You know we all have to take the good and the bad in life. God never promised us the road would be smooth, but He promised us that He would be there with us. His presence means more to me now than earlier in my walk with Him. Last Saturday night we started on the Worship Team at our Church. There is nothing that I love more than worshiping my God and King. He is my life.
Always when you walk with the Lord and serve him in any type of ministry, you make the enemy angry. The Word of God says that in the end times, Ha satan would "wear out the saints." Nothing comes into our lives unless the Father Yahweh authorizes it. He has the final say.
My brother is presently in jail awaiting court on Tuesday. This has put a tremendous amount of stress on my 83 year old Dad. On Thursday, after taking my daughter to school, I found my "feathered friend Gary" (parrot) dead in his cage. We have had him for 15 years. His previous owner had died, and that is how we got him. He has always been affectionate to me, but hated everyone else. I will miss him, but he was very noisy with all of his squaking, It seems that squaking isn't a word, but that is how I describe the noise that he made. In a couple of weeks, I have to have a tooth pulled and an implant done. This is very emotional for me as I have never walked this path. However, I am very thankful that my daughter works at the University and will be there. On Friday, I went to a co-worker's husband's funeral. It was very sad.
Enough focus on the bad. The best part of the week was singing praises to the Lord on Worship Team today. It brings me great joy to be able to lead others into the presence of the Living God, and that will be where I will concentrate. Even though the valleys in your life may be deep - His love endures forever. He is coming soon - Maranatha!
