Sometimes we have got to do the work…

Jesus prayed that Peter’s own faith would not fail him..
Luke 22:31-32
31Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan [a]has asked excessively that [all of] you be given up to him [out of the power and keeping of God], that he might sift [all of] you like grain,(A)
32But I have prayed especially for you [Peter], that your [own] faith may not fail; and when you yourself have turned again, strengthen and establish your brethren.

Jesus didn’t pray that he would have aversion to afflictions, an army of rescuers or prayer warriors, nor ease when any hard trials came… but rather that Peter’s faith would be bolstered and not fail.

How am I going to grow if someone else always does it for me? I can’t – so I have to allow my relationship with Jesus to go deeper…

God allows us to go through hard times so that we remember to get a grip and realise that we can ‘walk through it’ with His help - and then, later, we can help someone else who is going through it – but only once we are through it ourselves.

God also equips us with the ability to endure – it’s all about choice.

By faith there is hope!

I especially love a few lines in this song at this time:

– ‘even when the sky is falling’, even I’ve seen miracles happen.
- ‘Even if you fall sometimes’, I will have the strength to rise again.

Kutless – What faith can do

Everybody falls sometimes
Gotta find the strength to rise
From the ashes and make a new beginning
Anyone can feel the ache
You think its more than you can take
But you are stronger, stronger than you know
Don't you give up now
The sun will soon be shining
You gotta face the clouds
To find the silver lining

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do

It doesn't matter what you've heard
Impossible is not a word
It's just a reason for someone not to try
Everybody's scared to death
When they decide to take that step
Out on the water
It'll be alright
Life is so much more
Than what your eyes are seeing
You will find your way
If you keep believing

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do

Overcome the odds
You do have a chance
(That's what faith can do)
When the world says you can't
It'll tell you that you can!

I've seen dreams that move the mountains
Hope that doesn't ever end
Even when the sky is falling
And I've seen miracles just happen
Silent prayers get answered
Broken hearts become brand new
That's what faith can do
That's what faith can do!
Even if you fall sometimes
You will have the strength to rise


This was a song that caught my attention on another blog. It is just amazing what faith can do!

Monday reflection

"true friendship withstands time, distance, and silence"
-- Isabel Allende, Portrait in Sepia.

This is my 'Daily Bread'

Life is an opportunity and it is up to us to make it what we will. I love reflecting upon the word of God because it brings light into my soul, even though it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31).

Rom 8:37... "Yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."

To live at this time is an inestimable privilege, and a sacred
obligation devolves upon you to make right use of your opportunities.
-- Grenville Kleiser (1868-1953) American Author

Praise God Always

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (Amplified Bible)

17Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!(A)

19The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.


Romans 8:37 (Amplified Bible)

37Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors [a]and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

Through it all

Colossians 3:16, "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."

An amazing song! Click on the link to listen:

Through it all

Can I write a song for you?
When I'm feeling blue
When I'm down and no one's there
or compose a melody that's in the
key of love, when no one cares.
Or can I smile, can I smile
when it's not always worth my while
Can I trust in you when I'm going through
in the middle of my trial.

And through it all
through all the hurt
and all the pain that does surround you
and through it all
and through it all I will be there.
Just call my name, I'll be right there
to wrap my loving arms around you
and through it all
and through it all I will be there

See but it's so much easier said then done
to trust you even when the hard times come.
But when my faith begins to fade
I can hear your voice say
I'm here to catch you when you fall, I'm right here.
There is no way out when you need a miracle, I'm right here
and even when you walk away from me, I'm right here
Through it all I'll never leave you

And through it all
through all the hurt
and all the pain that does surround you
and through it all
and through it all I will be there.
Just call my name, I'll be right there
to wrap my loving arms around you
and through it all
and through it all I will be there

When you can't fight the faith
been hurt so many times your heart won't stop aching
and you been praying for a brighter day
and you've been feeling like your prayers are not enough
but don't you dare give up
square your shoulders, hold your head up
learn to trust in me,
Cus I'll be right there, right there, right there through it all.

And when you can't fight the pain and the heart ache
and you feel like your prayers are not enough
and you can't find the strength to make it thru the day
look up, for all your help comes from above.

God is Omniscient

Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope. -- Corazon Aquino

Psalm 139:139:1-12
1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.

As a Christian I am so glad that God is with us whether Sunshine or Storm. HE knows our inner most thoughts and HE is there to understand and guide us. This will either scare or reassure us.