Help for Adversity - Part 8 - proclaiming God's goodness

Afternoon Sweet Peas,

How are you this beautiful Monday?

At least, I hope your Monday is beautiful!!

It is truly a gorgeous Florida day here, a cool breezy 80 degrees,

but doesn't seem hot at all.  We have the windows and the french

doors open, and it is like bringing the outside in. 

Loving it!!

I am so late posting today cause I slept till 10:00 catching up

on a lot of lost sleep,  then our son came to get his cell phone

 cause he forgot it last night,  and also to spray the yard again

 since he didn't get to yesterday.

We very rarely see him on weekdays let alone in the daytime,

but he didn't have a lot of work to do today.

So I made us all a nice breakfast and it was a  sweet and

unexpected pleasure.

Had a very nice weekend as well.  Friday night we watched

a movie called "Billy, the early years".  It was about the life

of Billy and Ruth Graham and it truly was a Wonderful

movie, almost like a romantic comedy in a lot of places.

We would highly recommend it,  got it from Netflix.

Saturday it was rainy and icky,  so we stayed in and just

putz'd around.  I made lasagna and set the table for hubbies

family birthday celebration, while hubby looked for jobs

online.  Then Sunday was Sunday School and church

and a smoothie for lunch,  then the kids and my SIL

came over in the afternoon...........  it was a good

time had by all,  as always.  Will show you his table

on Wed. for Tablescape Thursday.

Guess I better get on with Monday Manna......

Just seems like so long since I have blogged....lol

and always miss you guys.

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Well,  today is...............

Tip

#10

Remember always that God has your best interest

 at heart, and He has very good reasons for why He 

does what He does.  Many of which we have already

talked about, but many we could never understand

 in a million years because we are just finite human 

beings trying to understand a divine infinite God.

 Some things we just have to accept as God's

 wisdom.  He created it all,  it is His to do with as

 he chooses.  That is why He is God and not us!!

The scripture says in,

Isaiah 55:9

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my

 ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than

 your thoughts."

Psalm 84:11

 For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

 the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing 

does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

Tip 

#11

Remember that as you begin to see the good coming

out of your situation to be sure to tell others about it, 

 so they can be encouraged as well. 

1 Thessalonians 5:18

give thanks in all circumstances, for this is

 God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him (the enemy of our soul) by the

 blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony;

It is a very good practice to get into the habit of

praising God for everything you can think of.

One friend (Patty over at Fill my cup...with beauty)

told me that during a long layoff for her husband

the Lord told her to make a list of 5 things everyday

 to be thankful for, and that it helped keep her out

of the ditch.

 That is one of the reasons I do a Thankful Thursday

 post,  I learned that quite awhile back myself, it not

 only helps others, but it helps me stay focused on the

 good thing in my life and probably helps me as much

 or more than anyone,  and truthfully,  I don't notice

the bad things so much anymore.

As Bonnie, (over at one designing woman) says,

it is hard to be unhappy when you are having

a grateful heart.  How True!!

In our world today,  folks desperately need to hear 

some Good News,  I love to hear of good things

that happen to people..... like my  2 dear friends who

were healed of cancer and our other friend who almost

 died and has no residual affects,  they are all  wonderful

 answers to prayer and show that God answers prayers,

  and also builds the faith of others who have been praying,

 and again, makes you remember and cherish  the reality 

of Christ in our lives.

Our pastor just shared another wonderful story of

God's goodness and healing yesterday about his

daughter's pregnancy.  Just a few months in, the

Drs. told her the baby had some very severe 

problems, a myriad of heart problems and a

dead kidney,  and 8 Drs. told her she should

terminate her pregnancy.  She refused, and they

sent her to a specialist that could do in utero

surgery on the baby.  The day before she was

to go for the surgery,  she went to church and

had the elders annoint and pray for her,

as in accordance with

 James 5:15

 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the 

church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name

 of the Lord.  And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick

 person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned,

 he will be forgiven.

 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each 

other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous

 man is powerful and effective. 

Not only the elders prayed for her but the entire church did, 

 and the next day she went to the hospital in another city to 

have the surgery done.

They had some last minute tests to do,  and this was the first 

time I guess the surgeon had seen her,  so after the test,

 he asked the Mother, why are you here?? 

 and she said because my baby has all these hearts problems

 and guess she listed them,  and the Dr. said there is nothing

wrong with your babies heart it is perfect.

Then when she went back home she found out from the

other Dr. there was nothing wrong with the babies kidney

either. When she delivered the baby he weighed less

 that 3 pds, and was a baby boy. Today that baby boy, 

is 12 years old,  with no health issues at all, and doing

wonderfully well.

The Power of the Risen Christ!!

Everyone needs to hear how He works in our daily

lives,  and how He works in the small, medium and

large and gargantua situations of life.

But we need to be faithful to Thank Him in all things,

and to be sure and tell people the good things

that happen,  Lord knows there is enough bad

news............and why is it so much easier to give

bad news than good???

As believers, we really need to work at being the

bearer of good news rather than bad news.

No body has a problem free life,  but sometimes

we can act like we are the only one that ever has a

problem.  All we need to do is take a look around

us and we can always see someone in a way worst

 situation that we are in. If only... we spent as much

 time reciting and being thankful for the good things

 in our lives as we spend on complaining and reciting 

the bad things,

  what a transformed world it would be!!

Then we will truly bring honor and glory to the Lord!

Something to think about................

Thanks for coming by and if you 

missed Part  7,

  just Click Here!

Hugs and Warm Florida Blessings,

Nellie