I am Blessed!!
What a beautiful night to be sitting here on the front porch. To look out and behold the moon rising from behind the hills. It is an awesome sight. Knowing that the moon reflects the sun, even as we are to be a reflection of the Son of God!!
That we are to be radiant, allowing that new life within to shine forth, that the presence of the Lord in our lives will draw others to want to know more, to have a desire to know the Lord Jesus Christ as we do, as Lord and Saviour.
Today was a good day but it was also a day that I found myself feeling very oppressed of the enemy, feeling like I was under intense pressure, that it would not take much to cause me to flee, to say no more!! But I knew that it was not from the Lord.
But our Father is faithful. He always, and I mean always makes a way for us in the midst of the storms of life, in life’s battles a way to stand and be strong in Him. He sends people into our lives, that will stand with us, encourage us and let us know that He is there and He is listening.
He has given me friends such as my Pastor Scott, my friend Lewis. They have been there for me many, many times during this season in my life. There is Diana and Bob, who have also been there and have walked with me down this path, this journey that I am on with the Lord. They have been there. That I could call and they would listen and pray and share and just let me know that they loved me and were praying with me. There are prayer warriors such as my friends, Robin and Von who have lifted me in prayer many times and my number one prayer warrior, my mom, who daily stands in the gap for me and many, many others.
He has brought Steve and Luanne, into my life, to be a source of encouragement to me also as I am walking this path, encouraging me in my writing, and in the things that I am sharing. That the Lord used Luanne’s book, to bring me to a new level in my walk with my Father, that I am truly being caught up in the thought of who He is and who I am in Him.
There is Roy and Jessica and the many others at Crossmap, who too, have been a source of encouragement, who pray and lift me before the Lord.
There are so many of you who are having an impact on my life such as Kat, Denise, Meesh, Romi, Bob, Paula, Sharon, Vicki, Princess Deirdre, Pam, Rita, Donna, Jason, Lawrence, Funky, Romi, Mrs. Diamond, Mrs. Darling and the many, many others of you who have been a source of encouragement as you have stopped by Hill Country Thoughts.
You all will never know how much you have blessed me because there are not enough words to do so. It is so important to see what the Lord is doing, in that He is building His church, the body of Christ and He is using the church, the Internet, to link us together in ways we would have never thought possible many years ago.
I am blessed to be able to sit here on the porch, to be able to enjoy the beauty of the evening, the presence of the Lord. That indeed in the midst of lifes storms, comes a calmness that only our Father can give.
What a joy and a privilege it is to lift each other up and exhort one another in the things of the Lord. That the Lord is building a church, a people called by His name and that we have the honor of building each other up in the faith.
So be strong my friends, draw close to your Father this day and He will draw close to you and you will be blessed!!
Till later,
Paul