When we sit and think back on all that God has done for us..and all that He alone has brought us through..all of them times where it looked as if there wasn’t a way..but somehow God made a way..when we thought for sure that life was just over..that there was no seeing a better way in the midst of all the mess and trouble that we alone had gotten ourselves into..but somehow through it all God stood by us..and the Lord kept us..even when we wasn’t faithful..God was faithful to us.1 Corinthians 1:9..even when we didn’t deserve His blessings…He gave them…even when we were disobedient to His call and His leading..He still kept on leading us..and guiding us..with His mighty hands…Amen..so somehow for us as Christians when we know who the Lord is..and we know all that He has done for us..and continues to do…when life happens for us..and life begins to get hard..and things get a little out of our hands and out of control..and circumstances and situations just start coming our way from left to right..from literally all directions..we will stand guys..because we know who God is..Amen..and that God, our God controls everything..and I don’t say that lightly…I say that with everything that’s in me..so when these things happen..we grow..but more than that we are a witness to the Lord’s goodness and mercies..see we don’t let whats going on around us control us..but we keep our eyes on our Father..for He is always on time for us..and we know His word says that if we have faith as a grain of mustard seed that we can say to that mountain to be removed to yonder place and the scripture says that it will obey and that nothing would be impossible for you..Matthew 17:20..but as well we must remember that without faith it’s impossible to please the Lord..Hebrews 11:6..we don’t waver when it comes to who the Lord..God tells us we have not because we ask not..James 4:2..see we place and keep everything we do in the Lord’s hands..and we ask of Him to help us..to set us free…to meet our needs according to His riches in glory..Philippians 4:19..to make us into what He wants for us to be..to fill our cups to the overflow..we stand because we know that God has never failed us..and that God is always good…so we don’t move ourselves off from that solid rock in which we’ve been building our lives upon..but we stand through the winds..through the waves..through the problems..through the heartaches…through everything and anything..because we know that God knows..and if God knows well then all is going to be well..for it is all for a reason..so let us learn..let us grow..and let us move on..trusting and leaning always and forever on the Lord..and I pray we don’t let our mouths stop our blessings…for we can be our own worst enemy sometimes..so let us  encourage ourselves in the Lord..and let us pray the bible says building up our most holy faith..praying in the Holy ghost..Jude 1:20..and whatever we do let us never forget that the Lord has us..and that the Lord is with us…for He promised to never leave us nor ever forsake us..Deuteronomy 31:6..so let us trust in Jesus guys..for He is not man that He would lie..Numbers 23:19..if He has said it we can stand on it..and stand always..for the winds may come..but they’ll do us no harm..for Jesus is with us always and forever..let us never, ever forget that..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