Bible Talk~~~Nothing Too Hard

"Is anything too hard for the Lord?" Genesis 18:14a

Recently in one of our devotional times my grandchildren and I call "bible talk" we came to this scripture.

As we talked about Sarah and her situation we got on to the subject of my cancer. I told them that nothing was too hard for God. If He wanted to cure me of my cancer He could in a heartbeat. That the thing to remember is whether or not He wanted to cure me or not.

As hard as it is for a ten to fourteen year old to understand God allows things to happen for a reason it's true. Often the reason for these moments is to get our attention. Being the stubborn and stiff- necked people we are its not easy to get our attention unless we are going through hard times.

I must confess some of the greatest lessons I have learnt and maturity I have grown was during hard times. I trust God that this time of my cancer is no different. God has a purpose for allowing this to happen. He has plans for me in Heaven and plans for my family here on earth.

I am sure He wants all of us to learn to trust Him and believe in His will whether we understand it or not. As with my epilepsy I don't believe God gave it to me to fill some quota of having a certain number of epileptics on earth. I believe it just happened and God was more interested in what I was going to do with it. Same with my cancer He didn't give it to me to be mean or because He was bored or something. It just happened and He is watching to see how I behave during this time. Am I going to turn against Him or trust Him to see me thru.

I am trusting Him to see me thru and see my family thru. He loves me and I love Him. I know nothing is too hard for Him. I don't understand why I had to get cancer but I know things will work out whether I am cured or not.

They Call Me,

Grandma


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What We Can and Cannot See

Frequently it’s hard for people to trust in a God they cannot see. The people in the Bible had that problem once when they decided to make a golden calf to worship so they’d have something they could see. It was a wrong choice that got them into big trouble.

Although God may not be visible to see like our parents are, or the teacher at school, or the clerk at the store but He is there. You can see Him in His artwork, the creations He made, in the spirit He has given us to live inside of us.

Our job is to learn to trust in God’s heart even when we can’t see His hand. We need to make it enough to trust in the fact that He is there. We shouldn’t need signs or miracles from above demonstrating God’s hand at work in our lives.

However, if we truly looked we can see just that, God at work in us and those around us. Trust is the key to a strong relationship with our Lord and Savior, the one whose hand is there. As they say, some people have never seen a million dollars but they know it exists because they believe it does. It’s no different with God, we cannot see Him with our eyes but we can with our hearts if we would only believe. God is there. Don’t miss Him.


© 2014 Karen J Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing for Karen’s Kids Korner

Kid DEES devotion from John 3:16

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (NKJV)


Oh, what a wonderful thing it is to know when someone loves us. Don’t you agree? It makes us feel good inside not only to hear those words but to see them in action as well. It’s an important thing for all of us to know if God, our parents, grandparents, friends, and relatives love us or not.

Straight from God’s spoken words in the Bible He tells us He loves us. There is no reason to doubt that at all. He not only said it but He showed us how much by sending His son to die for us on the cross and forgiving our sins.

Too often, we think because He loves us He will let us get away with anything we want because God is a God of love. Right? Wrong. Try that on your parents and see how far you get.

God gave us His Son Jesus Christ to get us away from sin (doing what is wrong is God’s eyes) not to do it more. Our chore or job is simply to believe in Him. Believe what He tells us in the Bible, believe He exists, and believe He cares and does love us. Believe there are penalties to suffer if we do not do what we are told to do by God.

“Dear Heavenly Father thank you so much for loving me as You do. If there is any unbelief in me Father God take it away and replace it with trust and faith in You. Help me that my life will show just how much I do believe by the attitude I have and the things I do and say. I love you God and again thanks for loving me.”


© 2010 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing

WTLB~~~NEW—Faith believes that God can do what He says He can do

Faith believes. Those two words put together say it all. Where it becomes complicated is when we begin to doubt or question what it is we are supposed to believe in. Even God tells us in His Word that we need to test the spirits to make sure that we are following and listening to the right one. The Right One being our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Reading through the Bible we find it full of promises of the things God says He will and can do. Our part is to have the kind of faith in Him that believes wholeheartedly that He is more than capable of doing these things.

It's important that we know in our hearts the Bible is not a suggestion box but one full of true, guaranteed to come true statements simply because God says so. We don’t need Him to “cross His heart,” “swear on a stack of Bibles,” or anything else to try and convince us that He means what He says. Faith believes. God says it, so be it. Read your Bible daily, keep it as your main source, and never wonder away from the truths in it.

Copyright 2008 Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing