In the account of Noah's Ark, found in Genesis 5-10, God gives Noah a sign; a rainbow, His covenant to all men that he would never again flood the entire earth. The word covenant is used in scripture over 270 times, the word promise is used over 100 times. When we are in the midst of a trial in our lives, sometimes it is the hardest time to recall the promises of God; however, this is the time when it is most important to remember what God has promised to us, especially if you are His child.

Something I have found to be a huge blessing to me, is really studying the message of hymns or biblicaly inspired songs that we sing, or hear on the radio on a daily/weekly basis. It is my hope to use this blog as a way of sharing the lyrics to songs that have been a blessing to me, and how they have blessed me and reminded me of a promise given by God, and in turn be a blessing to others.

Monday, February 7, 2011

His Love keeps me going...

Like the Energizer Bunny, I just keep going & going & going...because I know that my Heavenly Father loves me unconditionally!!! It is really hard to comprehend how someone could love you so much that they would be willing to sacrifice their only Son for You...How can He love me when I repeatedly question His actions? I feel like I take two steps forward only to take one step back, I KNOW that He will provide for my needs, yet in my human stubborn-ness, I don't want to let go of my need & just let God handle it in his own time.

Just today I had this issue. I have this letter I've needed to obtain my religious activities visa. This letter was a letter from someone to guarantee that the visa applicant (me) will abide by the laws of the country (Japan) and will have the funds to pay for living and travel expenses. I've known that God would provide the letter when I NEED it, but maybe not any sooner. I had talked to a person about writing it, but it hadn't been written yet. We were waiting until I had money to purchase a plane ticket. I have been getting extremely discouraged, afraid that it wasn't going to be written in time. Today I talked to someone else about writing it, and that just proved to discourage me even MORE!!! I talked to my mom, and began wondering if this whole thing was even going to work. Should I just talk to Mansells, and tell them that I can't come for the summer? Giving up just seemed so much easier than figuring out how to get this letter! Why does this all have to be so difficult? God never said that living to glorify Him would be easy. If sacrifice was easy, would a life of  sacrifice for the Lord be so satisfying? God gives us a peace that passes ALL understanding when we are living in conformity to His will, and are seeking to serve and praise Him!!

I found out, shortly after all these doubting thoughts were going through my mind, that the original person I had spoken to about writing this letter, was planning on writing it today!!! It was an encouragement and a rebuke to me. God provided the letter I need, and encouraged me that I am doing what He wants me to do by going to Japan. But I was also chastised for ever doubting in the first place!! Psalm 139:17-18 says 'How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.' God has more thoughts toward me than the sand on the seashore!!! How can I ever doubt His love and provision?
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  1. JennFeb 7, 2011, 7:08:00 PM

    P.S. Please continue praying with me as I am raising support!! I have about 20% of what I need, and haven't heard from most of the people I've sent letters to!!! God is good, and I'm confident He will provide!!

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