Hey,
I guess I am just not an official blogger! I try....but I am just not good at doing it regularly. I figured I would shout out quickly before 2009. What can I say? Well, God has been amazingly good to the Johnson's in 2008! More than anyone could ever know...I have seen Him heal and bring restoration in our lives.
Yes, it was a trying summer for me...God gave me everything I needed to make it through one of the toughest times in my life. No one can tell me that God can not give us the strength to go through every situation in life.
This year I learned that we must know the character of God. It is hard to trust someone we do not know. So often we tell people to trust God. Yes, it sounds easy but if we do not know Him he we can not trust Him. How do we get to know Him? Well that starts with spending time with Him....how do we spend time with Him? Open up our Bibles! As Pastor Stovall, has said for the past couple months...we have to be self-feeders. I have just discovered over this year that we tell people to trust God when they need provision and we wonder why they struggle......well hello they don't know him as Provider!!!
For 2 years I have been studying the Old Testament. It has really grounded me in knowing God! I have seen God's faithfulness and it has truly blessed my life. I encourage every person to get to know God better in 2009....spend some time getting to know Him. Tell God that you want to know Him better in 2009 and you will be amazed at how differently your life will be!
I promise you if I had not known God this summer...I would have easily gotten "derailed", as I heard a friend say recently. I walked in a place that if I had not known God was Faithful, Just, Trustworthy, Comforter, Forgiving and The One who brings Healing and Restoration I would have fainted. Scripture tells us not to be weary in well doing for in due season we will reap if we faint not! I remember one night just crying out to the Lord and He met with me and comforted me in the most amazing the way. I opened the Word to a scripture that was impressed upon me and I knew God had heard my cry! He spoke to me and my situation from that passage of scripture....everything in there was what I was going through. I could continue to walk in confidence knowing the Lord was with me and had my best interest at heart.
I want to just praise God for who He is! Thank you God that you are faithful, loving, gracious and true. Thank you for Your love, salvation, forgiveness and that You give us Hope! Thank you for every tough situation that you carried me through in 2008 and look forward to the blessings you have for me in 2009.
