I happened to open a padded envelope...and found two music cds.
Whoops!
Part of Mother's Day gift...that I have enjoyed all week long...
most of the time with tears streaming down my face.
"I can trust Jesus! I can trust Jesus! He never once has failed to meet my needs! He is my Strong Tower, the Strength in my weakest hour. I can trust Jesus, He takes care of me!"
God has used this family to minister to our family over and over.
We know that we are on the right track, and there are others that think the same way we do!
I look back over many of the events of the last year, and I know satan has been at work because he doesn't want God's Word to penetrate others' lives as it has us. God can only work in the lives of those that belong to Him. He doesn't put a strangle-hold on anyone. He draws His children to Himself.
Last year, the encouragement was put out to fathers to "Let's Build A Wall" and satan went beserk. I wish I could say he didn't gain any ground...but he did...in enormous ways...and people's eternities are the cost.
God didn't order these events, but He allowed them to happen...for a purpose.
I can't imagine what the purpose is...but we know that God's Word is still true.
"God sees the storm from the other side...He knows the lessons learned...And just beyond the clouds He sees clear skies...He speaks peace to the raging storm when peace cannot be found...He already sees the rainbow...when we see only clouds!"
We know that any time truth is proclaimed, people will bristle. We know satan will work over time to seek and destroy homes...and when he has the home in chaos...
God's Word won't be read...much less heeded.
We have known some of the trials of this life...we have seen that satan stops at nothing...
and we know there are more challenges and attacks to come.
It isn't strange that this will happen...God tells us it will!
But we have peace and confidence...
and we know satan will be defeated in the end....and we won't be on his side!
"He saw Daniel through the lion's den, the Hebrew children through the fire back then, He brought Joseph from a slave to Egypt's throne, He gave songs to Paul and Silas, brought Peter through the prison gates...He helped David kill the lion and bear, helped ol' Jonah get up out of there, He took Moses through the sea to the other side, He sent fire to Elijah, made the sun stand still for Joshua...
He's the same God today. He will always be that way. No matter what you are facing...He will carry you through!"
So we will keep reading and following God's Word...
and filling our minds with music that encourages and strengthens our home.
Want to be blessed?
Stephen Ray Nichols and Family
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