What are you believing from God today? Has He shown you a glimpse of your future? Has He placed big dreams in your heart—dreams you’ve never shared with anyone for fear they’d mock you? If He has, begin praising Him.
In a frustrating adoption process an expectant father remembers that God is in control of all, and it’s not his job to worry. “Give all your fears and worries to Him,” says Cecil Stokes, “because they are not ours to carry.”
During those painful times in our lives, we often experience the most progress and growth, if we’ll just push through the pain.
The late Maya Angelou said it best: “You can’t forgive without loving. And I don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘I forgive. I’m finished with it.’”
The Hugs for Health Foundation has established June 29 as National Hug Holiday, stating: “Hug Holiday is founded on the premise that hugs, friendship and volunteer support are vital components to the overall senior care plan.”
I bet you have fun family Fourth of July traditions and hometown hoopla planned as well. But, in the midst of all the backyard barbecues, patriotic parades and fabulous fireworks, I hope you’ll take a minute to pray.
An excerpt from Michelle Medlock Adams’s new book, When Chocolate Isn’t Enough: An Inspirational Survival Guide for Mothers (Worthy Inspired) compares a day in the life of a mom to the famous line from Forrest Gump about life being like a box of chocolates–you never know what you’re going to get.
When we get too comfortable, spiritually speaking, we aren’t able to step out of our comfort zone, or do all that He desires to accomplish through us.
Though it is only known to God if I will have my adopted sons by Father’s Day, I rest on His promises that I am already their dad.
If you’re like me, you often leap before you look; proceed before you pray; say ‘yes’ before you’re sure. But here’s the good news. God created us, and He knows us better than we know ourselves.
You can be doing everything right and still not have the results you desire exactly when you desire them, because everything happens in God’s timing.
I learned that God loves my kids even more than I do, and He is well-able to take care of them. My responsibility is to love them and pray His Word over them daily.
