WOYWW: Only Believe!

Here is my desk

when I woke up this morning.

I was making ATCs last night.

From where I am, we are having BED weather.

Rains and more rains.

But in other areas of my city,

there is flooding and evacuations.

Can you believe this picture?!!

Here I am at home, blessed,

safe, dry, no flood at all, just buckets of rain

And in other parts of the city,

people are waiting on the roof to be rescued.

So many things to be afraid of, to be anxious about

in a time of calamity.

I read in my Bible this morning

about a man, Jairus,who was very afraid

his daughter might die.

He went looking for Jesus.

While they were on the way to his house,

his servants came to meet him with 

the news that his daughter had died.

"No need to trouble the Teacher anymore!"

But Jesus said to him,

"Do not be afraid any longer,

only believe."

What things do we fear?

What are we anxious about?

I have to confess that

my prayers are all full of 

"Please heal my mother!"

I want to know what I can do,

what needs to be done,

how to pray,

who to see....

But I take this word today,

"Do NOT be afraid any longer,

ONLY BELIEVE."

Gideon in Judges, Chapter 6, was called by the Lord

to save Israel from the power of the Midianites.

"How can I do that? 

I am the MOST INSIGNIFICANT

in my father's house!!!!", Gideon cried out.

"The Lord is with you, O champion!

Go with the strength you have...

It is I who send you.

I shall be with you."

NO matter how unimportant we feel we are,

God calls us, like Gideon,

to do something

that only we can do.

He gave us so many talents,

gifts, resources...

if only we could see ourselves

through His eyes!

Imagine God saying to you,

"The Lord is with YOU, O champion!"

If we could see ourselves

the way God sees us,

we will not be afraid.

Only believe!

Every week I choose one wonderful visitor

who leaves a comment

to receive an ATC from me.

I know it takes so much time and effort

to leave a comment

and I appreciate it soooo much!

This week,

Random.org chose

 #3, La Abela , a woman who talks to herself,

as she claims, and draws amazingly

with charcoal and graphite.

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Blessings!

Patsy