Promises

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Good Friday - where Jesus died on the cross ... but the story doesn't end there. 

I was a little girl when I found a lost dog.  It was a German Shepherd and I loved him.  But more importantly, I needed him.  School was difficult.  My home was chaotic.  My sadness was deep.  This lost and beautiful animal was exactly the miracle I was hoping for.  I obediently posted flyers around the neighborhood but I secretly prayed nobody would respond so I could keep him.  My friendship with him grew.  As the hours turned into days and then weeks, I thought the blessing was mine.  Sadly, the call came and the owner retrieved him.  I was crushed AND I was strong.

It has taken a half century to realize little stories such as these created cracks in my soul.  It is a place where God painted faith, hope and love to mend those broken places.  I am not arrogant enough to think that my story should affect yours but perhaps mine can provide a platform in which God can mend and heal those places in you.    

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Lord God, through the power of the holy spirit, provide clarity and wisdom through your promises.  Amen 

• For He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.  In love Ephesians 1:4
• But the water I give them, he said, becomes a perpetual spring within them, watering them forever with eternal life. John 4:14
• For God who said, "Let there be light in the darkness", has made us understand that it is the brightness of his glory that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.  1 John 5:20
• How true it is, and how I long that everyone should know it, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - and I was the greatest of them all.  1 Timothy 1:15
  
• And Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." Luke 7:50
  
• For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  John 3:16 

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• You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.  Isaiah 55:12
• My prayer for you is that you will overflow more and more with love for others, and at the same time keep on growing in spiritual knowledge and insight.  Philippians 1:9
• They are like trees along a river bank bearing luscious fruit each season without fail.  Their leaves shall never wither, and all they do shall prosper.  Psalms 1:3
• Because of his kindness you have been saved through trusting Christ.  And even trusting is not of yourselves; it too is a gift from God.  Ephesians 2:8
• How earnestly I tell you this - anyone who believes in me already has eternal life.  John 6:47
• For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins.  Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us.  2Corinthians 5:21 

Search scripture for God's promises.  May your burden's be light and your joy complete.  

Inspiration
Song, As It Is (In Heaven) - Live
Hillsong Worship

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