Some of you might be old enough to remember a TV show “there are 8000 stories in the naked city…” I don’t remember the name, but everyone does have a story. Think about your story. I’ve been telling mine for awhile now on this blog. Not the full story, but bits and pieces as they fit.
I try not to be political in this blog. I think our values are important. Jesus comes first no matter what the political view is. There is so much commotion in this world sometimes you don’t know what to believe.
But God gives us lots of stories in the Bible that we can believe. Jesus told stories to show us how to live with each other as “we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.” The Good Samaritan is one that shows us how to help the helpless. The Prodigal Son tells us how the Father runs to the young man when he comes back home to welcome him because he loves him. We can list many stories Jesus told that are relative today.
The Old Testament too has stories of how God used people to help each other. Moses obeyed God though he was afraid. Esther faced her King even though she might be killed for doing so. Ruth set off with her mother-in-law to a foreign land to follow the God she really did not know fully, but she felt was the right thing to do.
One of my favorites is Nehemiah rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem. The odds were not in his favor, but God was. God gave him wisdom to put up guards to ward off those who wanted to tear down what was being built. He stuck to it when Satan’s men kept taunting him to meet with them. He in no way gave in. He trusted God to keep them going on the right path.
God still does miracle for His people. We had three in our family. I sprained my wrist and it was not broken. My daughter and her husband bought a house. They put the bid on it and the owner said that because my daughter liked it so much she gave it to them for the price they could afford. It was $10,000 less than the owner asked. The house they were renting gave them a date they had to vacate. It was two weeks till closing on the new house and they had to find somewhere to stay. A lady at church invited them to stay with her for the two weeks. All miracles.
I know that sometimes we don’t see the miracle. We believe we don’t even get one. But God is helping you write your story when you look to Him for guidance. We ask Him why is this happening to me? Nothing seems to be going right. He does know best. We have to trust Him when it is the hardest thing to do. He tells us that we are to walk by faith not by sight. Jesus told Thomas that it is good that he sees His scars on His hands and feet, but it is better for those who do not see and believe. Is your story faith or seeing is believing? Think about it.
Grandmothers for God 