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.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

God uses the clouds to make His Son shine!!!


I heard this amazing illustration of how to view the trials we have in our lives the other day, and had to share! We have, what we call, a 'Works of God' chapel every Monday, where students stand up and share things that God has done in their lives, or prayer requests and how they've been answered or what God has been teaching them through the trial...This week one girl stood up and shared this awesome illustration.

She had just recently seen an amazing sunset, and was just awed at how God created such brilliant colors. Then she noticed that there were also clouds that were along the horizon, but the clouds didn't detract from the brilliance of the sunset, they actually added to it, and made it that much more amazing.

It got me thinking about the trials we have in our lives, how we can view them as just an annoying ugliness that detracts from the amazing things God can/has done in our lives. Or we can view it as yet another way God is showing his strength in our lives by accentuating his power through the trial. Today I had a test in one of my classes that I haven't been doing so well in. I had all these facts that I didn't do well on when we were quizzed over them previously, and I had to make sure that I knew them for this test. The test was definitely a cloud on the horizon of my life, I know that God has done amazing things in my life before, and he will do them again. But today I definitely had a cloud (the test) that showed me what an amazing God he is, and how much he loves me!!!

Love to you all from NIU,

Jennifer
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