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Are you Lucky or Blessed? — Proverbs 16:33

May 31, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Blessings, The Promises of God, Tough Times, Trials, Trust with 0 Comments

Today’s Scripture Reading:  Proverbs 11:1 through Proverbs 16:33

“I’m so lucky!”

“It was our lucky day!”

“You were so lucky!”

“I guess it was just luck.”

“I’ve had a string of bad luck.”

“He was just lucky.”

Luck…we hear about it all the time.  We know people whose whole lives and sanity depend upon this thing called luck. The National Opinion Research Center’s 1999, “Gambling Impact and Behavior study” reported that between 15 to 20 million adults and adolescents have either problem or pathological gambling addictions, which is about 5-7 percent of the U.S. population (2000).

I think many of the remaining 93-95% believe their lives are determined by rolling the dice or the flip of a coin, just like those addicted to gambling.  If they have a great day it was good luck, if they had a bad day, it was just bad luck.

In Solomon’s day many people determined God’s will in a matter by casting lots (throwing a dice-like object):

The practice of casting lots is mentioned 70 times in the Old Testament and seven times in the New Testament. In spite of the many references to casting lots in the Old Testament, nothing is known about the actual lots themselves. They could have been sticks of various lengths, flat stones like coins, or some kind of dice; but their exact nature is unknown. The closest modern practice to casting lots is likely flipping a coin. (gotquestions.org)

So to paraphrase Proverbs 13:33 in today’s verbiage—we may flip the coin but the Lord determines how it falls.

If there was ever a practice most believe is totally determined by luck it would be the tossing of the coin—YET, our God says, “I control that too!”

While God may have things in life that He simply doesn’t care about, like who wins tomorrow night’s baseball game (smile), I think those things are very rare.  I really do believe the day-to-day goings on in my life are directed by God and filtered through his loving hands.  If “luck” people looked at my life they would probably say I’ve had some bad luck and some good luck.  Not me, luck had nothing to do with it–I’ve had a Romans 8:28 life…

And we know that God causes everything to work togetherfor the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

I’ve heard this verse mis-quoted many times.  Both Christians and unbelievers  say, “You know everything works together for your good.”  Folks, that is not what the Bible says.

There are conditions for this verse to become a reality in your life:

  • You must love God
  • Be using your life for His purpose

After these conditions are met “everything” will work together for our good and God’s Glory—what a promise!

I never want to give chance or luck the glory and praise for God’s blessings and provisions, so I say, “I’m not lucky, I’m blessed!

 

 

 ©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading:  Proverbs 17:1 through Proverbs 19:29

Don’t Settle –Ruth 1:1-4:12

April 7, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Believing God in the Hard Times, Biblical Principles, Choices, Christian Singles, Divorce, Giving Our Best to God, Goals, Issues Women Face, Ruth, Success, The Hurting World, The Promises of God, Tough Times, Trials, Trust with 1 Comment

Today’s Scripture Reading:  Ruth 1:1 through Ruth 4:12

In yesterday’s reading we saw what can happen when we do what’s “right” in our own eyes and in today’s scripture we see what happens when we do what’s “right” in God’s eyes.

I love the story of Ruth.

It’s a beautiful love story…

It’s  a beautiful picture of God’s provision for us

It’s a wonderful example of the blessings in doing the right thing.

Ruth’s pledge to Naomi is one of the most famous found in any literature, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back.  Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live.  Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.  Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried.  May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!” –Ruth 1:16-17

Ruth is a shining example of what to do when trouble comes in our lives.

We have three choices when we’re faced with a time of crisis, we can either: endure it, escape it, or enlist it. If we only endure our trials, then trials become our master, and we have a tendency to become hard and bitter. If we try to escape our trials, then we will probably miss the purposes God wants to achieve in our lives. But if we learn to enlist our trials, they will become our servants instead of our masters and work for us; and God will work all things together for our good and His glory (Rom. 8:28).   Wiersbe, Warren W.: Be Committed. Wheaton, Ill. : Victor Books, 1996, c1993 (An Old Testament Study. Ruth and Esther), S. Ru 1:1

One of the things I find interesting is Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi was the first thing that Boaz “noticed” about her (2:11-12).  Here’s a huge message for Christian singles—do what’s right in God’s eyes and your testimony will be the very thing that attracts a godly mate.  Unfortunately, most singles do the opposite of Ruth… they put their relationship with God on the shelf and go out looking for another person to fill that place that only God can fill. When they find what they think is a suitable fit, they go and try to pick up with God where they left off and wonder why their marriage doesn’t work.  I’m sure Ruth wanted a man in her life and I’m sure she could have found “someone” but God had a plan; her kinsman redeemer.  Thank God she didn’t settle!

Our heavenly Father had a plan for a kinsman redeemer for us too!  Jesus Christ…he paid a high price for us.  Let’s not settle!

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller


Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading:  Ruth 4:13 through Ruth 4:22, 1 Chronicles 2:9 through 1 Chronicles 2:55, 1 Chronicles 4:1 through 1 Chronicles 4:23, 1 Samuel 1:1 through 1 Samuel 1:8

Step Up and Claim What’s Yours–Joshua 21:2-3

March 29, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Blessings, Choices, Faith, Joshua, The Promises of God, Word of God with 1 Comment

Today’s Scripture Reading:  Joshua 19:49 through Joshua 21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54 through 1 Chronicles 6:81

So the division of the land was completed. –Joshua 19:51b.

Everybody saw their promise fulfilled.

Everybody…Except the Levites.

Here are a few points to remember–

The Levites…

The Levites took one for the team; not that they had a choice.  They became the first-born.  Yes, it was an honor to be set apart by God but they were missing out on receiving an inheritance like the rest of the Israelites.  I wonder if they ever wished they could change tribes.

As we are reminded in today’s reading, provisions were made for the Levites in the Promised Land …

The Lord Commanded Moses to give the Levites towns to live in and pasture lands for their livestock. –Joshua 21:2

I really feel bad for the Levites—they must have felt left out and unappreciated.  Everyone in the camp was so excited; they had finally received their own piece of the Promised Land…EXCEPT the Levites.   How could they forget them?

They way I see it the Levites had a choice—

  • They could pout
  • They could step up and claim what was theirs

Look closely at verses two and three of chapter 21 of Joshua—

The Levites didn’t whine, complain and shout, “How could you?”  They just quoted the law, The Lord commanded Moses to give us towns to live in and pastureland for our livestock.

The very next verse was their leaders’ response…

So by the command of the Lord the people of Israel gave the Levites the following towns and pasture lands out of their own grants of land.

The Levites weren’t the only folks to have to remind their leaders about a promise.  Remember, in Joshua 14, Caleb reminded Joshua that he was promised the land of Canaan and Joshua blessed Caleb and gave him the land.

This is amazing!  No discussion, no debate; they just gave them what was theirs; because their promise was written in The Law.

The Bible is full of promises for you and me!  It’s impossible to count them but several of the sources I checked estimated 1260.  Wow!

Friends, are you thinking what I’m thinking?  If it’s mine I WANT IT!  I wonder how many well-meaning Christians have lived life below their privileges because they either…

–Did not know what their inheritance was

–Did not step up to claim it

This is why we need to read the Bible cover to cover. This is why we need to keep a record of the promises God speaks to us! Together we will know Him and His Promise more each today!

Standing on the Promises of God!

©2012, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading:  Joshua 22:1 through Joshua 24:33

How Long Are You Going to Wait? –Joshua 18:3

March 28, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Choices, Faith, Fear, Giving Our Best to God, The Promises of God with 0 Comments

Today’s Scripture Reading: Joshua 18:1-19:48

Then Joshua asked them, “How long are you going to wait before taking possession of the remaining land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given to you? –Joshua 18:3

What are you waiting for?

Has God’s Word spoken promises you’ve not claimed?

What about this one?

Jesus told this simple story, but they had no idea what he was talking about. So he tried again. “I’ll be explicit, then. I am the Gate for the sheep. All those others are up to no good—sheep stealers, every one of them. But the sheep didn’t listen to them. I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through me will be cared for—will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. –John 10:10 The Message

Don’t settle for the plastic life the world offers.

What are you waiting for?

Reach out and grab the real life, an “Ephesians 3:20″ life:

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us. (NIV)

Don’t wait!

Start today!

Heavenly Father, forgive us for settling for the life the world offers.  It must be so hard to watch us live below Your plans. Help us to have a “can do” attitude that says, “God planned this for me and I will have it!”  Help us to begin today!

In Jesus’ Name.  Amen and Amen!

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Joshua 19:49-21:45; 1 Chronicles 6:54-81

When…not If–Deuteronomy 26:1

March 19, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Biblical Principles, Blessings, Deuteronomy, Obedience, The Promises of God with 0 Comments

Today’s Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:1

When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, (26:1)

not

if

or

maybe

but

WHEN!

When the Lord gave these words to Moses “entering the Promised Land” hadn’t happened yet.  For forty years they had heard they were going into the Promised Land.

Do you think some of the Children of Israel may have whispered, “Don’t you mean ‘if’ we enter the Promised Land?”

So much of the Bible we read as history, but when it was written it was prophesy.  We know they went into the Promised Land, but like I said in an earlier post—hindsight is always 20/20.

Do we live like Jesus could come today?

Are we thinking, ‘if’ Jesus comes back not ‘when’ Jesus comes back?

Reading the Bible from cover to cover lets me know that if what God said came to pass in the Israelites day; the rest of His promises will come to pass as well!

There was a second piece of this “prophesy” in today’s reading.

Depending on your obedience you will either be blessed or cursed. Were the Israelites blessed or cursed?

Thirty years ago a traveler taking a train across dry and dusty Palestine  remarked, “And the Bible calls this a land of milk and honey!”

A man overheard, tapped him on the shoulder, and showed him these words:

Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the Lord hath afflicted it. The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in fierce anger.

All the nations will ask: “Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this fierce burning anger?”   Deuteronomy 29:22–24

(Richards, Larry ; Richards, Lawrence O.: The Teacher’s Commentary. Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1987, S. 157)

When I read the passage in Deuteronomy 28:15 through 29:50 last year I wrote in the margin “this sounds a little bit like our country.”

Oh Father, help us to be obedient to you!  I pray for the United States of America.  Help those of us who profess to be your children to humble themselves (ourselves) and pray and seek my (Your) face and turn from their (our) wicked ways, I (You) will hear from heaven and will forgive their (our) sins and restore their (our) land. --2 Chronicles 7:14-15

In Jesus Name, Amen and Amen!

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 29:2 through Deuteronomy 31:29

2 Things to Do When You Are Afraid–Deuteronomy 7:17-19

March 14, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Fear, Numbers, Obedience, The Promises of God, Tough Times, Trials, Trust with 1 Comment


Today’s Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 6:1-9:29

In today’s reading the Israelites were facing challenges and fears that were humanly impossible to overcome.  Moses knew the Israelites so well. He knew their fears could keep them from entering the Promised Land. In his final instructions he encouraged them to remember…

Perhaps you will think to yourselves, ‘How can we ever conquer these nations that are so much more powerful than we are?’  But don’t be afraid of them! Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all the land of Egypt. Remember the great terrors the Lord your God sent against them. You saw it all with your own eyes! And remember the miraculous signs and wonders, and the strong hand and powerful arm with which he brought you out of Egypt. The Lord your God will use this same power against all the people you fear. –Deuteronomy 7:17-19

In the last few days we’ve talked a lot about remembering, journaling, and reading God’s Word.

Today’s message is just one more reminder of why we need to…

  • Know God
  • His Word
  • His promises
  • His prophesies

Fear is paralyzing.  Fear is life-altering. Fear confuses the evidence. Fear shortens our lives.

Fear is…

False

Evidence

Appearing

Real

Our Heavenly Father knew fear would be one of our greatest enemies, especially the closer we get to Christ return; that’s why He gave us these words:

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand. –Isaiah 41:10

Moses told the Israelites to do two things:

1. Remember (8:2-5)

2, Obey (8:1, 6-10)

We live in a troubled world.  My heart breaks for the suffering of so many.  We do not know what tomorrow holds, but we know who holds tomorrow.

Put Your faith, trust and hope in God and…

Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.

“But I assure you of this: If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, you will certainly be destroyed.  Just as the Lord has destroyed other nations in your path, you also will be destroyed if you refuse to obey the Lord your God. –Deuteronomy 8:18-20

Heavenly Father, we need You.  We’ve never been in the place we’re in today.  We don’t want to live in fear.  Help us to remember Your sovereignty.  Help us to obey Your Word.  Use our lives for Your Glory.

In Jesus’ Name.  Amen and Amen!

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 10:1-12:32

5 Things That Help Me Trust God? Deuteronomy 1:32

March 12, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Deuteronomy, Faith, The Promises of God, Trust with 0 Comments

 

Today’s Scripture Reading:  Deuteronomy 1:1 through Deuteronomy 3:20

Drum roll please.

We have made it to Deuteronomy!

I’m so proud of you!  We’ve already completed Genesis Exodus…Leviticus and Numbers!  One more book and we will have completed all the Law (a.k.a. Torah or Pentateuch)

Today Moses is giving his final instructions.   He sounded like a parent, telling the stories one more time to make sure the” kids” don’t forget where they came from.

One thing he said  jumped off the page at me:

But even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God.  –Deuteronomy 1:32

I think this is the thing that grieved the Lord the most—The Israelites didn’t trust Him to take care of them.  This verse reminds me that I have Israelite tendencies.

How many times has God done the miraculous in my life?

How many times has He…

  • protected me and my family?
  • provided for all my needs?
  • loved me through people in all kinds of ways?
  • laid me on someone’s heart so they would pray?
  • given me favor in the workplace?

How many times has He made scriptures such as Romans 8:28, Ephesians 3:20, Jeremiah 29:11, Genesis 50:20, 2 Timothy 2:13 alive, real, and true in my life?

And How—Many—Times have I been too scared to trust Him?

But I’m getting better!  Here are a few things that are helping me to trust my God more everyday!

  1. Reading and believing His Word!  (Is that a plug for the Journey or what?)
  2. Writing the promises I find in His Word in my journal
  3. Memorizing scriptures that show the trustworthiness of our Heavenly Father
  4. Remembering the examples of His faithfulness to me through journaling
  5. Asking God to help me to trust Him when I’m scared

All humans have trouble trusting God.  It started with Adam and Eve, continued on with the Children of Israel and is true in our lives today.

We must push through our fear and realize God is worthy of our trust.

But, when we blow it and go into a tailspin we can know we aren’t left on our own.

If we are faithless, he will remain faith, for he cannot disown himself.   –2 Timothy 2:13

Dear Father, thank you for helping me to trust you more everyday!  Thank you for being faithful to me when I don’t deserve it!  Thank you for Jesus!  –Amen and Amen!

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Deuteronomy 3:21 through Deuteronomy 5:33

So that EVERYONE Will Know–Exodus 7:5

February 2, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Exodus, The Promises of God, Tough Times, Trials with 0 Comments

Today’s Scripture Reading:  Exodus 4:18 through Exodus 7:13

Today’s  passage has had significant impact on my life.  This very spot is where God inspired me to lead the first “Journey” through the Word of God in 2010.  In this passage God Himself shares the reward for taking the journey; so that we will know that Yahweh is the Lord!

In these three chapters knowing or not knowing God is mentioned three times:

1.  After Moses and Aaron first told Pharaoh to let the Israelites go, Pharaoh made a statement that lets us know exactly where he stands:  “I don’t know the Lord…” (Exodus 5:2)

2.  In the second mention of “knowing,” the Israelites had their hopes of being rescued crushed by Pharaoh and  the Egyptian slave drivers.  Pharaoh decided that they had too much time on their hands since they wanted to go and offer sacrifices to the Lord, so he increased their quotas and made them find their own straw.  The Israelites confronted Moses and Aaron and then Moses confronted the Lord.  God told Moses to tell the Children of Israel:

    • I am the Lord
    • I will free you from your oppression
    • I will rescue you from your slavery in Egypt
    • I will redeem you with a powerful arm and great acts of judgment
    • I will claim you as my own people
    • I will be your God

Then God shared the icing on the cake:  “Then you will know that I am the Lord your God…” (Exodus 6:7)

3.  In the third and final ”know” God began to reveal additional details of his plan for the rescue:

    • I will make you (Moses) seem like God and your brother Aaron will be your prophet to the Egyptians
    • I will make Pharaoh’s heart stubborn so I can multiply my miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
    • Even after the signs and wonders Pharaoh will refuse to listen
    • I will bring down my fist on Egypt
    • Then I will rescue my forces—my people, the Israelites

Not only did God plan to rescue the Children of Israel, He also wanted to make sure the Egyptians knew who He was:  “When I raise my powerful hand and bring out the Israelites, the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.” (Exodus 7:5)

God wasn’t just rescuing the Israelites, He was introducing Himself to Pharaoh and the Egyptians and teaching  the Israelites that Yahweh** was, is and forever will be their God.

God could have killed all the Egyptians with one blink and transported the Israelites to the Promised Land using a “Star Trek transporter”—He’s Yahweh, He’s God, He can do whatever He wants!  But God chose to use it all– the suffering, the plagues, the wanderings in the desert; so that the Israelites, their enemies and everyone who reads the Bible until Jesus comes will know that Yahweh is the Lord!

Could this be one the reasons we go through difficulties in life?

So that our family, our friends, our circle of influence in this generation and others to come will know that Yahweh is the Lord?

Have a blessed day!

 

 

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

**Click here for an interesting article on the names of God.  Scroll down until you get to Yahweh–Very Interesting!

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading:  Exodus 7:14 through Exodus 9:35

A Real Fairy Tale Ending– Job 42:12

January 31, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Believing God in the Hard Times, Faith, Job, The Hurting World, The Promises of God, Tough Times with 0 Comments

Today’s Scripture Reading: Job 40:6-42:17

Then they lived happily ever after!

Now that’s my kind of story line!

I don’t think we’ll ever find the book of Job in the fairy tale section of the bookstore, but if you really stop and think about it, the book of Job has a fairy tale ending:

…the Lord restored his (Job’s) fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before! Then all his brothers, sisters, and former friends came and feasted with him in his home. And they consoled him and comforted him because of all the trials the Lord had brought against him. And each of them brought him a gift of money and a gold ring.

So the Lord blessed Job in the second half of his life even more than in the beginning. For now he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. He also gave Job seven more sons and three more daughters. He named his first daughter Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. In all the land no women were as lovely as the daughters of Job. And their father put them into his will along with their brothers.

Job lived 140 years after that, living to see four generations of his children and grandchildren.  Then he died, an old man who had lived a long, full life. –Job 42:10-17

Job’s life sure doesn’t read like a fairy tale: Forty-one chapters of disaster, despair, and disillusionment and one chapter of repentance, restoration, and rejoicing.  Shouldn’t that be just the opposite?  Lots of rejoicing and just a little disaster…

Can’t we just have the ‘Once upon a time’ and then go straight to the happily ever-after ending?

Can’t we skip the hard stuff?

Can’t we just live in the land of rejoicing?

I did a word search on the word rejoicing and was surprised to find that most of the time when the Lord talked about rejoicing, He was commanding us to rejoice; it wasn’t an option.  My favorite one is in Paul’s writings.   By the way, he was writing from prison.

Always be full of joy in the Lord. I say it again—rejoice! –Philippians 4:4

Paul wasn’t rejoicing in his conditions, which I’m sure were terrible.  He was rejoicing in knowing and being comforted by the God of the Universe.

In my “Job” times I have felt as if God had forgotten about me, only to realize when the trial was over that God was closer than He had ever been before and I knew more about Him than ever before. Now that’s something to rejoice about and that’s a real fairy tale ending!

What are you facing today?

Rejoice!  You are not alone!  God is with You and He will never leave you or fail you (Hebrews 13:5).

Heavenly Father, thank You for including Job’s story in Your Word.  Thank You for the assurance that You are with us.  Help us to really believe that in our darkest hours You are carrying us!  Jesus, help us to realize the ultimate fairy tale ending won’t happen until we meet you face-to-face!  We rejoice that our names are written in Your book of heaven (Luke 10:20).

In Jesus’ Name.  Amen and Amen!

 

 

©2013, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Exodus 1:1-2:25; 1 Chronicles 6:1-3a; Exodus 3:1-4:17

Surely God Will Come to Help You–Genesis 50:24

January 18, 2013 in 2013 Journey, Believing God in the Hard Times, Failure, Faith, Fear, Genesis, My story, The Hurting World, The Promises of God, Trust, Uncategorized, Word of God with 1 Comment

Today’s Scriptures:  Genesis 47:28  through  Genesis 50:26

Before I read today’s scriptures, I “thought” I knew what I was going to write about.  You see Genesis 50:10 is one of my top five favorite scriptures…

But Joseph replied, “Don’t be afraid of me.  Am I God, that I can punish you?  You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. –Genesis 50:20

The last sentence of this verse has helped me to make sense out of things that haven’t made sense in my life.  It has also helped me to understand some of the crazy stuff we’ve been reading in the book of Genesis.  We’ve seen of so much evil and deceit, but now as we come to our last verses of the book, Joseph ties a bow on it all and shares his God-given wisdom on “why bad things happen to good people”.  Personally, I could not have made it through my life without this verse.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen God use things that were meant to hurt me for my good!  I would not be writing this blog today if it weren’t for the painful times in my life.  Thank you Lord for putting this sentence in you Word!

But, today I found another jewel!  It’s like the sequel to Genesis 50:20…how did I miss this all these years?

Right before Joseph died he was talking with his brothers.  He said to them in Genesis 50: 24:

…soon I will die, but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt.

Then in verse 25 of that same chapter, Joseph actually made his brothers swear an oath

… and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”

Joseph knew that he knew that as sure as God had precisely-down-to-the-last-detail arranged to use his thirteen years as a slave to rescue the Israelite nation God would, absolutely, positively rescue them from Egypt and return them to their promised land.  There was not one doubt in Joseph’s mind; it was so real that made his brothers promise to take his bones with them so he didn’t miss the trip!

As I look back on my life (here comes that 20/20 hindsight), I am so thankful that I had some serious trials very early and that through God’s grace, I ran to Him in my pain.  Because now, in my 50’s I can say with Joseph, surely God will come to help you and lead you back.

I know that I know, just like Joseph, that He will make a way to take the evil, sadness, and pain that has been done to you, by you, or through you and use it for your good AND GOD’S GLORY!  If he did it for Joseph and he did it for me; he will do it for you!

Praying for you!

©2012, Dianne Guthmuller

Tomorrow’s Scriptures:   Job 1:1 through Job 4:21

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