Answers In The Waiting

Today I went to pick up my papers from my tax accountant. The money I'm getting back on my return should hold me over...it certainly will help pay some bills. Thank God for that! :-)

Just heard from my interviewer...

the girl who used to work there is now going to come fill the position I got interviewed for yesterday.

This is good.

I can't live on 15 hours a week...
...would have to be trained....

...and the girl coming back knows everything about the position already, she just won't be coming back full-time. Which is probably a big plus for her (and the company) all the way around. She can make a little extra money for the family and still spend most of her time with her child(ren), plus the company won't have to spend extra time training, the work can just get done.

So, it's all good.

God KNOWS!!! :)

Today I got a message from one of my dearest friends....

Daniel 10:12, 19 Fear not...for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words....Oh man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.

Well, it certainly goes without saying, but I'll say anyway...I do have trouble understanding the situation I'm in at the moment, but I know that God is faithful. So thankful for friends...good, godly, praying friends who remind me of His goodness.

SO, I'm gonna be strong. Not cave. Not hide. Not run in fear. I'm going to be thankful. Thankful in spite of everything. Right now I've got a car to drive, a roof over my head, a great family, and I've still got 2 more months to work. Everything I have is on loan to me anyway by my Heavenly Creator. Even the breath I breathe. I've been blessed with a great daughter and a great dog. :-D I've got money coming back to me from the IRS. I've got great friends. I've got tea in the frige. And I've lived on this side of God's green earth for nearly another whole year! I've seen God work in the past and I'm believing Him to work for the future. He's an unchanging God.

I so LOVE THAT about Him! Unchanging!!

In a world that changes every day, I'm thankful that there is a CONSTANT in my life. God---He's the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Forever. In a world that is so NEGATIVE, filled to over- flowing with it, I'm thankful that my Bible can speak to me and tell me everything POSITIVE about God. Sometimes miracles just take a little time.

Job Description

Half the day was spent job searching and renewing my DL. I was going to turn in the paperwork for my taxes this morning too, but couldn’t find my accountant’s office. (Shrugs---that’s my life!) Going down streets that lead to dead-ends…but enjoying the scenery along the way.  However this afternoon I was able to make contact with my accountant and the papers were delivered.   

When I got to work today this scripture was on my desk calendar for today.

There is far more to your inner life than food you put in your stomach, more to your outer appearance than the clothes you hang on your body. Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more. Luke 12:22-23

The way it looks it sure doesn’t seem that I’ll be tied down to a job description soon. (LOL)  Lawdy-goodness, I wish I was a bird!  :-)

 

But, in all seriousness….Lord, I do thank you for taking good care of me. 

He KNOWS It ALL!!

I have worked really hard these last 2 weeks!!  I've made it almost another full work week at the office.  TGIF is tomorrow!  Looking forward to it.  We have a full weekend ahead. 

Two recommendations (with resumes) have gone out to two different places on my behalf by one of the partners at the firm this week.  So far my resume has been posted about 7 times for various job positions.

No calls for interview yet. 

Today I got news that my co-worker (who is also being layed off) got hired for a new job.  It sounds very ideal for her and I couldn't more excited for her! 

My life is in God's hands.  I still believe He knows how to take GOOD care of me.  He knows exactly what I need.  He knows the money I need.  He knows the atmosphere I need.  He knows it all!!

Jeremiah 17:7-8  Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. 

HE KNOWS HOW!

Unsettling thoughts, worry, etc. started to come in and crowd my mind last night before going to bed.  I kept pushing them off.  Reminding the Lord about me.  :)  I woke this morning and my mind was wandering with those worrisome thoughts again.  I kept saying to myself "Stop it!...and telling my enemy, Get BACK, Satan!!!"  Preparing myself some morning coffee a little while ago, this song came to my mind.  I haven't thought of this song in YEARS!  Thank you, Lord!!  (song below)

For the last 10 years or so the motto I've been carrying around and saying to my friends & relatives is: GOD KNOWS!!!

Well, I'm here to say it again!  GOD KNOWS!!!  God knows.  He DOES know!  And He's still not too busy to keep watching over me! 

Psalm 121 is my absolute favorite scripture passage.  Verse 3 goes like this: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.  Verse 8 goes like this: The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 

My goodness!  I wish everybody was feeling what I'm feeling right now!  :)

He Knows How lyrics by Gina VeraCHORUS
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME
NO MATTER WHERE THIS ROAD MAY LEAD, WALKING WITH JESUS IS WHERE I'LL BE
BEFORE I KNOW THE PROBLEM, GOD ALREADY KNOWS THE NEED
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME.

Verse 1)
WALKING BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT IS SOMETIMES HARD TO DO
JUST HOW LONG WILL I CARRY THIS BURDEN
BEFORE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD COMES THRU
BUT THEN MY MIND - IT STARTS TO WONDER JUST WHERE THAT I WOULD BE
CAUSE FOR ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN SERVING THE LORD
HE'S BEEN TAKING GOOD CARE OF ME.
CHORUS
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME
NO MATTER WHERE THIS ROAD MAY LEAD, WALKING WITH JESUS IS WHERE I'LL BE
BEFORE I KNOW THE PROBLEM, GOD ALREADY KNOWS THE NEED
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME.
Verse 2)
HE'S PUT FOOD UPON MY TABLE HE'S BEEN A SHELTER OVER ME
AND FROM DAY TO DAY HE'S PROVIDED EVERYTHING THAT I NEED
AND I DON'T HAVE TO BE WORRIED WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES TO SLEEP
CAUSE YOU KNOW GOD NEVER GETS TOO BUSY TOO KEEP WATCHING OVER ME.
CHORUS
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME
NO MATTER WHERE THIS ROAD MAY LEAD, WALKING WITH JESUS IS WHERE I'LL BE
BEFORE I KNOW THE PROBLEM, GOD ALREADY KNOWS THE NEED
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME.
TAG (and I like this part!!!!)
BEFORE I KNOW THE PROBLEM, GOD ALREADY KNOWS THE NEED
HE KNOWS HOW, HE KNOWS HOW TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF ME.

My Valentine

I John 4:8  Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Love.
We were made by it.
We were made for it. 
Love. 
We were made to give it.
To know it.

Love knows all things.
Hopes all things. 
Endures all things. 
It is unfailing.
Love is Someone who is so special.

Love knows every hair on our head. 
Love sees every smile. 
Every pain. 
Love hears every laugh. 

God. 

That's love. 

So thankful for God.  So thankful to know this kind of love. 

Happy Valentine's Day, Jesus!!!

All This Yet You're Still Lord

Yesterday it was my job. 

Well, last night I cried "in the night watches", this morning I got up at daybreak, and at this present time my car is in the shop. Car keeps sputtering out and dying.  Check Engine light is on too. 

The secretary at the mechanic's office brought me home.  I got a text message this morning about Psalm 44, so I picked up the Word and read the whole chapter.  I like this part......

Psalm 44:17a, 18a   All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee......Our heart is not turned back

Honostly....I do not know how Job did it.  That was one of my first thoughts this morning. 

I'm NO WHERE NEAR the point Job ever got to, but that was still my thought this morning. 

I do have to praise God that He kept my car going this morning until I could get it to the mechanic shop.  He's good like that.  I prayed to Him all the way there.  Thanked Him at every milestone.  I think He appreciated that. 

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UPDATE:  A test was run on my car.  The finding is that the secondary air valve has gone bad.  The bad news is, this part is on national back order until May (or so the dealer and his computer says).  The good news is, I was able to get my car back from the shop today.  I'm on "the list".  I can drive the car.  I'll just have to deal with the sporadic "shutting down/dying" of my vehicle until the part can be replaced. 

Boils Don't Last Always~

At approx. 11am I googled: scripture for direction & peace

I found a scripture.

At 11:52am I wrote:

Job 22:21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Draw nigh to Him and He will draw nigh to you.  Make God aware of you.   Familiarize yourself with Him.   Be friends.   Be at peace, conform to, the will (the plan) He has for you, and then be at peace with it. 
 
If He’s not your Master, He’s not your Lord. It just works best [all the way around] to agree with Him—the Master—of your life. God will pull Himself up close to a heart that is obedient to Him, to a heart that is pliable in His hands. It is in the conformity to His divine purpose that we prosper and great blessing comes to us. 
 
So, despite what you’re going through or what you are feeling at this very moment, remember to take heart that He cares greatly for you. The circumstance is bothersome right now, perhaps even very hurtful, but it won’t be for always. 

Remember that He has the plan because He made the plan.   Not one good thing will He withhold from them that walk with Him. The trial you face right now is just preparing you, molding you, to be able to withstand the double blessing He wants to pour into your life. 
 
Trust Him. Live in peace with Him. And the great God of love and peace shall be with you. God is in the midst of you and He will help you. He’s always right on time! 

Reading this again it gives me goose-bumps. 

At approx. 1:30pm:

My boss comes into my office, ask me to step into another office.  The one with the door.  He closes the door, telling me to have a seat.  

Ok, so let me back up.

About a week and a half ago our firm lost a major big client.  Really none of us saw it coming.  But it did come.  And it's now our reality.  Over 1,000 cases....GONE.  It's still unbelieveable to think about.  This client was the majority of my work load at the office.  

Moving forward.

So I do his bidding, having a seat.  He sits in the other.  Long story short, after almost 9 years with the firm I am now back on the prowl for a new job.  

In the last 8 days did I see this coming?, you may ask.   My answer:  yes and no.  That is the truth of it.  Yes and no.  That's my answer. 

I'm doing my best to try and be positive.  Obviously when one has spent day-in-and-day-out with some great people for nearly a whole decade....it goes without saying....the emotions I'm feeling are scattered, covered, and chunked!!!  They're all over the place.  

Disbelief.  Belief.  Worrying over the "what ifs".  Excited for the possibilities.  Upset about the changes it will bring.  Excited about the changes that may come.  Crying one minute.  Hopeful and smiling the next.  

So, was this scripture prophetic???  I think so.   When I found it and claimed it for my promise scripture today I really had no idea what was coming to me today.  I actually was thinking this would be of some encouragement to anyone else.  Now I believe God had it for me and He gave me the thoughts I had concerning it FOR me.   Most certainly not just for me, but for others as well.   

Now I just gotta work on myself about the "being at complete peace" part of it.  

Smiles!  ~md    

A Love Note

Opened my Bible to this chapter tonight.

I love how my Lord does things.  Oh, how I love Jesus!!!

His love letters are so beautiful.  

So timely.

So trustworthy.

SO uplifting!!!

Great is HIS faithfulness.

:-) 

And, you can trust Him too!

Have a BLESSED weekend

Psalm 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: 

His heart is fixed,

trusting in the Lord. 

God Fighting For Us

Today my co-worker/friend/mentor/church attendee re-sent me an email that I had mailed to her and about 4 other ladies back in the Summer 2006.  Yes. Nearly 7 years ago.  She said she was looking at past emails that she had kept and this one was one of the first that came up.  It just goes to show that smack dab in the middle of chaos, stress, and uncertainty GOD lovingly reminds/nudges us to look and reach higher.  I am re-posting it here....

I know the plans I have for you saith the Lord....

Start where you are. Where are you? In the fields, all alone, being prepared by God for what is coming? 

 

You see, David had no idea when he was tending sheep, that God was preparing him to be king. But while he was doing it, he learned to do other things--like aim a slingshot really well.

 

Maybe you're on the battleground and Goliath is staring at you, taunting you. Are you tempted to fight in someone else's armour? 

 

Remember, if God has brought you to the battlefield, he has a plan to make you victorious; but don't limit God and don't get "out of yourself". You can not do battle any other way than the way that He has equipt you to perform it.

 

Have you noticed that usually God leads us to fight the giants in our lives in the most unconventional ways? 

 

It almost always goes against human logic. We have to learn to walk by faith and trust the Holy Ghost to guide us, and then not doubt it when others say "That's not the way to do it" or, "Nobody has ever done it that way before". 

 

So, use your own slingshot, not someone's armour. And ignore those who would tell you otherwise.

 

Remember what David said before he fought Goliath: "All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give all of you into our hands" (I Samuel 17:47). 

 

God gives you the skills, the talent, and wisdom; and because it's His battle, he then fights it for you.

Give God the Glory!

Have a wonderful what is left of your day and be blessed!

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So.  There ya have it.  Almost 7 years ago God gave me something to type about.  And God still sits on the Throne and reaches for the lowly.  He's the Savior in so many many ways.  Isn't it just so like Him to lead us to something tangible that will help encourage our day!  LOVE HIM!  I love Him SO much. 

A Second Look at a Promise

Last post...(please feel free to read it)...

Ah!  was God trying (really TRYING) to tell me something?  To prepare me for something? Was He trying to tell me that no matter what's around the bend, HE's GOT THIS?!

OHHHHH I HOPE so!!! 

I had to re-read it.  The scripture I posted Jan. 30th.  I desperately needed to read it TODAY! 

They call Mondays "BLUE MONDAYS".  Nothing could be more true today.  LOL 

Some big things are happening at work.  It all started last week (from what I'm hearing).  Honostly I'm...

anxious.  fearful.  hopeful. crying like a sick baby.

yes.  all the above.  I know I'm not supposed to feel all these.  I know my eyes shouldn't be swollen right now.  Can't help it. 

I'm the bread-winner.  I hate the thought of being dependent on anyone but God. You'd just have to know my story.  Sorry.  Don't want to think on that either at present.   

Thankfully...GOD does KNOW my story.

It's trust time right now.  Something I have trouble with in a number of areas. 

But, it's all I've really got at the moment. 

So thankful for the promise that NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR MY LORD!!!

He's faithful to all His children.  So if you're having a bad day...bad week...can't see the light at the end of the tunnel.  And you're having a "Blue Monday" too..........

Remember, God is already in your tomorrow. 

I'm sure trying to believe that.  :-)  *sigh...maybe I need to re-read Jan. 18th post as well.  ;-)