Encouragement comes in all forms . . .

I’ve had, what seems to be, a rough morning . . . overslept the alarm, felt like a pile of poop upon waking, just a struggle from my first conscious moment. And right in the midst of it, I was putting on my makeup, I heard HIS voice whisper in my ear “it’s a new day”. Now yesterday wasn’t bad, I felt HIS presence all day long and just rejoiced in the day, but this morning I felt sideswiped and so HIS whisper was a reminder that there were new mercies for whatever I would encounter this day ~ so on I march. Got to work and checked out our bank account on line and low and behold over drawn due to an unauthorized payment being taken out. Blah Blah Blah, I was crushed and frustrated and in the middle of it I wanted to cry but couldn’t stay in the muck! I felt like I was being pulled out of the muck before I sat down in it and I didn’t ask to be pulled out but there stood a FAITHFUL FRIEND, pulling me up and out and I hadn’t even asked for HIS help yet!! How sweet COVENANT is!! So here I sit at work, completing each task, one by one and I’m standing outside of the pit of muck with a smirk on my face. The pit is still there, but I don’t have to sit down in it! Something so simple yet so big to me. Go figure. Then for a quick break I log onto a blog that I visit occasionally and blam!!! there on the post for 04/18 more encouragement (I’ll let you read it for yourself) but it’s a total confirmation of what I’ve been hearing from my FRIEND. And it’s not about some overdrawn bank account . . . it’s life, the daily walking out of life. Oswald Chambers said “Jesus did not promise us overcoming life, but life as we overcome”. I agree!

I LOVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT SERVICES!!!!!!

Ok, can I scream it any louder than ALL CAPS?! I equally love and need midweek service. So for any of you people who attend a midweek worship service, I don’t care if it’s Tuesday or Thursday or whatever other “mid-week” day you go to a corporate worship service, just do it! GO! It is not to take the place of your personal time with Father, but it is vitally necessary! I know peoples lives are busy with jobs and kids and LIFE! But it is so worth it to just set aside this time, sacrifice this time and come away with a group of people who just want to worship God and study His Word and grow in him and go out refreshed. So, so important. The other night I sat in the service and worship was great and I just wept thru’ it. (I’m a cryer, I cry when I’m happy, I cry when I’m sad, I cry when I’m angry, I cry when I’m overwhelmed, I cry when I’m rejoicing, I cry when I’m worshiping, I just cry, crying’s my favorite) So I’m just being washed in worship and Pastor Dan steps up and begins to teach and everything that fell from his mouth was right to me. It was like the Holy Spirit was speaking directly to me. And it was exactly what I needed to hear and when I needed to hear it. I’m so blown away by the perfectness of God!