Email from my momma

I received an email from my momma a few weeks back when I was really fearful of our situation with Maggie's adoption. Satan was on the attack big time. I have kept this email as a reminder, and just revisited it again this morning when more fear set in. As I was encouraged yet again, I thought I would share it with you. Surely, there are those of you out there who could use the reminder, too! All I can say is thank you Lord, for our Mommas....what would we do without them?! I love you Mom!

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Sorry you’ve had such a rough week. I know full well where fear can and does lead; it’s our greatest enemy and Satan’s greatest tool. We can’t allow our minds “to go there.” This is such a testing time for everybody, from world conflict, economic collapse, you name it. We are being forced to walk by faith; we say we do, we say we believe that’s the only way to live, but we don’t always do it, really….none of us because usually we can manage to “do life” in our own strength.

All to say, I remember doing a word study in scripture on fear. Fear is written more than 400 times in the Bible, and with very few exceptions, it is always in the contact of “Fear NOT.” The only other times it was in the context of fearing God, as in being in awe of Him. We know we’re not to fear; God is trustworthy, He knows everything; HE isn’t surprised by anything, and He is still in control. So now we get to really live out what we know in our minds and trust in our hearts.

We can’t allow Satan to overwhelm us, defeat us and destroy us with his fear tactics. Yes, any number of horrible things can happen, BUT……God loves Maggie more than anyone can, knows what is best for her, has certainly protected her, has not brought her into your lives by chance, and He is able to accomplish everything He promises. I always love reading the Psalms because David is so gut honest. He rants, raves, asks God to destroy his enemies, crush them, rails about the injustices…….and after he finishes venting, he gets to the big BUT…..BUT GOD. In spite of all the horrible junk, God is at work. David remembers again that God is able and will work things out, even though it doesn’t look like it at all, and the timing never seems to look right to us. He tells us to rest, not to panic, trust….it goes against everything human in us. I’m praying and believing that God is working all this out, that Maggie will remain with you always, you will adopt her, God will protect all of you from any harm, and He is keenly aware of all the details.

One foot in front of the other; that’s all we can do. I’m so glad He doesn’t say we are to run by faith…..couldn’t do it. Walking…..one foot after the other……literally one step at a time….that is more doable. Sometimes it’s painful to even walk, but I’m praying that we can all keep moving.

I’m confident that all this will become a memory to look back on and say how wonderfully God worked in every detail. Just know that we are praying with and for you, trusting God to work, and believing that this will absolutely turn out for GOOD.

Love you!
Mom

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