the revealing of a greater thirst this world can’t satisfy
And what if trials of this life
The rain, the storms, the hardest nights
Are your mercies in disguise

How are you?

Many live with a facade of well-being, when their lives are falling apart. Many are forced to feign success and personal prosperity, when in their hearts they're searching for answers. Many fail to know the benefit of taking an honest assessment of their lot in life and making a turnabout, which could be transforming in their experience and in the lives of others. I'm Dave; I'm so excited to network with you, to share experiences. God is impassioned with your knowing joy and fulfillment in your experience. I'm looking to learn from you and to help you with my experiences.