Greetings my friends
Sorry it's been so long since I've written. I was away for awhile at a conference in Colorado. What a great place !! I got to do some hiking in the mountains there. What an awesome experience it was !!One thing I noticed was that there were no "delecate" flowers and plantlife on those mountainsides. Papa spoke to me about that and I'd like to share a little of what he said. The plantlife and the flowers were created and placed there to survive. They were made to be tough because they were living in a tough environment. The cactus and the gnarled trees and rough bushes all had a beauty of their own and seemed perfectly situated for the rugged land they occupied. God made them to thrive in that tough place and he told me that when we find ourselves in tough places ,hard places it is to strengthen us. Life is hard and dangerous the climate of our everyday lives are not always comfortable. But God created us to adapt to the environment he places us in for his purposes. He desires for us to not only survive but thrive. I guess that is what Papa was trying to get me to understand. He was not surprized to find us walking in dark valleys and scary places. He put us there for reasons of his own but not to harm us but rather to strengthen us and cause us to encourage those who will come along those rugged paths behind us. Catcus do not belong in rose gardens and we were not created to live soft comfrotable lives but rather lives of excitment and some danger. After all we are warriors and The Lord is a warrior. Remember the words of our King "In this world you WILL have trouble --but --be of good cheer I have overcome the world"
Jpoe that encourages you who are in a rough and unfriendly place today