Everybody Loves a Miracle!

Good morning, Ya'll!
I really do love summer but I'm happy that fall is coming. The only problem I have with it is that winter follows and I hate winter because we're all stuck here in the house together and it seems like an eternity, know what I mean? Whew! I'm trusting God to keep me from totally losing what's left of my sanity until spring arrives again.

Anyway, that brings me to my topic today. (nice segway, huh?) I was laying in the tanning bed (yes, I do) thinking, which we know I like to do when given the opportunity. And I started to think about why the current situation in this country is making me so anxious. The Bible tells me to be anxious about nothing. When I get that way I'm actually insulting God by implying that he's not able to handle his business. Really? How ridiculous could I possibly be??

So the progression from there was God reminding me that many people think that He no longer does miracles like He did in the Old Testament. And then there are many of us who are incredulous when we read about all of the amazing miracles that He performed and we can't believe the Israelites still continued to whine and complain. I mean, our Pastor talked about this yesterday. Here God had just parted the Red Sea and destroyed all the Egyptians who were pursuing them, demonstrating His power before them and they turn around in the next chapter and start griping about water. Really?? Oh, come on! No wonder He got frustrated with them. Talk about spoiled.

But here's the part that was brought home to me in that very moment. I'm just like that. I'm sitting here fretting about my finances, my this, my that, the world in general, just like a big ol' spoiled baby when there have been so many times that God has demonstrated His love & grace towards me in multiple ways on multiple occasions and what is my excuse?? I don't have one. The Bible tells me I am without excuse. I've been given everything that I could ever need by the God of the universe and what is my response?? I'm ashamed to say it's often not the correct one.

Ok, then I started thinking back to every miracle and answered prayer in my life. We can just kind of skim over the beginning. Just suffice it to say that the song, "The Little Girl" by John Michael Montgomery is pretty close to my life growing up. (I've attached it) I'm not going to list them all but they included meeting Charles, having Amanda, surviving after hemorrhaging during labor. There were all those times God saved Charles' life, he could have died many times over. Of course, there's Josh's brain tumor and the miracles God performed in his healing. I found my birth siblings and family members. Most recently was the CSF leak that I developed in my brain in 2005 that The Great Physician spontaneously healed when Ms. Darlene prayed over me and anointed me with oil.

There are more, and I fully intend to sit down and list all of them so that I can be reminded of His faithfulness even when I'm not quite so faithful. I am so thankful that His character and grace has nothing to do with what I do! I would be in big trouble but He is Who He is and He cannot be anything else. It's not about us!

Also, I have a PRAISE REPORT for you all about Undivided. Yesterday when I was coming home from the gym and tanning salon, I was talking to God about the job situation and he told me to call Brett Quinn, a Team Leader, about it. He had helped me put in my request online. So when I got home I called him and I told him everything that happened and that I didn't know what else to do. He asked me to forward him the email from my boss saying that he would do it. I did and within an hour it was all done and my schedule is now adjusted to allow me to get off early on Mondays to go to practice!! God is so good all the time!

Love you guys! Keep in touch.