New Beginnings

It seems quite some time since I have blogged and so much has happened. God has a way of leading us back to where we should be and I have know for a while that God was leading me back to the Salvation Army. God will turn each of our weaknesses into his opportunities and a verse that has been with me through the rough and the smooth has been Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to his purpose There is a songster piece called "He leadeth me" and as I listened to these words the other sunday at the Corp in Gloucester I know that God is continually guiding and leading me. God Bless Sue

Confidence

At church this morning we were looking at Acts 8. The main word that came through to me was the word confidence. We need not fear because we can have confidence in God and God will give us all the confidence we need. We sang the song Before the Throne of God above at the end of the service.

Time goes by

Apologies for the serious lack of blogs over the past 6 months but I feel that it was important to step back and re-evaluate, at the beginning of the year I went through a major crisis - nothing was going right and although I couldn't see it at the time, God was carrying me through situation after situation.

I have moved house 3 times and now feel very settled in a detached bungalow within a very quiet road and I believe that THIS has been the right move for me.

One area of my life that seemed to take a major stumble was my faith and where I went to worship, I stepped back from the comfort of the Salvation Army and to this day I don't know why I did - the people there have been so supportive to me and if those people are reading this blog then you know who you are. I now attend a large evangelical church in portishead, as for what the future holds for me ..... I do not know - I do feel that through everything I have been through in the past year God has been with me and given me the strength to continue and I just want to praise God for his continued faithfulness.

God Bless each of you at this special time of Christmas

Sue x

Footprints

One night I had a dream. I dreamed I was walking along the beach with God, and across the sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonged to me and the other to God

When the last scene of my life flashed before me I looked back at the footprints in the sand. I noticed that at times along the path of life there was only one set of footprints. I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of my life.

This really bothered me and I questioned God about it. "God, you said that once I decided to follow you, you would walk with me all the way, but I noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why in times when I needed you most, you would leave me."

God replied, "My precious, precious child, I love you and I would never never leave you during your times of trials and suffering. When you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.


** I feel that this is me at the moment and would ask that you would pray for me that I will know and feel God's presence around me whatever the situation I find myself in **

Mistakes

I find myself often making mistakes but its never the same mistakes. Recently I moved into a 1 bed house, soon after moving I knew that it wasn't right and that I needed to be living in Pill. Not knowing what to do I confided in a friend who said that she would pray for the situation. A 2bed apartment came available and God has been very faithful to me and I pray that I will be forever his loving child whom he loves very much. Thank you God for leading me

Moving forward

This week although still off sick I have been sorting out my new house and said goodbye to my old house in Pill - new beginnings. I have had time to think recently and someone from my church had this word that I was to keep pushing through the clouds to see the beautiful future that God has in store for me. I can't deny that life has been tough over the last couple of months but do believe that God has been with me giving me strength to deal with everything that I have had to deal with.

My thoughts returned to childrens work this week and felt that it was time to take on the responsibility of the childrens club and so after easter I will be the "Kids Alive" leader again.

Life can be hard at times but with God at my side I have absolutely nothing to fear.

Romans 8:28