The Spiritual "STORMS" of Life (Matthew 7:24-29)

[Born Again]

Awesome post Nate- I'm so glad you're back! I love to see what God lays on your heart to share with us!!

God's been teaching me alot about faith and going through Ivan was another lesson of trusting in Him always. It's so easy to trust in God when things are going smoothly, but it's a real test when you face a catastrophe. It's so sad to watch the news and see families that have lost loved ones or their homes, and you just want to reach out and share the good news of Jesus. We have hope- that no matter what the world can sling at us, we can hold on to the Heavenly Father and know that everything works out according to His Will. He gives us His Peace, that sadly, many do not have. It really opens your eyes to the lost and dying world we have at our doorstep.

God is so Awesome- through this hurricane, I can see His Glory magnified! On the flip side (of my paragraph above), who knows how many people came to know the Lord from going through that experience! I love to see how God uses things- big or small- to show us His Love and Mercy. We serve an Amazing, Loving and Indescribable God!! All praise and glory to Him alone :il:

[WISDOM]

Hey Shannon!

How right you are!! Being down here on the Florida/Alabama stateline of the Gulf Coast in the Panhandle, you have also seen first hand the damage done by the Hurricane IVAN storm. But just like Wordsower said sometimes we don't see the emotional damage done by the many "hurricane Ivans" we face daily in life. Your sister (Kristin) made that point very clear (in the opposite affect) in her post.

It all boils down to trusting GOD through it all, regardless of what it is! Deep down in the depths of us all, in the secret areas only GOD knows about we have some particular worries based on certain "storms" HE has allowed to pass through us. Laughter and "plastic" (or real) smiles won't even hide those feelings. JESUS doesn't want us to be distracted this way. When we worry after the "storms" about what we don't have (any longer) we lose our contentment with what we do have! GOD is ALWAYS with us, and has given us over 7,000 promises in HIS Word IN OUR FAVOR! So whatever it is that is bothering us we should go to prayer, talk to HIM about it....and after doing so, LEAVE IT with HIM. Then.....WAIT. Don't rush in and start messing things up by trying to do them your/my own way AFTER giving them over to HIM. Simply.......WAIT! Trust in HIS provision!

**Isaiah 40:31.....Galatians 6:9......Hebrews 10:23.....Romans 5:3-4**