Birthday

 Happy Sabbath,

Today is my son's 8th birthday and it has been a wonderful day.  My internet has been malfunctioning but God is still good.  My tooth hurts but God is still good.  No matter what happens, God is still good. 

I am thankful to be able to see my son reach another year of life and pray that the Lord will be with him and continue to bless him as he grows into the man that one day, he should be.  I have a gift for him that is not Sabbath appropriate so I plan to give it to him tomorrow when I return from work.  I am involved in a bunch of things at church and am becoming braver and more comfortable stepping up.  I can only thank the Lord for that because He as well as others know I don't like speaking out and choose to work in the background.  The sermon today was such a good reminder for us to trust in the Lord. There is no reason for us to fear since the Lord is here and He is here for us. The speaker had some great acronymns for fear such as False Evidence Appearing Real  and Forget Everything And Run.  He also said FAITH is Fully Anticipating It To Happen.  I googled some more and found: Forsaking All I Trust Him as well as Forwarding All Issues to Heaven.

Everyone has a fear of something; I have my fears but I need to remember that the Lord has not given me a spirit of fear.  We must reject fear.  Trust in the Lord.  I never expected to be here at this point, to have come so far. If I allowed fear to take over, I would not have finished school. I would not be driving any more. I would have run away and not faced my family. I might be homeless and my son might not be with me.  If I allowed fear, I would not do the work that I do. I would not have embraced my natural self. I would have given up.  I have come this far by faith and cannot allow myself to give up now.  The Lord has brought you too this far whether you realize it or not.  Give your time to Him and attention.  Put your trust in Him and watch all the miraculous things He will do and bring you through.  

May the Lord bless and keep you and God willing, I will be on here next week. 

Happy Sabbath ;)