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| "Look for the treasure in every trial." ~Joyce Meyer |
 admin writes, "One day I saw a hawk sitting in a tree in my back yard. It was as if God put it there to speak to me personally. I watched this hawk "like a hawk" and learned and considered what the meaning of a hawk is. They are birds of prey and have a keen eye. They hunt for little things like mice in a field and when they see one they swoop down swiftly and snatch them up. "
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I thought of how it was like that with me. Maybe like my dad, I'm a hunter, after all. Only I don't hunt for deer, I hunt for what IS dear to God's Heart! I'm a "dear" hunter for God and I love bringing Him my little finds, treasures that He takes pleasure in hiding for me to seek out and find! And one thing I have found to be TRUE is that there really IS a treasure in every trial!
All you need to do is choose to see things from a heavenly perspective through God's eyes.
I've come to learn that Father God truly cares for every little thing that we care about and He wants us to cast every care, big and small, on Him! Like a fisherman casts his fishing line out into the deep we can cast our cares on God! What will we reel in when we do? Peace, sweet peace! The Peace of God! When we give God our cares, He gives us His Peace and things don't look so bad when you have God's peace for your very own.
Once you have God's peace ask Him to teach you everything He wants you to learn through your trial, to show you the treasures in your trial. God knows how to teach us and can reach us wherever we are, whether in a prison cell or whatever "living hell" we may find ourselves in. The Lord is there, your Greatest and Best Friend, the One Who holds the key to your Freedom even in the midst of a place you would rather not be in.
I can remember being in my apartment, wishing for a house, depressed and feeling like I was in prison after suffering great loss. I thought I'd never get out of that dark and lonely place! That was all I could see! But, I remembered what I'd been taught...to cast ALL my care on the Lord because He cared for me! I either believed it or not! I chose to BELIEVE and I took all my cares, one by one, and gave them to God with all my tears and fears and doubts and anger and He took them and gave me His Peace! Then I got this picture in my mind of God's hand around my apartment and the bars were His fingers!!! The bars were friendly and not fearful or cold. They became warm and embraceable! In my mind I ran to one of the "bars" and embraced God's finger! I felt safe and loved and knew that I knew that God was with me and that He understood the hell I was going through and was letting me know there was a Heaven and He lived in it and in His Presence I could experience His Heaven in the here and now no matter where I found myself.
I hope you choose to believe, too! God is alive and He loves you so much! You are dear to Him. He knows where you are and He holds the keys to your freedom! Look up dear! God is near to the broken hearted!
"Draw close to God and He will draw close to you."
~the Holy Bible
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Posted on Aug 18, 2010 12:17pm.
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