[__ Prayer __] Praise

[Christ_empowered]

I'm doing (remarkably, unexpectedly, miraculously) well in school, and I'd like to praise God for it. Before I got saved, just a bit less than 3 years ago, I was hopeless...and I was the last person to realize just how hopeless I was. Now, I'm beginning to see hope for some progress in my life, and that's huge. Being in school is a huge blessing, too, one that I think I'm just now beginning to appreciate (to be fair, I was living in a la-la-land when I first enrolled).

This isn't just about (finally) finishing an undergraduate degree. This is more about...being smart and mentally stable enough to be in society and actually (hopefully, potentially, possibly) do something constructive with my life. I really was State Mental Hospital material for a while there, and nobody did anything about it. Now the state mental hospital here in SC is mostly shut down ("recovery model") just in time for my own recovery. God made good of many terrible, dark things in my life, and I'm genuinely thankful.

 

[reba]

Exo_15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

 

[Christ_empowered]

good Scripture selection, reba.

I'm thinking that God has some sort of a work for me to do. I've heard some Christians say "be a river, not a pond," and I've been praying that I can be a river, and not so much a pond, as time goes on. I just don't know what sort of work I'm cut out for or how I'll ever be in a position to bless others. We shall see....

 

[reba]

 

[AirDancer]

I'm thinking that God has some sort of a work for me to do. I've heard some Christians say "be a river, not a pond," and I've been praying that I can be a river, and not so much a pond, as time goes on. I just don't know what sort of work I'm cut out for or how I'll ever be in a position to bless others. We shall see....

You are already in a position where blessings flow to others. Observing the wonderful and marvelous growth you're demonstrated in the past handful of years that I've 'known' you have been influential and quite the blessings to me. I can't even begin to identify the total impact you have had on my own life!

A comment I've heard numerous times over my life is this: "I became a Christian because I watched so-and-so, and wanted the same inner joy and peace that so-and-so has." We can be a Christian influence to others even when we're not saying a word!

Our Lord God provides a path for each of us, and blesses us with His amazing love!

 

[Angel]

I'm glad you are doing so well in school. You're heart is definitely in the right place.