Today is Friday, October 24th, 2008; Karen's Korner #1430

Today's Karen's Korner is the daily devotional which I received this morning from Joel and Victoria Osteen. I am thinking of about three people/families who come to mind who could 'really' use their words today. I am betting there are others!
 
Osteens' words make me think back to when Merry was sick the year that she was killed. She had been in and out of the hospital, was sick, and had more surgeries than this mom liked! We had just been called by her husband Ed to take travel one more time to the hosptial. Merry was sick again...
 
I was busy telling God why I didn't like doing this any longer and how I wanted things to be different. This thought popped into my mind, "Tell Me thank you."
 
"But God I don't want to do this. I don't like what is happening," I retorted mentally.
 
His reponse, "I never said you had to like it."
 
When the thanks started coming to the front of my mind,:"Thank you that Merry has good care". "Thank you for the time in which we live, for good medicine and for new surgeries." "Thank you that I have another opportunity to trust You."
 
I was able to do what needed to be done in the next few hours and days. Plus I knew that God was taking care of Merry. And of me.
 
 
Connect to Your Deliverer

 “Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in the Lord! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!” (Habakkuk 3:17-18).

Habakkuk knew what to do when things seemed completely hopeless. His world was literally falling apart around Him. There was destruction every where he looked. But Habakkuk knew that God was bigger than his circumstances! So what did he do? He invited God into his circumstances by rejoicing and praising the Lord. He made the choice to be joyful knowing that it would connect him to the One who would deliver him!

Are you facing a situation that seems dark or hopeless? No matter how difficult things may seem, God has a plan to bring you out into a place of victory. Your praise is the bridge that will carry you into your land of promise. The Bible tells us that God inhabits the praises of His people, and when the presence of God manifests, the enemy has to flee!

The Bible also tells us that there is fullness of joy in His presence. His joy empowers us to walk through any difficulty we may be facing. No matter how things may seem in the natural, you can rejoice today because God is working behind the scenes on your behalf. As you praise Him, He will fill you with His joy and pour out His abundant blessing in every area of your life.

Father in heaven, I come to You trusting that You are my Deliverer. No matter what is going on around me, today I choose to bless and praise Your name. I choose to connect to You, knowing that You are the source of my strength, hope, and peace. In Jesus’ Name.


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