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The Vision
Short and sweet because I am trying to deal with what just happened. The only reason I am posting is for your comforting words because I am weak.
Al and I have spent some wonderful quality time together tonight. But not all of it was good. He told me he felt like there was a big elephant on his chest. Then he told me he thought he was having a stroke.
I checked his vitals but they are not out of the ordinary of what they usually are anymore. Then he told me he saw trucks driving out of Egypt and in front of them was ladies with wings………………..
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My Awesome God
Oh, alas I cry out to you
Oh my God how
Awesome are you
That you have listened
That you have…
My Awesome God
Oh, alas I cry out to you
Oh my God how
Awesome are you
That you have listened
That you have responded
To my many prayer
Request. I get down
On bended knee
And thank-you
My awesome God
For never leaving me
Nor straying from me
In a wilderness so bleak
And naked with no clothing
To cover my bared soul
For thou has promised
Over and over
That you love me.
Oh my awesome God
How can I ever thank-you
For no words do I have
To show my humbleness
And my deep feelings
For you my Lord.
Thank-you from
The deepest of my heart.
Terry Shepherd
05/15/2013
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I Thought He Was Speaking Straight To Me
July 27
God Uses the Wicked
When we don’t understand what God is doing or why, His ways can seem perplexing. The times when ungodly people seem to triumph over the righteous make us scratch our heads and wonder why the Lord doesn’t intervene. But the truth is, He often uses the wicked to accomplish His purpose.
Joseph faced one hard-hearted individual after another during his years in exile. His brothers shipped him off to Egypt. His boss’s wife accused him of an unspeakable crime. And even those he helped, like Pharaoh’s cupbearer, forgot about him (Gen. 40:23). The actions (or seeming inactions) of God make little sense at this point.
But once the story of Joseph’s life was written in full, it was clear that everyone who harmed or neglected the young man contributed to God’s plan. The Lord used numerous people across several years to bring a humbled young Hebrew unexpectedly to power at the right moment to spare his family–who were the Messiah’s ancestors–from the effects of famine.
In our circumstances, we can see God’s actions only from the limited vantage point of our humanness. We experience the events He has allowed or caused but can’t discern what He is thinking. Often the Lord’s goals and purposes are hidden from us until His plans come to fruition.
God is sovereign over all the earth. We may wonder at the strange or even terrifying turns our lives take, but we can be certain that He is in control and at work. The wicked may triumph for a season, but the final, eternal victory belongs to Christ and His righteous followers.
