It never ceases to amaze me how God goes on working in your life even if it doesn't seem that obvious at the time. Family Work, whilst richly rewarding in many ways can also be frustrating occasionally given that busy, hectic lives means appointments having to be cancelled often at short notice.
Just this morning I felt just a tad despondent. Why can't I get hold of the people I need to speak to? Why is it that two important meetings I want to attend turn out to be on the same day at the same time? Where is the literature I ordered weeks ago that I now urgently need?
And then, within the space of a quarter of an hour, the phone started ringing. My diary started to fill with the people I had been struggling to contact. Then I received a telephone call to inform me that one of the meetings was cancelled which solved that dilemma too. Then, a knock at the door, there stood the postman with a parcel containing the literature I was waiting for!
I am not suggesting that God treats me in a special way, but rather that God treats us ALL in a special way because His love knows no limits and he wants to pour it out on us. God hears our cries for help. He knows what we need. He knows the needs of all creation.
Isn't it a great comfort and blessing to us all that whatever our needs are we have a God who wants to play an active role in our lives. “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."
It is great to be able to talk to God. But it is also good to listen . . . and give thanks. What have you got to be thankful to God for today?
It's an ill wind
15 years ago
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