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John from Kentucky:
Hi octoberose,

May God give you peace.

A Scripture says, "Don't worry about anything."

Jesus said not to worry because we cannot change one of our hairs black or white.

Jesus also said even little birds do not fall to the ground without the Father's permission.

Last April I stared death in it's ugly face.

My 30 year old baby boy is having an operation in a couple of weeks.

I'm just a dumb country boy.  I believe what God says.  What He wills, will be.  In all our futures, there will be nothing but the broad, sunlit uplands of life.  Don't know anything else to say or do.

Wanda:
I wanted to add this scripture, because it's one that reminds and assures me God is always working things for our good.

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

octoberose:
 Your responses are so kind and so loving .  And you are of course right about our God being sovereign in our lives and our children's lives.  Thank you for sharing your concerns and I will be praying for JKF's son and yello62's health. 
 I'm going to go read Psalms 24,25. Thank you Pamela. 
 I keep thinking about waiting on the Lord- what that looks like  and what that means.  I think it must be an active waiting. Actively giving to God our concerns, actively asking for His will to be written on our hearts, and for His ways to be our ways.  Maybe it's just surrender - maybe it's peace. 
 I was listening to the tv a week or so ago and someone was on I usually don't pay any attention to.  It was Roseanne Barr. She said something so startling I even wrote it down. This is what she said, " What God puts before me I do- I don't try to argue or win- I just do what's in front of me. "   Wow.   Maybe this is just what is front of me to do right now, and God is letting me learn and grow in faith by being a part of it.   The hard part is the fear- but perfect love (His, not mine) casts out fear .
 I need to pray more consistently about our whole Truths community. I realized that as I read your replies and I wish I could hug you and hold your hands and we could pray together in person. 
 
 Oh, and I never heard Ray's talk on agape and philio (sp?)  love before.  Thank you for mentioning it a few days ago.

virginiabm:
Dear Octoberose, I feel your pain and fear of the things you are experiencing in your life concerning your children, I am right there with you. It seem like every trail we go through is conerning our children or loved ones. My son is a lineman and he is on storm trouble right now with this hurricane headed our way. I have two of his children in our home, because of a lie his 16 year old daughter told on him, then the last court date she told the DSS that she lied on her daddy, but they still want let him have his children back in the home yet. They said it is a process to get them back. Now his children can't be all together during this storm with their mother. We only can find peace through our Lord and saviour, knowing He will work it out.
I know how hard this is and so does everyone else.
I pray for your peace of mind and that God will lift the burden from your heart and give you a peace that surpasses all understanding. May God bless you through your trials.

Your sister in Christ,
Virginia

AwesomeSavior:
Octoberrose:

Something that God has been recently teaching me is to get alone with Him, and to thank Him for various trials in my life, and to praise Him. This is challenging to learn, as the "natural man" likes to do the opposite (1 Corinthians 2:14). However, doing this brings joy, and many times God will bring a blessing as a result. Here are a couple of verses and a chapter for reference on this topic.

1) "Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;" (Ephesians 5:20).

2) "For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 4:15).

3) Psalm 107. This psalm speaks continually of God's "wonderful works", and "oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness...", and for those wonderful works. As an example, verse 24 says, "These (God's Elect) see the works of the Lord, and his WONDERS in THE DEEP" (my emphasis). Verse 23 is similar to verse 24. Compare spiritual with spiritual throughout this whole chapter; "judgment begins at the house of God" (1 Peter 4:17).

Again, I am learning that sincerely thanking God for trials takes plenty of practice, like a child learning to ride a bike. May God teach us these "wonderful works" of the Lord!

God comfort you, Octoberrose (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).  :)

Dean

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