Promise of Strength

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The bolts of your gates will be iron and bronze, and your strength will equal your days. (Deuteronomy 33:25)

This is one of my absolute favorite Bible verses.  I daily cling to this promise in the Word.  I love that it says my strength will equal my days.  There is a saying that goes around that says, “God will not give you more than you can handle.”  But I’m not really fond of this saying.  Often we have a different view than God on how much we can handle.

I know there have been many times in my life where I thought I was at the end of my rope and surely God wouldn’t give me one more thing to deal with.  But that’s not how God works.  He wants us to use us in our weakest place so we can advance His greatest strength.  He wants us to be in total dependence on Him and rely on His strength to pull us through daily.

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Pressing On

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Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.  But one thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:12-14)

One of the greatest moments through this whole journey was this moment above.  A couple friends of Dad’s had asked if they could put a benefit together for him.  Of course we said yes.  They had asked this during their very first visit to see dad in the hospital.  Then they went to work to put this beautiful event together for dad.  Many people pitched in to make this event a success.

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Home Sweet Home

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The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. (Psalm 29:11)

This will be my last week writing on the blessings from my Dad’s accident.  I could continue as the blessings keep to pouring in, but I want to get started on another study with you.

The time had come for my dad to come home.  He came home July 14th.  What a sweet day it was.  My sister Abigail picked dad up from the nursing home in Crosby and helped him get settled in.  Paul, Zion, and I were on a flight to get there by the evening so we could spend dad’s first week at home with him.

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Moving On Up

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Dad’s move to Crosby was a great move.  The first blessing in this move was being accepted in to Crosby’s program.  We were hoping dad would be here because that meant he was a little closer to home and made visits from family and friends just a little easier.  The lake near by and the opportunity to fish didn’t hurt either.  The move to Crosby was a good one and dad continued to receive the therapy he needed to help further his healing.

Here are a few of the blessings from this phase of the journey…

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My Prayers

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For the word of God is living and active.  Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12)

Around this time I said goodbye to my dad and headed home to Florida.  It was so tough to leave his side.  I wanted to stay but in my heart I knew that it was time to go.  As much as I wanted to keep life on hold, it just didn’t work.  Life just keeps right on going.  I’m thankful for the three and a half weeks I had with my dad.  I will never regret spending that time with him.  It was nice to be able to go up daily to see him and encourage him.  Throughout my time with my dad I really relied on Scripture.  I never would have survived the stress of this without being in the Word.  I wanted to share with you some of the prayers I wrote in my journal and give you a peak in to how I survived this.  I hope that you can make these prayers your own and use them to walk through your current storm.  May God make His Word come to life for you and revive your weary spirit!

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