Trusting God in the Midst of a Battle is a Challenge

The things that challenge our trust in God also, challenge our confidence within ourselves. These are the challenges that comes to weaken our hope and test our faith.

When facing challenges that are so furious and you feel the intense of the force from their aggression against you, the battlefield becomes yours, and your enemies. You seek for Hope and it appears to be too far to reach. You call for Faith, and it does not answer.

Instead, you see a stormy sky filled with a horrible darkness, and hears the loud sounds of thunder that shakes the ground upon which you stand. You look for Strength, and you see the fiery veins of lightning hitting the ground, and the destruction it causes come near you from each hit that shakes every nerve in your entire being. You desire Peace but instead, the challenges increase, and you hear a voice from within you cry out to God for help; the sky clears, and the sun appears.

There comes a time when we have to place the battle in God’s hands, and wait to see his glorious power prevail on our behalf.

My personal thoughts

Regardless of the challenges, the sun will always shine again, Hope will return, and Faith will conquer.  We become stronger and wiser with each battle from the challenges that are placed upon us. Within ourselves a special kind of trust and peace dwells in our heart and soul, that gives us confidence.

“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength”. The prophet Isaiah

__ Ellen J. Barrier

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The Beauty of Life

(The Pillow case angel is a beautiful design for pillows)

The butterflies represent the beauty of life and the ever changing process it brings as we take each step forward. Along our journey through life, we grow from our youth to adult years. Life is an experience we embrace because of the beauty we enjoy with family and friends throughout the years.

The smiles we share during the times we gather for the holidays over games, social events and lots of food and fun, are beautiful memories we each hold in our hearts and never let them go. Those of us who prepare meals for the family gathering and plan our activities, we do them with the spirit of love that the joys of life brings with each of the colors of its own beauty in every family, as seen in the picture with the angel holding the butterflies above.

In our hearts we each are thankful for our family and friends and for the memories that we all share. And we pray there will be more beautiful memories of life we will share, along our journey of life stories.
__Ellen J. Barrier