No Expiration Date!
Happy Wednesday and thanks for joining us for Coffee Hour @
Chicklit Power and Wednesday’s Word @ Trench Classes United. I just love diving
into His Principles and Promises for us and finding new truths that illuminate
hope, wisdom and joy for the journey. Grab your coffee and come on in. Oh, and
don’t forget your Strand of Faith as I am praying that the truths shared today
will tie a few knots in your faith!
Have you ever gone through your coupons to prepare to go
grocery shopping or any shopping for that matter and found coupons that you
needed, gotten excited because you found them where you put them, only to look
at the expiration date…that just passed? I think that’s why I don’t collect
coupons and go through all of that, because not only is it time consuming but
it can be really disappointing to keep running into expired coupons. I have
literally hit myself in the head too many times over this. Or how about that
gift certificate that you tucked away for a rainy day when you really need it? You pull it out, make
your plans and suddenly the date glares at you as if to scream EXPIRED! Yeah, I’ve done that too!
I was thinking the other day how incredibly inspired I get
when a promise from His love letters to us comes to pass in my life, a promise
from a book written over 2000 years ago, with no expiration date! For example, when I read the promise in Joel2:25 that says He will restore what the locusts have stolen, I realized years
ago that that means He will give back what the enemy tries to steal, for
example, the enemy does his absolute best to destroy family, and though my own
childhood family has not been restored, He’s blessed me with in-laws whom I
love so much now. How about that wayward child who tries their best to
self-destruct and go down the wrong path? Oh, friend, I’ve seen Him restore
that, too, and the time that I lost may be gone but He has blessed me with so
many other moments that took my breath away and filled my heart so much I
thought I would burst!
And how about the several promises that talk about His
protection and provision; have you ever looked back to count the ways He’s
protected and provided? What if we were
to live like we believed in His promises for us?
Well, recently I have been feeling like I’m floundering, not
sure of what I’m supposed to be doing, let alone when and where. There are just
so many things up in the air, so many things on hold, and it’s a strange time
in my life. Have you ever felt like that? Well, in a recent coffee hour with Abba, this
particular promise – which I’ve read so many times, and it’s even one of my
memory verses – hit me with a fresh wave of assurance, encouragement, and a strength
to continue to withstand the storms that continue to come in the weather of
life.
There was just a new meaning for me this time, and that’s
what I love about His promises and principles that are definitely alive! They
speak t o us right where we are in a way that we need it in that moment and
this also adds to the truth of
His love for us. Romans 8:38-39 says:
38 For I am
persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor
powers, nor things present nor things to
come, 39 nor
height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
So the words I
put in bold are what seemed to work as a hand that lifted both my chin and
countenance where it belonged: To a loving Father whose love cannot be stopped,
not by anything happening in my now, and certainly not anything to come my way.
So no matter what happens, Coffee Hour friend, isn’t it comforting that His love will not only bring us to it, but
bring us through it? Oh, to ride the wave of His love through the storms of
life!
Love,
Evinda
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