GOD'S WORDS OF HOPE
SOMETIMES IN LIFE THERE ARE THOSE MIRACULOUS MOMENTS WHERE THERE HAD TO BE GODLY INTERVENTION AND PROTECTION BECAUSE A BAD EVENT DIDN'T HAPPEN, OR IT DID AND YOU SURVIVED. WE ALL HAVE A SPECIAL PURPOSE IN LIFE EVEN WHEN IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT.
LUKE 12:6,7 SAYS
ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS, AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD? BUT EVEN THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED. THEREFORE, DO NOT FEAR! YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.
LUKE 12:6,7 SAYS
ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS, AND NOT ONE OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD? BUT EVEN THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED. THEREFORE, DO NOT FEAR! YOU ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.
MY SURVIVAL STORY
YEARS AGO WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER, WE WERE ON A ROAD TRIP WITH MY MOM. WE STOPPED AT A CUTE LITTLE CONVENIENCE STORE/RESTAURANT THAT WAS ON A HILL, SO BEFORE GETTING OUT I PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AFTER EATING WE GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND I HAD FORGOTTEN TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
WE WERE MILES DOWN THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND GOING AROUND 60MPH, WHEN I COULD SEE UP AHEAD THAT A CAR NEEDING TO TURN LEFT HAD STOPPED IN THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TURN LANE. WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THEY DID NOT WORK. THE HOT EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE NORMAL BRAKES.
THE WHITE TRUCK IN FRONT OF US WAS GOING TO THE RIGHT AROUND THE STOPPED CAR THAT NEEDED TO TURN LEFT, AT THE SAME TIME I WAS APPROACHING FAST, AND TURNED MY CAR TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE BACK OF THE WHITE TRUCK AND MIRACULOUSLY THERE WAS A SHORT PAVED PULL OUT AREA. SOMEHOW MY CAR WITH NO BRAKES, SPED PAST THE TRUCK, THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED AT THE EDGE OF RE-ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, LETTING THE WHITE TRUCK GO SAFELY BY WITHOUT IT HITTING INTO MY SIDE OF THE CAR. THAT TRUCK SHOULD HAVE RAMMED INTO MY SIDE OF THE CAR.
TO THIS DAY, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAR STOPPED WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE ANGEL THERE WATCHING OVER US AND WITH THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SAFELY STOPPED THE CAR. BECAUSE HOW DOES A VEHICLE WITH NO BRAKES SUDDENLY STOP?
YEARS AGO WHEN MY KIDS WERE YOUNGER, WE WERE ON A ROAD TRIP WITH MY MOM. WE STOPPED AT A CUTE LITTLE CONVENIENCE STORE/RESTAURANT THAT WAS ON A HILL, SO BEFORE GETTING OUT I PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AFTER EATING WE GOT BACK INTO THE CAR AND I HAD FORGOTTEN TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.
WE WERE MILES DOWN THE TWO LANE HIGHWAY AND GOING AROUND 60MPH, WHEN I COULD SEE UP AHEAD THAT A CAR NEEDING TO TURN LEFT HAD STOPPED IN THE ROAD BECAUSE THERE WAS NO TURN LANE. WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN, THEY DID NOT WORK. THE HOT EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD SOMEHOW AFFECTED THE NORMAL BRAKES.
THE WHITE TRUCK IN FRONT OF US WAS GOING TO THE RIGHT AROUND THE STOPPED CAR THAT NEEDED TO TURN LEFT, AT THE SAME TIME I WAS APPROACHING FAST, AND TURNED MY CAR TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID HITTING THE BACK OF THE WHITE TRUCK AND MIRACULOUSLY THERE WAS A SHORT PAVED PULL OUT AREA. SOMEHOW MY CAR WITH NO BRAKES, SPED PAST THE TRUCK, THEN SUDDENLY STOPPED AT THE EDGE OF RE-ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, LETTING THE WHITE TRUCK GO SAFELY BY WITHOUT IT HITTING INTO MY SIDE OF THE CAR. THAT TRUCK SHOULD HAVE RAMMED INTO MY SIDE OF THE CAR.
TO THIS DAY, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAR STOPPED WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS THAT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE ANGEL THERE WATCHING OVER US AND WITH THE GRACE OF GOD, HE SAFELY STOPPED THE CAR. BECAUSE HOW DOES A VEHICLE WITH NO BRAKES SUDDENLY STOP?
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NOW DAYS THE BIBLE IS NOT SUPPORTED LIKE IN THE PAST, BUT IT IS STILL FILLED WITH WORDS OF WISDOM, LOVE, HOPE, ENCOURAGEMENT, STRENGTH, AND COURAGE. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH, GOD HAS WORDS OF HOPE FOR YOU, AND CAN HELP FILL VOIDS AND EMPTINESS. BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST EVEN HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE A PERSON'S LIFE, OUTLOOK, BEHAVIOR, HEART, AND THOUGHTS.
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ALWAYS THERE
THE SIN IN THIS WORLD,
MUST RUN ITS COURSE,
GOD’S HEART CONTINUALLY BREAKS.
WHEN YOU ARE HURTING,
HE IS THERE,
TEARS DRIPPING DOWN HIS FACE.
INVISIBLE PRESENCE,
YET STILL CARING,
HIS LOVE WILL NEVER LEAVE.
THE TIME WILL COME FOR SIN TO DEPART,
THOSE HURTING,
A HEALED HEART THEY WILL RECEIVE.
BY GALLERY OF HOPE
THE SIN IN THIS WORLD,
MUST RUN ITS COURSE,
GOD’S HEART CONTINUALLY BREAKS.
WHEN YOU ARE HURTING,
HE IS THERE,
TEARS DRIPPING DOWN HIS FACE.
INVISIBLE PRESENCE,
YET STILL CARING,
HIS LOVE WILL NEVER LEAVE.
THE TIME WILL COME FOR SIN TO DEPART,
THOSE HURTING,
A HEALED HEART THEY WILL RECEIVE.
BY GALLERY OF HOPE
I WROTE THIS POEM BECAUSE OFTEN WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN IT'S EASY TO BLAME GOD. WE DON'T KNOW WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE, ONLY GOD KNOWS THE ANSWER. WITH HIM BEING FULL OF SO MUCH LOVE FOR US THAT HE KNOWS HOW MANY HAIRS ARE ON OUR HEADS, IT MUST BE VERY HARD AND HEARTBREAKING FOR HIM TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE ON EARTH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HIS COMING, NOT ONLY TO SEE OUR DEPARTED LOVED ONES AGAIN BUT FOR THE PEACE HE WILL BRING ONCE IT'S ALL FINISHED. GOD WILL BE THERE WIPING AWAY ALL TEARS FROM OUR EYES, AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE DEATH, SORROW,CRYING, OR PAIN.
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