The LORD will forgive!

The LORD will forgive her words straight from Numbers 30 today! I love these words and what woman doesn't need to be reassured on some days that indeed the LORD forgives!

Old Testament too before Christ died for us these words were spoken...

Being a woman in ministry that others look to and you fill so inadequate at times because you are a woman just like them. With failures, with sin and needing forgiveness always I yearn for the same reassurances that everyone else does. Reassurance that I am forgiven and over and over in Gods' word - He gives these reassurances! God loves us so much more than we area able to fathom and this is what I try to convey daily to the women I come in contact with and that we ALL Fail, but we have to open ourselves up to admitting our failures and allow Christ blood to cover our failures.

Sin is a given for all of us. We take each step trying to improve with the next step and hopefully we become more and more like Christ! We are running the race to look more and more like Christ, but when the failures come and they do! We pick ourselves back up and start over...

Thank you Lord for the grace that never ever do I deserve, but is mine because of your amazing love!

Sweet Blessings,
Debbie

Prayer Special: Pray for Benin today. Benin is located in Africa located between Nigeria and Togo with over 60 ethnic groups to populate it. The government is stable and is a democratic country. The country supports complete religious freedom - YES! It is 39.89 Christian, 23.5 Muslim and then others. Special prayer concerns are about the black market, and people smuggling they think up to tens of thousands of children are smuggled from this country as child labourers, mostly to their eastern neighbors.

Why?

I always love this story of the bravery of Zelophehad's daughters! The boldness that these young women showed by stepping forward and saying, "Moses, why should our father's line disappear just because he had no sons?" What's wrong with us might be a way of asking Moses this question.

What amazes me is the boldness it took for these young girls to ask the question of Moses! Imagine it! Women were unseen, certainly didn't voice their questions out loud to the leader that spoke with God, but yet they did!

Do you have a question? Are you asking God? Are you waiting for your answer? Perhaps, it will be like these bold women and God will reply with "The claim is legitimate" Imagine, the feeling in these womens hearts! Yes in their souls. Yes, in front of all the leaders, all the men...

Keep in mind these women setup inheritance laws for the people, because of their bravery. God put it in the Word how things would happen from now on, because of their bold act of asking "Why?" Also, they are named in the Word they are special for taking this act...most women aren't named. Now after looking at the meaning of their names I wonder a little bit about their parents and naming them...which I learned recently the woman named the children at this time...Mahlah means disease, Noah means motion, Hoglah means partridge, Milcah means queen and Tirzah means favorable and I have to think do these names mean anything? Did Noah put things into motion and God looked favorably on them? Did Milcah demand because she felt she was special that they be treated favorably? Names were so important in this time and you wonder did Mahlah mean that disease or something awful would happen if they weren't brave or did Hoglah sing the praises of God when this all took place...

I leave these thoughts with you. Ponder God's amazing Word and be bold in asking questions. Perhaps you are the one that God placed to turn things around or to make a new path! Be brave like these amazing women in God's Word in Numbers and ask the questions!!

Sweet blessings,
Debbie

Prayer Special: Today we pray for the people in Belize and Bermuda.

Have I ever?

How often do we not realize that it is the Lord blocking our way? Perhaps and more than likely we aren't riding a donkey that is resisting moving ahead, but what other way is the Lord blocking our movement?

Do we just keep trying to move around a huge roadblock thinking that we must find a way? Are we praying about it? Are we patiently waiting for the way to be opened or ...we are trying to plow right through?

I've always loved this story, but this morning I truly enjoyed it. I don't know if I saw myself more this morning or the Lord just opened my eyes for a moment of laughter with Him about how stubborn we are when we don't want to hear His Words or His Design for our journey. I know that over and over He must sometimes put road blocks in my way to stop something He doesn't desire.

His desires not mine...So hard for me to grasp at times!

I grow to love comfort and safety of things familiar. God continually moves us from the familiar to parts unknown for our growth. Exciting yes, but filled with with the unknown. Unknown destinations, but filled with roadblocks placed by God to be sure we follow His desired path for our ride!

Once again Lord thank you for the path you have me riding along. I beg forgiveness at the times that I try to plow right through without realizing it's not the path you want me on. Thank you for the roadblocks, thank you for the closed doors and most of all thank you for the plan that you have for my journey! A plan that is so much more than I ever dreamed for myself! Amen

Sweet Blessings,
Debbie

Prayer Special: Today I want to lift up a special young man from Arlington Texas that was serving our Savior and His life was taken. Rev. Clint Dobson leaves behind his sweet wife, Laura and his parents and siblings. Please keep Alma and Dr. Phillip Rozeman, the parents of Laura in your prayers as well. Alma is a member of our Journey of Sisters team and a beautiful woman of God!

Whine! Whine! Whine! and Whine some more...

A difficult week for me and I can't explain why...I just feel so grumpy and miserable. I haven't been able to write and I just wanted to curl up in a ball and be left alone.

When I got up this morning I felt strongly The Spirit nudging me to pick up the Word and get busy. I resisted, but finally picked it up to the reading for today and guess what??? It's the complaining travelers with Moses and it was like God told me in His strong loving voice to get on over it now! No longer waller in whatever it is that is bothering you and move on...

I felt like Moses and couldn't put my finger on it...don't you feel that way at times? Why Lord did you give me these people to worry and fret over? Now don't get me wrong...I was also the others in this story...I was whining and complaining about my own conditions and then I felt the weight maybe Moses felt and felt like I was going to crumble. I was tired of being strong...and then in the God's word I heard these words...you will not carry the burden alone!

Suddenly, I felt God's Spirit hugging me and reminding me of all the wonderful people in my life that help to carry the load...if I just allow them to! You see I have a tendency to haul things all by myself...Once again, God showed up! Thank you Lord for this beautiful morning in your Word with You and being reminded that You see me and that You are carrying me through this dip in the roller coaster of life! I'm preparing for the next thrill...

Sweet blessings,
Debbie

Prayer Special: The people of Bangladesh -- Economy is very sorely developed, Little hope for change much religious discrimination, political situation vulnerable