Lets Recap...

Alright so it is August the 12th. WHAT a summer. I was reminded today how the Lord asks us to recall His faithfulness to us...He calls us to remember His rescues, the work of His hands, His wonders, and His proclamations from his mouth.

And the people of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side; (Jdg　8:34　RSV)

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all You have done; I reflect on the work of Your hands. (Psa　143:5　CSB)

Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; (Psa　105:5　KJG)

...Why? Why is it important to remember what God has done? For me I know one of the reasons... Satan goes around as the great accuser, he loves to condemn us to anyone who will listen. He loves to tell us we are not beloved by God, he loves us to feel forgotten and uncared for by our Father, our creator. Deception is Satan's only tool and when we buy it then we get robbed of what God has done, is doing, and will do. If you look at these passages God clearly tells us Israel forgot they were delivered by Gods hand from ALL their enemies on EVERY side. We may read that and think jeezz...how could they do that? The truth is we tend to do the same thing. When we lose sight of Gods deliverance, when we don't reflect on His wonders, when we talk or begin to believe we delivered ourselves by our strength, skills, or talents we tread on that very same dangerous ground the Israelites did. God says we fight a spiritual battle, not a battle of flesh and blood, yet we live in the physical world, so how do we reconcile all this? For me I have made a decision long ago to trust and believe in my Creator...this means I believe what His Word says and act accordingly. I believe I'm in a spiritual battle. I believe this involves unseen issues of faith. I believe it involves unseen battles... I also know that God fights this battle for me. It is not my talents, wisdom, nature, looks, money or position ,or anything else that deliverers me, it is Him. To remember and give God credit not only give Him the glory He richly deserves but it reminds us who we are and who we belong to. This battle that you and I fight in this world is already won. The problem is the church today instead of equipping us to properly fight spiritual battles had generally brought us under the law once again with all the do's and dont's, the step system, and the hard work system. Each one of us is under grace with Satan defeated under our feet. That should be our focus as well as what God has done....I have had an incredible summer and these are some of the things God has done for me:

1) 6,000 was GIVEN to me so I could have a surgery that would repair my entire abdominal wall. Had that not been given to me I would have gone through an entirely different procedure and I would have come out more scarred and been/felt more deformed. I was not prepared for that after 2 years of chemo, chronic disease, and incredible pain. So God provided....from a completely unbelievable source at that.

2) My daughter got the money she needed for college. This same person decided to fund whatever part of college she can not pay for with her student loans, otherwise she would be working instead of attending college in a couple of weeks.

3) My home mortgage was restructured at the last minute when it was getting ready for foreclosure, my payments are now a couple hundred less than they were.

4) I had paid time off for surgery. It was a fight with short term disability for a few weeks but we got it all worked out and my time off work was paid for.

5) Both my children got jobs making 10.00 an hour. This allowed my daughter money for school expenses and my son money for a car.

6) I got to go to a medical conference during this time off for work. I traveled with my daughter and her boyfriend and tolerated the trip fairly well by breaking it up.

7) My ex and I, who have never discussed his leaving met and talked some things out. It helped my children and I to ease some of the pain of these last few years. Because of that I won't carry with me into other relationships some of the things I was holding on to (unbeknownst to me) and neither will they.

8) I learned and am still learning what it means to rest. I am learning what Grace means in real time right along with favor...Instead of keeping my hands in things and asking for His assistance to fix them....I keep them out...I don't do anything until He tells me to move. If any of you know me well you know this is nothing short of a miracle.

Those are my top 8 for the summer and there are more, but these, these are true solid God workings...they left His mark and His breath on me. I have had MANY enemies and I have been rescued from them ALL....each and every single one...Not one is left on any side to torment me. Praise God He does a thorough work...

I smile at each of these paragraphs above, I know what they all took. It took work on my insides, it took walking in the spirit when I wanted to scream and yell, and blame, and cry, and play the pity card, and give up, a couple of times I will admit I wanted to swing a punch or too....but see that is God too...He is going to make sure that while He fights our battles we fight our own of patience, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faith, hope, joy, and love. I count this summer as joy...I'll never forget the summer of 2009 and how my Daddy took care of me so intimately and so completely. He restored my health and my youth, he restored my finances and promoted me, he deepened my friendships to precious level, He took care of my babies for me, He provided food, and housing and He even gave me a vacation. Most of all and I hope your not missing this here, He showed me in real time, in this flesh and blood realm that believing in Him, having faith in Him is my sure bet. He showed me he CARES for me...I WILL NOT forget ALL His benefits...


I have always said I wanted to see Satan and his boys so I could know what they are up to...life would be so much easier then...but one thing I can tell you, even though this is a nice list I know this too it doesn't begin to cover how He cares for me. Every moment of every day He is working for me in some capacity...One day we will come to know all the goings on that took place in this physical world that were of His spiritual nature...When we come to know His care we will no longer be standing on our feet...