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    In Genesis 24 it says that Abraham had his chief servant go to Abraham's homeland to look for a wife for his son Isaac.  The servant asked God to show him a sign.  It says that he prayed in verse 12-14-  “ Lord , God of my master Abraham, make me successful today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. 13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water. 14 May it be that when I say to a young woman, ‘Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I’ll water your camels too’ —let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.” NIV    The servant hadn't even stopped talking and Rebekah shows up.  And Rebekah goes about fulfilling exactly word for word what the servant asked God to show him.  A couple of things struck me about this.  One was that this servant has been traveling for a while and Rebekah does n

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, Romans 8:1, NIV       In the book "Search for Significance" one of the lies that the devil likes to tell believers is that you can never change.  Therefore, he likes to suggest to us that it isn't worth the effort to continue to try to change because we will never become any better, stronger or overcome the obstacles of the past.  He does this often by reminding the believer of past mistakes.  With most of us, he has plenty of material to work with.  Times when we should have kept our mouth shut and did not.   Times when we got angry and lost our credibility and witness.  Times which we would rather forget.         These are instances which we should bring to God to ask for forgiveness over.  In 1 John it says that if we say that we have not sinned then we call God a liar.  It is God who says that we have sinned.  Rather, 1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins and ask God to forgive us

"My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold, I shall not be shaken."        I've mentioned on this blog before, that I am a frequently in God's waiting room waiting for something to happen that I am praying for.  This is a pet peeve of mine that I am not a patient person and that I hate to wait time.  In fact, I might go one step further and say if it might be the easiest way to get on my nerves.  I sit there thinking of all the things I need to do and want to do and could be doing and it really bothers me.        Maybe that is why I seem to have relearn this lesson over and over again is that I have been such a poor student at it.  One thing I have realized is that God's time and mine are not the same.  God is content to show up one time and not early.  God is content not to hurry.  God is not in a panic like I am.  God doesn't have tunnel vision like I sometimes do.  God sees the bi