“There is no greater mercy that I know of on earth than good health except it be sickness; and that has often been a greater mercy to me than health…

It is a good thing to be without a trouble; but it is a better thing to have a trouble, and know how to get grace enough to bear it.” ~Spurgeon

"And we get grace enough to bear it — when we run into the arms of Grace who bore it all, into Him Who is more than enough."~Ann Voskamp

God Fights For You

This time, I'm not going to try to rewrite what Tracey messaged me about her trip to Tulsa. It's too beautiful to change.

     When I was down at the cancer center this last time they had a special celebration for those who had been cancer free for 5, 10, and 20 years. It was encouraging seeing those who have fought a battle and won.

     A gentleman who had been cancer free for 6 years came up to me and presented me with a pin that said HOPE. He encouraged to stay strong and to keep fighting!

     No matter what you are going through, cancer, financial problems, discontentment, remember that God will fight for you. You are His child. He created you. When He was on the cross, all the tears, pain, and blood was shed for you. I am so thankful that when I was a teenager I accepted His free gift of salvation. Someone reading this post may not know Jesus personally. I want to challenge you to seek His face and to get to know Him. He is someone you want in your corner when you have your "boxing gloves" on, fighting a battle. Joshua 23:10b ". . . for the Lord your God, He it is that fighteth for you, as He promised you."

Don't ever lose hope, He will FIGHT for you!!

" . . . and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls,

that not one thing hath failed of all the good things

which the LORD your God spake concerning you;

all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof."

Joshua 23:14b

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Psalm 139

¹O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

 ²Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

 ³Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

 ⁴For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.

 ⁵Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

 ⁶Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

 ⁷Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

 ⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

 ⁹If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

 ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

 ¹¹If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

 ¹²Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

 ¹³For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

 ¹⁴I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

 ¹⁵My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

 ¹⁶Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

 ¹⁷How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

 ¹⁸If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

 ¹⁹Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.

 ²⁰For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

 ²¹Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

 ²²I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

 ²³Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

 ²⁴And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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