If...


Today was one of my beautiful daughter's birthday.  She turned 20.  I was so very fortunate to get to take her out to coffee.  Where else other than Starbucks?  As we sipped on our coffee, I pulled out a book I recently picked up from a used bookstore, entitled IF2.  It is full of 500plus questions.  I opened it up and this question leaped from the page and I read it out loud to my daughter, "If God were to come down and whisper in your ear, what would you like him to say?"  She gave me a wonderful answer that God had actually whispered to her during a quiet time awhile back.  She then turned the question on me.  I couldn't even answer, my eyes immediately started to tear.  It wasn't only that I couldn't answer because I would break out in a full out sob in the middle of Starbucks, but I honestly didn't even know the answer. 
So,  she kindly went on to some of the lighter questions and after we finished our coffee,  I left unable to get anything done until I knew that answer that my heart was already feeling.
My answer I discovered a few hours later was, "It will be okay."  I could finally take a deep breath when I found my answer of what I wanted to hear so badly from God.  But immediately, before I could think it thru, I heard God tell me that His whole book (the Bible) was full of those kind of words.  Yes, yes, I know God...I opened it and it fell to(yes, I believe in random reading of scriptures sometimes) Isaiah 46:4 which I had underlined at some previous point.  "Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you.  I have made you and I will carry you:I will sustain you and I will rescue you."   Funny, my husband just mentioned yesterday that he noticed I had gray hair!!  So, tonight I will sleep well, listening to God whisper in my ear and knowing that He is also smiling at his side joke.

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  1. Amanda O'Tremba OsterJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    I totally support you in the random reading of Scripture as one method of finding affirmation from the Lord. The "open and point" method doesn't work for a lot of people, but, as you know, God often lets it work for me. And if it doesn't, I keep reading until something does pop out at me. Ultimately, I'm delighted that you were able to answer that question for yourself and even more that HE concurs!

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  2. R WattersJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Yes, me too. I wasn't even counting Peru in the mix of situations!! :)

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