Since my arms can't reach you,
I've asked Jesus to deliver my hug to you.
Posted on 09/13/2006 5:15:01 PM PDT by lmr
Remember, it's YOU, with God.
I was in church, the funeral of my 18 year old son. I didn't think I could keep from screaming at the horror of what had happened. I asked for help to get through it and instantly I felt like I had been wrapped in a down comforter. It was the most amazing thing I have ever experienced.
Welcome, brother. Welcome.
Praise God.
Oh my, I hate to see loved ones pass at such a young age. My own father passed when he was 29. I was only 4 years old at that time. I revisited his grave this 4th of July, for only the 2nd time in my life.(It is some distance from where I am) I feel that Daddy has been with me too this whole time.
CONGRATS ON THE NEW JOB!
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I think God was trying to tell me something, I can't explain it. I need to show up to church Sunday. I think God had personally taken care of me and my family. He put his hand on my shoulder and reassured me. I am forever grateful.
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I think you're right. Except that I personally don't consider church as high a priority as daily personal dialogue with God and meditating on at least some portion of His Scriptures. Certainly fellowship with like precious believers is good, fitting, Biblical.
But nothing ought to take the place of a "daily walk" with God. It is His delight.
God's best to you and yours,
Please PUT ME ON YOUR LIST, thanks!
Praise God! Congratulations, lmr.
God bless you!
Bless your heart. I blanched a little when I saw that statement, too, for all those who haven't had such great relationships with their moms over the years.
Don't worry - the Authority to whom you are praying - and by praying, showing that you believe in His power and dominion - does not have the same characteristics as the human authority figures we've had in our lives.
I won't say there aren't any hoops to jump through - there still are - but the effort is now noticed and rewarded on another plane of understanding.
You still have much to be grateful for, as I'm sure you know. I was unexpectedly forced to move out of my home just at a time when I was trying to start a new business and had sunk all my money into my living while working on it.
There was no place on this Earth for me to lay my head. I had one living family member, a sister, who wouldn't even return my phone call when I told her daughter I would have to move into a homeless shelter and would most likely be killed there.
Little by little, tiny things added up and I didn't have to go live there, but things have been really horrible since then. It doesn't mean God doesn't love me or that Jesus won't help me. I thought it did, even though I was born again in Christ over 20 years ago and turn everything over to Him on a daily basis.
I just started being grateful to Him for the tiniest things each day, sometimes just for breath. Sometimes for a sandwich. Sometimes for a kind word.
I'm still here, alive, just barely, and I know in my heart that eventually, things will work out - like you knew about your job. God's timing is not the same as ours. Best of luck to you in the future and congratulations on the glimpse you've had of what heaven is like. Makes you want more of it!
Something very similar happened to me about a month ago. Background: i've been a stay-at-home-mom for 9 years and now they're all in college so i've been preparing myself (mentally) to go back to work.
This day I got one of those fowarded email quizzes that promise something good will happen to you. It said to first make a wish (a prayer). I prayed i would get a job altho i hadn't even prepared my resume yet. Then I answered the 5 quiz questions. The promise of the quiz was if you send this to some number of people your wish will come true.
Next morning i get a call from an acquaintance asking if i was interested in going back to work and if so to get my resume and come in the next morning for an interview. Which i did. And i got a 90 day temp job. Good way to get my feet wet, i.e. transition back into the workforce.
Your comments have totally melted my heart. I don't mean to be so direct, but if I wasn't already married, will you marry me? Just kidding, of course.
Great! Last year, I did the same thing, I said a little prayer and asked God for His help in looking for a better job and He paid off a week later. I have more to tell but I got to run and get ready for work. B-)
OK, so just now I thanked Him for the one marriage proposal I got *today.* And it's not even daybreak yet! Cool!
LOL, that's very sweet of you. Your wife and kids are very lucky to have you!
Since my arms can't reach you,
I've asked Jesus to deliver my hug to you.
You have just been placed on my daily prayer calendar. Prayers for God's blessings for you. Calm, peace, comfort. Believe and receive Rte66.
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