Comments on: Finding Hope

By: sharon

sharon — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:21:23 +0000

thank you for this wonderful devotional

By: kanj

kanj — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:26:56 +0000

gail, thank you for the devotional today.
God heard my lament and the Holy Spirit touched me. He saw that i was at the end of the torment I was in. I had had enough and knew that it was only a matter of time before pit of despair devoured me completely. with the Holy Spirit’s touch, it was exciting, I was beside myself with this positive direction. Then for about a year and a half I felt I was so totally dis-combobbled in my spiritual growth. confusion set in, slight fear, trying to understand(at the time) what I couldn’t, only He can understand. Now, almost 2 years later His mercy and grace have turned my life totally around. Just recently I experienced a revelation while reading Scripture one morning. as I was reading Psalm 23 for just one particular passage, i decided to start at the beginning. as I read, ”The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He restores my soul.” it was here that for the first time in my life I understand, no, feel within this prayer. I started to get welled up, my voice was loud and quivering and i continued the whole Psalm and I can’t begin to explain any further this experience. i have heard His soft whisper. There isn’t any one ‘situation’ that stands out really. God is at work with me right now. after all, I was a ‘difficult situation’ all by itself. I’m experiencing that in prayer there is no prayer too small.

By: Peaceful Solutions for Changing Your World

Peaceful Solutions for Changing Your World — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:03:37 +0000

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By: cindy

cindy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:10:23 +0000

wow. I read the comments and smile a little…life’s journey isn’t always fun, yet through your comments you testify that God is ever present. That’s radical.
Our family has recently lost a loved one — lost him to heaven — and as we get together in the next few days to support one another, I pray that we will feel God’s presence with us.

By: Andi

Andi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:39:03 +0000

Thanks Gail, for this thot provoking message. I echo Linda Kris. I spent a year learning to do this 13 years ago during a difficult period. Loss of my mother and my job that moved me toward disability [so Barbara I can resonate w/you as well......just lately God has been encouraging me to 'write' as well. I may not end up published but I'll give it a go because HE says so]. I use my God given gift of writing in OnLine Mentoring so this will be stepping out into the waters. My husband is now unemployed so we too know of the phone call the devotional started out with. God is even now being faithful. He is finding some hours of work at the local funeral home and a couple have been moved by Father God to send us enuf $$ that it will bridge the gap while we wait for the Employment Insurance to begin. We are walking on those waters of trust He has had on walking on over the years. At first we were scared, as this is our human reaction; but He has been buidling our faith by reminding us of ALL the times He has taken care of us over the past 30+ years.

By: Linda Rohne

Linda Rohne — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:04:22 +0000

Kris what a Beautiful Testimony! I am so sorry for your loss but I pray that God will Continue to help you to lean on Him as it is only through His Continued Love and Support day by day that we can even make it through this life at all. Kris I will be praying for you, Hugs, Linda!!!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:43:48 +0000

The thing that I am struggling with today is the battle with my looks. How distressing it is to feel so trapped in a body that I wish I could escapre out of. However, through this crippling disorder that I have been battling with, God has been good to me for we have been able to write a few books that will bless others once they are published. He has kept me alive even though I would rather Him call me home. Asked and prayed for HIM to take me but He keeps me alive here on earth with a mission to still complete for HIM. I just have to learn how to lean on Him more and more to see me through these trying days.

God be with us all through this journey here on earth and let each and everyone of us complete what you so destire to do through us.

Barbara

By: Kris Brown

Kris Brown — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:53:08 +0000

At the beginning of 2008, through a seies of events, I asked God what He wanted me to learn. He replied lean on me. I spent the year focusing on leaning on Him at the beginning of every situation. On Nov.13, God called my beloved husband of 33 years home in an instant. My immediate response was to lean on Him. The journey since that night has been much easier because I had learned how to lean upon God and not my own understanding.