While pondering on your great post philosophical 2 word post (and this is not being said in Jest)I said yes this is a thread that has been running through the devotions. I began to search for examples or lessons that had been learned waiting on God or not waiting on God! I came across a story of William Cowper (cooper). He wrote and or co-wrote many hymns and poetry. I have included here one I read GOD MOVES IN
GOD MOVES IN ... God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a better taste, But sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
Kim and Jim, I can truly relate to the moving thing. I have somewhere got some facts wrong. I thought ya'll had already moved.
Well when it comes to moving Jerry and I can truly relate to moveS. From June 2004 to June 2005 a 12 month period we moved 3 times. I had known for 6 months prior that God was fixing to move on our behalf but did not know our behalf would require 3 moves from us. I am glad I did not know also. At that time I think my heart would have been in despair and struggling to hold to FAITH. At the end of all moves I was able to look back and sse how and why He did things that way. It was to get us to where He wanted us to be able to Bless us. You see I can get in a satisfied state and hard to get my attention. That is where I / we were at that time. We were praying for God to correct many problems in and around us to do with health & JOB and were waiting for Him to do it right were we were at that moment. His plans were far different than what we would have ever thought. We had been in same location for 13 years and same company 18 years. Lived were Husband worked....Complex sold and new owners had problems and it rolled down to us...mainly through 1 person so we prayed for him and then asked God to remove him. Well it was not at that moment for him to be moved but US. I helped my husband write a resignation letter one night and within 1 week he was recruited by 3 major management co. We saw the hand of God in every direction and turn we took. Shortly after we left the Co. they sold the old complex that we had been at for 18 years but we were off to a new life. within a year the company that bought the old complex contacted us and tried to hire Jerry back at more than he was making now and more benefits. We prayed and God showed us the story of Lot and family, we knew we were not to look back. Shortly after that mgm't changed old place and our new place and God showed up and Showed out. With our new mgm't co. they gave Jerry more than what we had been offered and they new nothing of the offer. God is faithful and it sure helps if we are FAITHFUL.
Knowing to Watch, Wait and When to Move requires us to have FAITH in action not in word.
I only hope as I set here waiting on God to move so I can follow the direction He has for me in His service, that it is not as taxing time as the last. You see I will have to confess that this is the part in MY life that your devotions have been being used in. God Moving has been seen as a thread in many of your devotions, by me any way, maybe my no one else. It could be that God only let me see it for some reason, I doubt it.
A few weeks back I had asked for prayer on that week-end, well that is what it was concerning. I know that God is directing my path to a different service for Him and my husband to, but it directly affects how He wants to use me. So I am trying to gather all the FAITH I can and follow where He is directing.
Ok, there! I said it! now if I can walk in the knowledge and light that I know comes only from my Father in Heaven ..... a Vessel is what I want to be...
I am sorry, I made a post for "God Moves" and it did not post for some reason?? I have been having problems logging onto the blogger the past couple of days. I liked the poem by William Cowper
That is right Donna, we are moving the week of April 1st.
What I was going to post, is that God is moving in our lives very hard. To be in the path of God moving is the most amazing things I have ever experienced.
God has given us a house that we should not have been able to buy. HE has not only given us a house, but HE is moving us to a land that I only dreamed of living in.
But, GOD'S movement does not end there.....
Ontop of the house, and living in our "Promised Land" HE gave us the land next to our house. Something that we totally did not expect that we would receive.
Then come to find out......
We are closing on our house, and instead of us coming to the table with money for clsoing, we are receiveing money back, yes they owe us money..... AMAZING. It reminds me of the verse in psalms 37:4.
Right now our family is in the shadow of the LORD. HE is blazing the way ahead of us, and we are just trying to keep up. We are going to try very hard as a family to stay in that shadow of the LORD. There is no other place like it!
It is kinda like what we are reading. Joshua honored what the LORD asked of him; Love ME with all your heart, mind, and soul. Keep MY commandments. Joshua blazed a path conquering all in Canaan.
Then to add a mind boggling twist..... all of this has happened because I recieved this terrible disease in Oct. 2004.
You don't need to be sorry for the lack of a complete post cause I think it was a complete post.
I had meant to post a little story about William Cowper and a night in his life that God Moved. It is not neccessary cause you told of how God has /is moving in your llife. As I shared how He moved in ours to get us where we needed to be. I am going to post the story now because if this night had never happened we would not have many of the writings of Cowper (This story happened about 1774):
Cowper often struggled with depression and doubt. One night he decided to commit suicide by drowning himself. He called a cab and told the driver to take him to the Thames River. However, thick fog came down and prevented them from finding the river (another version of the story has the driver getting lost deliberately). After driving around lost for a while, the cabby finally stopped and let Cowper out. To Cowper’s surprise, he found himself on his own doorstep: God had sent the fog to keep him from killing himself. Even in our blackest moments, God watches over us.
In my life alone I can point to so many times that God has watched over me so that I can testify to the many ways God Moves....starting with the discovery of me being deaf at 3 years of age and going through surgery that was 50/50 capable of ending my life ( this was in late 50's )well life not ended and hearing restored to near perfect and even having to have surgery 2 more times as my hearing decreased in first ear and then in the other ear. To my life trying to be taken from me at age of 12 from a new strain of flu. no success there either. Then comes to taking care of a mom who suffered with depression and at 16 I took and gun from her and it discharged and bullet went pass me instead (pass). I know that everytime I look at these occurrances in my life I know that the only reason God Moved on my behalf and kept me safe was He wanted to use me for His Kingdom. I look back and have to say God I am sorry because I have done so little.
There comes a time shortly after marriage my husband becomes ill (early 80's ) diagnosed with M.S. on top of having severe blood pressure problems. One of the leading MS dr's was practicing in B'hsm , Al. he offered very little hope..... well God Moved and 30 yrs later Jerry is still fine and works daily. Even after 3 yrs ago he suffered a heart attack on the morning of the day of the viewing of our 37 yr. old son-in-law who suddenly passed in their home with a brain stem hemorrage. Our daughter left a widow with 2 precious little girls. We can show where God Moved in all that.
Well I share all this I think to say that God Moves in every part of and happening of our Lives if we will only let Him.......
I know that I have reached a point in my life that I want to be more serious than ever about my service to Him and making myself an availiable vessel worthy to be used by Him.....I am waiting to see Him Move in our lives as He speaks of in John 14:12-14 : 12) I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13) And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 14) You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
My favorite part of this scripture is it is telling us in His name GREATER things shall we do.
Well, this all for tonight on this except I say once again your devotion was GOD MOVES
Kim and Jim I am sorry with all of the b'days and anniversaries I missed your last post on this one.
I was deaf at 3 yrs of age. It was discovered by a nursery teacher I was born with hearing but was loosing it due to inner ear infections. I was learning to read lips, ( and wish I still could Kim ) but family did not realize. They thought I was getting stubborn though( and was ha ha ha and still am ha ha ha ) cause when they called or spoke i would not answer;. They did not connect that this was happening mostly when back was turned.
The nursery school teacher did though and suggest they take me to an e.n.t. The teachers suspicions were confrimed and I was probably 80% or better deaf in one ear. Surgery was done which was very new back then and it was a 50/50 chance of death. Well God kept me and as healing took place so did my hearing. Then with in a year of infections damaged hearing in first ear and now the other had lost most of its hearing ..... So they performed surgery on both and it was even more risky. You see the infection had settled at base of skull behind ear and as they went in they were going to have to remove bone and if any infection moved it would go to brain stem and death immediatly. Well God took care of all and as Surgery healed so did my hearing over a period of months. I do have trouble if there are alot of sounds around me with separating someone that might be addressing me but that is not bad...
I do use the infection to the brain many times when I am acting a little goofy that some must have touched the brain and this is the result,,,,, joking ha ha ha
Well, Jim and Kim we all know that God heals. He did me again in the mid 70's I some infections then and being an adult I noticed the hearing going. This time I turned to God and I truly was healed at that moment. I know ya'll are like me though if He had not I would still be serving Him.
Like with my Husbands MS diagnosis and some well actually 27 years later no sign....
Kim and Jim, I have in prayer found myself praying for both of you with health needs. This is the first time that we have talked this in depth.... Jim I had read somewhere on your site about your issue.... and when I prayed for you I have always felt my Husband in it. Could not understand but as I always do that's ok and continued to pray as the Spirit leads. Isn't that the best way, it keeps us out of the way....
This is so funny that I just found this old post think it was God Moving.... Well once again I have to be off tonight to celebrate a little gal turning 5. We are meeting at a fav.. Asian Resturant where they cook on table with you and do tricks and jokes, forget the style memory bad. She loves the chefs and the fun they have.
Oh, I did not forget what Kim asked..... Well if I did not know what she meant I would say is she slamming a Southern Accent LOL cause most say we do ... LOL but Due to the deafness I don't Probably cause I had not lost it for a long enough period.
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While pondering on your great post philosophical 2 word post (and this is not being said in Jest)I said yes this is a thread that has been running through the devotions.
I began to search for examples or lessons that had been learned waiting on God or not waiting on God!
I came across a story of William Cowper (cooper). He wrote and or co-wrote many hymns and poetry. I have included here one I read GOD MOVES IN
GOD MOVES IN ...
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,
The clouds ye so much dread
are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head.
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust him for his grace;
Behind a frowning providence,
He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a better taste,
But sweet will be the flower.
Blind unbelief is sure to err,
And scan his work in vain;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.
William Cowper
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna
Kim and Jim, I can truly relate to the moving thing. I have somewhere got some facts wrong. I thought ya'll had already moved.
Well when it comes to moving Jerry and I can truly relate to moveS. From June 2004 to June 2005 a 12 month period we moved 3 times. I had known for 6 months prior that God was fixing to move on our behalf but did not know our behalf would require 3 moves from us. I am glad I did not know also. At that time I think my heart would have been in despair and struggling to hold to FAITH. At the end of all moves I was able to look back and sse how and why He did things that way. It was to get us to where He wanted us to be able to Bless us. You see I can get in a satisfied state and hard to get my attention. That is where I / we were at that time. We were praying for God to correct many problems in and around us to do with health & JOB and were waiting for Him to do it right were we were at that moment. His plans were far different than what we would have ever thought. We had been in same location for 13 years and same company 18 years. Lived were Husband worked....Complex sold and new owners had problems and it rolled down to us...mainly through 1 person so we prayed for him and then asked God to remove him. Well it was not at that moment for him to be moved but US. I helped my husband write a resignation letter one night and within 1 week he was recruited by 3 major management co. We saw the hand of God in every direction and turn we took. Shortly after we left the Co. they sold the old complex that we had been at for 18 years but we were off to a new life. within a year the company that bought the old complex contacted us and tried to hire Jerry back at more than he was making now and more benefits. We prayed and God showed us the story of Lot and family, we knew we were not to look back. Shortly after that mgm't changed old place and our new place and God showed up and Showed out. With our new mgm't co. they gave Jerry more than what we had been offered and they new nothing of the offer. God is faithful and it sure helps if we are FAITHFUL.
Knowing to Watch, Wait and When to Move requires us to have FAITH in action not in word.
I only hope as I set here waiting on God to move so I can follow the direction He has for me in His service, that it is not as taxing time as the last. You see I will have to confess that this is the part in MY life that your devotions have been being used in. God Moving has been seen as a thread in many of your devotions, by me any way, maybe my no one else. It could be that God only let me see it for some reason, I doubt it.
A few weeks back I had asked for prayer on that week-end, well that is what it was concerning. I know that God is directing my path to a different service for Him and my husband to, but it directly affects how He wants to use me. So I am trying to gather all the FAITH I can and follow where He is directing.
Ok, there! I said it! now if I can walk in the knowledge and light that I know comes only from my Father in Heaven ..... a Vessel is what I want to be...
THANKS
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna
I am sorry, I made a post for "God Moves" and it did not post for some reason?? I have been having problems logging onto the blogger the past couple of days.
I liked the poem by William Cowper
That is right Donna, we are moving the week of April 1st.
What I was going to post, is that God is moving in our lives very hard. To be in the path of God moving is the most amazing things I have ever experienced.
God has given us a house that we should not have been able to buy. HE has not only given us a house, but HE is moving us to a land that I only dreamed of living in.
But, GOD'S movement does not end there.....
Ontop of the house, and living in our "Promised Land" HE gave us the land next to our house. Something that we totally did not expect that we would receive.
Then come to find out......
We are closing on our house, and instead of us coming to the table with money for clsoing, we are receiveing money back, yes they owe us money..... AMAZING. It reminds me of the verse in psalms 37:4.
Right now our family is in the shadow of the LORD. HE is blazing the way ahead of us, and we are just trying to keep up. We are going to try very hard as a family to stay in that shadow of the LORD. There is no other place like it!
It is kinda like what we are reading. Joshua honored what the LORD asked of him; Love ME with all your heart, mind, and soul. Keep MY commandments. Joshua blazed a path conquering all in Canaan.
Then to add a mind boggling twist..... all of this has happened because I recieved this terrible disease in Oct. 2004.
You don't need to be sorry for the lack of a complete post cause I think it was a complete post.
I had meant to post a little story about William Cowper and a night in his life that God Moved. It is not neccessary cause you told of how God has /is moving in your llife. As I shared how He moved in ours to get us where we needed to be. I am going to post the story now because if this night had never happened we would not have many of the writings of Cowper (This story happened about 1774):
Cowper often struggled with depression and doubt. One night he decided to commit suicide by drowning himself. He called a cab and told the driver to take him to the Thames River. However, thick fog came down and prevented them from finding the river (another version of the story has the driver getting lost deliberately). After driving around lost for a while, the cabby finally stopped and let Cowper out. To Cowper’s surprise, he found himself on his own doorstep: God had sent the fog to keep him from killing himself. Even in our blackest moments, God watches over us.
In my life alone I can point to so many times that God has watched over me so that I can testify to the many ways God Moves....starting with the discovery of me being deaf at 3 years of age and going through surgery that was 50/50 capable of ending my life ( this was in late 50's )well life not ended and hearing restored to near perfect and even having to have surgery 2 more times as my hearing decreased in first ear and then in the other ear. To my life trying to be taken from me at age of 12 from a new strain of flu. no success there either. Then comes to taking care of a mom who suffered with depression and at 16 I took and gun from her and it discharged and bullet went pass me instead (pass). I know that everytime I look at these occurrances in my life I know that the only reason God Moved on my behalf and kept me safe was He wanted to use me for His Kingdom. I look back and have to say God I am sorry because I have done so little.
There comes a time shortly after marriage my husband becomes ill (early 80's ) diagnosed with M.S. on top of having severe blood pressure problems. One of the leading MS dr's was practicing in B'hsm , Al. he offered very little hope..... well God Moved and 30 yrs later Jerry is still fine and works daily. Even after 3 yrs ago he suffered a heart attack on the morning of the day of the viewing of our 37 yr. old son-in-law who suddenly passed in their home with a brain stem hemorrage. Our daughter left a widow with 2 precious little girls.
We can show where God Moved in all that.
Well I share all this I think to say that God Moves in every part of and happening of our Lives if we will only let Him.......
I know that I have reached a point in my life that I want to be more serious than ever about my service to Him and making myself an availiable vessel worthy to be used by Him.....I am waiting to see Him Move in our lives as He speaks of in John 14:12-14 :
12) I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
13) And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
14) You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
My favorite part of this scripture is it is telling us in His name GREATER things shall we do.
Well, this all for tonight on this except I say once again your devotion was GOD MOVES
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna
Donna, you said that you are deaf or at least part way?
Kim is 60% deaf from her childhood. She wears hearing aids which helps her hear, but she has gotten good at reading lips.
It is funny. If I talk about her or us from across a room, and she is watching, she will say that she heard that.
I enjoyed the story of William Cowper and we can identiry with you about your lifes struggles.
Kim and Jim I am sorry with all of the b'days and anniversaries I missed your last post on this one.
I was deaf at 3 yrs of age. It was discovered by a nursery teacher I was born with hearing but was loosing it due to inner ear infections. I was learning to read lips, ( and wish I still could Kim ) but family did not realize. They thought I was getting stubborn though( and was ha ha ha and still am ha ha ha ) cause when they called or spoke i would not answer;. They did not connect that this was happening mostly when back was turned.
The nursery school teacher did though and suggest they take me to an e.n.t. The teachers suspicions were confrimed and I was probably 80% or better deaf in one ear. Surgery was done which was very new back then and it was a 50/50 chance of death. Well God kept me and as healing took place so did my hearing. Then with in a year of infections damaged hearing in first ear and now the other had lost most of its hearing ..... So they performed surgery on both and it was even more risky. You see the infection had settled at base of skull behind ear and as they went in they were going to have to remove bone and if any infection moved it would go to brain stem and death immediatly. Well God took care of all and as Surgery healed so did my hearing over a period of months. I do have trouble if there are alot of sounds around me with separating someone that might be addressing me but that is not bad...
I do use the infection to the brain many times when I am acting a little goofy that some must have touched the brain and this is the result,,,,, joking ha ha ha
Well, Jim and Kim we all know that God heals. He did me again in the mid 70's I some infections then and being an adult I noticed the hearing going. This time I turned to God and I truly was healed at that moment. I know ya'll are like me though if He had not I would still be serving Him.
Like with my Husbands MS diagnosis and some well actually 27 years later no sign....
IN CHRIST
Ecc. 3
Donna
Kim asks if you talk funny?
You sound so much like Kim and I. Kim is deaf, and I have a MS type disease also......
Kim and Jim,
I have in prayer found myself praying for both of you with health needs. This is the first time that we have talked this in depth.... Jim I had read somewhere on your site about your issue.... and when I prayed for you I have always felt my Husband in it. Could not understand but as I always do that's ok and continued to pray as the Spirit leads. Isn't that the best way, it keeps us out of the way....
This is so funny that I just found this old post think it was God Moving.... Well once again I have to be off tonight to celebrate a little gal turning 5. We are meeting at a fav.. Asian Resturant where they cook on table with you and do tricks and jokes, forget the style memory bad. She loves the chefs and the fun they have.
Oh, I did not forget what Kim asked..... Well if I did not know what she meant I would say is she slamming a Southern Accent LOL cause most say we do ... LOL but Due to the deafness I don't Probably cause I had not lost it for a long enough period.
IN CHRIST
Ecc.3
Donna
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