Good morning! How are we faithing? Tough times? Having a hard time trying to figure out why things are the way they are? From relationships to our jobs, from family squabbles to confrontations on the street we must remember that if we seek God in all things that we will learn and grow from everything that goes on. We may learn we are to blame for a situation and thus try not to repeat the same mistake again or we find ourselves in the mix of something totally innocent of any wrong doing. So what will you glean from the situation? Will you curse and spit in anger or will you try to learn and focus on God expecting a lesson? It is interesting and actually as we grow in the Lord we see things unfold before our eyes. Sometimes we can avert disaster and sometimes our walking through with perseverance is for someone else's edification and not ours.  For our growth and for others things transpire so lessons are learned but if we do not focus on God and let ourselves learn and grow, those times just become bad memories.  The Word tells us we will have good and bad times simply because we are here but God will not let us bear more than we are capable. Think about Moses; this guy is 40 when he hits the road away from Egypt. 40 years later God calls him back as a mouthpiece for him. Those 40 years as a shepherd across the desert from Egypt prepared him for the task. We can do the same with one hand up from even Moses. We have his story to look at as well as Joseph and Gideon and Noah and Paul and many many more. I don't know if they realized during their trials what lay ahead but because of their exploits, we can read about and be reassured that when we focus on God, we will come out better than before, even when it seems like the end.

Isa 25:1O
LORD, you are my God;I will exalt you and praise your name,for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things,things planned long ago.
NIV


1 Cor 10:11-13
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
NIV

Heavenly Father,
We come before your throne asking for healings of relationships. We ask for healings of bodies and minds. We also praise you for miracles you perform every day. We lift your name on high and ask for a heart for the lost. Lord, be with the emergency workers. Lord, comfort hearts that are hurting. Open our eyes to your lessons and help us receive and use your wisdom. We ask for your presence be so huge we can't miss it! in Jesus name, amen