Archive for April, 2010

Learning to Trust Again, and Again, and Again!

April 29th, 2010

Hebrews 2:13 “And again, ‘I will put my trust in him.’ And again, ‘Behold, I and the children God has given me.’”

Putting our trust in God is not just a one time thing or even a daily act, true trust is put into constant practice, chosen several times a day, hour or depending on the day maybe every minute.  I find it fascinating that the writer of Hebrews mentions ‘I and the children God has given me’.  As a mom of two darling daughters, I can honestly say before God brought them into our family there wasn’t as much at stake when we stepped out on faith.

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E-Blessings

April 27th, 2010

Technology can be a distraction, a waste of time and mindless, OR it can hold unexpected blessings from God. OK… you say, ‘What do you mean?’.  I am a HUGE fan of Proverbs 31 Ministries.  They are holding a “She Conference”, and I entered to win a scholarship to attend at no cost.  Participants entered through posting a comment on the blogs of all the P31 ladies (staff/speakers).

I unassumingly sat down at my computer, went to the first blog, and what happened next was a little surreal.  As I started typing why I wanted to go and what I felt God laying on my heart to speak about some day, my heart started to race (in a good way, not the “call 911″ kind of way), and it was as if my fingers could not type fast enough.  What was God doing?  To me it was a small confirmation that God has placed on my heart the desire to speak to women, sharing His word and encouraging to many about how adoption is TRULY a blessing.

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