When the heat and the flames from them fires get turned up really hot against you and your life, than it is never ever the time to throw the towel in an give up….when intensity rises on you, and all seems to be stirring in your world and problems continue to rage on every side, and answers are just not found, than something great is about to happen in your life…and that ole devil fights the hardest against ya, he comes in every form and every fashion that he can…and he uses anything and everything he can to make you quit, and turn around and give in under the pressure of it all….but I am reminded of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that beautiful and glorious story found in our precious Bible….and how they were thrown into that fiery furnace and King Nebuchadnezzar commanded for them to turn that heat up seven times hotter on them young men….but the word of the Lord says that those young men fell down to their knees in the midst of that fire, and being to call out the Lord….and as the soldiers and the King looked upon them in that fire, they saw a fourth man walking around in the midst of those flames…and King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished at what he saw…and he commanded those young men to come forth out of that fire….and when they came forth….they were not touched by them flames, not a hair on their head…not even their clothes…and even the smell of the sting from them flames and that smoke were not even upon them…Daniel 3:19-27…..Praise the name of the Lord….my point of it all is this…that no matter what type of situation you may be in this very day…that God almighty is there with you…and that He will see you through…He is a faithful God….but as they say the person in whom you was before the trial will not be the same person in whom comes out of that trial…you will be changed….a lot of things in life we don’t understand…and a lot of things happen in our lives that we may never get answers to the questions of the whys?…..but one thing is certain and one thing is true….that God has a mighty plan for you…and the devil doesn’t want you to reach that place…he doesn’t want you to reach your destiny or that promised land that the Lord has promised to His children…but no matter what way the roads may lead….God will always have them leading you in the right direction…we may go up a mountain, and go around many curves…and maybe even some days we may be way down low in the valley…but wherever we are…I pray we do as those young men do and that we would fall upon our knees in adoration, and love and much praise to the Lord our God…for He is our strength, our help, and He is our shelter from the storm…for He will answer us, and He will quicken us, change us and mold us into these beautiful creatures that He and He alone is making for us to be…so hold on…help, Gods help is on the way…In Jesus’ name I do ask and pray…Amen and Amen!! Be blessed today my dear sweet friends and remember wherever you go and whatever you do, Be a light for our Father, Much love to you all, Mandi