Say It!

I just have to share with you all about the concert/church service that I was blessed to be a part of tonight.  It was Mandisa, Laura Story, and Jamie Grace and they were all wonderful!!!!  I went with a group of women, but sharing this night with my daughter was the best thing ever!  So many things happened tonight----great music, touching testimonies, praising, singing, dancing, but a couple of things were true God-moments.  The first is that my daughter, who has been wanting to adopt a child from another country for a long time now, got to sponsor a child from Burundi.  She has his picture and can’t wait to send him a letter---thank you God for giving us this opportunity!  She finally has a name and a face to pray for and we did just that tonight after I tucked her into bed.  And then on the way home we had such a wonderful prayer and then a very powerful discussion on who Jesus is to us!  Our dog, who is a big part of our family, has been sick the last couple of days and she was extremely worried about him.  On the way home I thought I heard her crying and when I asked what was wrong, she said Brady, what if something happens to him.  So we prayed immediately for him which also led to the deep discussion.  I told her that some people may think we are crazy for praying for healing for our dog, but that was alright---many people in this world think we are crazy just for being a Christian.  You know it may be ‘just a dog’ to some people, but we love him and God loves us and my Bible tells me that God cares about the things that his children care about and he knows just how much we love Brady.  We are his children and he will take care of us and the things in our lives.  I reminded Haley that we have to always remember that God is always, always in control of everything in our lives, that nothing happens to us without him knowing, and that even when we find ourselves in difficult situations he is right there----whether we can feel his presence or not, never doubt that he is there!  I was also reminded of what Mandisa had said during the service tonight----God has never, ever failed us!  So as I was saying this to myself on the way home God also reminded me of the scripture that was used at Wednesday night’s  Bible study---“You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move. Nothing would be impossible.”  Matthew 17:20.  And so there it is…have faith enough to say it---speak to that problem and proclaim it to be resolved, have peace about it and be reminded that God is never not in control!  So we spoke healing over our precious little Brady, we proclaimed it, and we acknowledged that it is God who is in control of everything in our life!  I don’t know about you, but I believe that God can do anything, but when I start to pray about certain things I doubt---I definitely don’t do this intentionally, but I have to be honest and tell you that I begin to think well maybe it is not meant to be, and then I will begin to think about the worst scenario when things go really wrong.  Why do I do this?  I know it is a tactic of Satan, but I have got to work on getting out of this mindset---I have got to let go of what I know and trust God to fill me with his ways that will increase my faith and decrease my doubt.  You know I might have been the one telling Haley these things tonight, but I was just as amazed at the words coming out of my mouth because God was also sending me a message as well.  God did so many things tonight, but building my daughter and I’s spiritual connection, our faith in who our Jesus is was mind-blowing!  I had the opportunity to tell my daughter to never let go of Jesus, that no matter where she found herself, no matter what was happening in her life to never forget that Jesus is right there beside her, that he is in complete control, and no matter what happens, no matter what anyone says to never, ever let go of Jesus!  Thank you God for this very special day and for revealing yourself so mightily tonight!