I Don't Want to Miss a Thing

" The holy work of god has to be attended to and if we are crushed and humbled to the very dust, as also laughing stocks to all who know us, we must be faithful and look for rest and peace only in heaven"

Everything was starting to look up and I had hope again. There were multiple occasions where I’d lost it and I would find myself asking God time after time why he did this to me. My mom told me it was one simple concept: God gives his hardest battles to his toughest

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die…” (KJV, Ecclesiastes 3:2)

An unknown author once said,” Keep your head up. God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.” I believe God has been giving me a lot of battles lately. One of my battles was on December the nineteenth, when I had gastric sleeve bypass surgery in Oxford, MS. A month passed, and I was doing wonderful. Then I had to go back in the hospital for gallbladder surgery. It has been almost eight months, and I have lost over eighty pounds. It has made me feel like a new person.

more clear then ever, the fire is lit. I must finish the journey that God has place me on. I must endure to

Thank you for your text and for directing me to Psalm 103, it is one of my favorites. As far as my health, I have some fairly good days where the pain is controlled with the medication and others that are not, well, not as good. I go for my next five-day treatment next Monday. I was told that patience is required in all of this as full recovery for patients with this condition is slow, but successful in the majority of cases. Carla is doing a little better, but the last bit of the cold is hanging on as colds usually take a week or two to pass. She has to fly out early tomorrow to the Dominican Republic for her work and will be back late the following day. Damaris now has a lady that lives her and is her full-time caregiver. She really likes

“God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers” Psalm 18:31. This quote from the bible speaks to many people in many ways. For me it shows that from any hardships that comes your way you can face it and push through it. I believe that through bad times and hardships God will help you through all things.

"All of it is clear to a person who has understanding and right to those who have acquired knowledge." (Proverbs 8:6-9)

about the fears, hardships, and sufferings still to come, but now hoped the end was in

The chorus in Sophocles’ Antigone represented the moral compass of the time. The chorus in Antigone is comprised of the respected elders of Thebes. Following the direction of the chorus one would conclude that the tragic hero in Antigone is actually Antigone herself. She is a woman from a prominent family in Thebes, which provides a ritualistic burial to her deceased brother, Polyneices. Polyneices fought against Thebes.

It won’t be long enough before we set aside our spiritual food too – ‘the bread of life’ and we will find ourselves drained spiritually. See what Paul modelled on the deck of that rugged ship!

Mercy is a residential treatment facility. I was introduced to the idea of Mercy in December of 2012, and I was accepted into the program in May of 2013. My entrance date was June 3, 2013. The first thought I had was when am I going to leave this hellish place. Six months had past and I received the month of which was going to be my graduation. I could taste the finish line, I had three months left, I was going to graduate in March. I had no idea what day it was going to be but I knew that I was going to leave with the victory that God had given me. The next 3 months would be spent looking for a place of residence I could call home. So I called my best friend.

There is so much gold in the word of God and it is all there for us to mine! I love how those who seek find is a theme that God has throughout the Bible. It is not that we work but that we just put a little effort into knowing Him and being with Him. I love what Lois Lebar author of Education that is Christian says in her book stating, “Although the Bible was not written as a textbook of educational philosophy or method, the believer who seeks ‘buried educational treasure’ will be richly rewarded. These treasures are not grouped by categories and openly displayed for the casual observer, but are ‘hidden’ for the earnest seeker who is willing to dig for them” (64). God is faithful to reveal Himself when we seek Him.

I have not being asked to cross the Mississippi river during a deadly fall, nor do I have being persecuted in the same way the pioneers were persecuted, but my Heavenly Father requires me to exercise enough faith in Him to endure every day regardless of my anxiety, depression, and sick body. It is in my infirmities that I come to know God, but above all that I come to feel His love. His love and my testimony of His work is what sustain me. I echo Paul’s words: “Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in necessities, and distresses for Christ’s sake… for when I am weak, then I am strong.” I have the strength to keep enduring because of my Jesus, the One who suffered all things and comprehend all things. How grateful I am for my Savior and for His Atonement

The Wedding Parable also indicates that when we get to heaven,