Yup! He loves Me!

Bags: check
Wake my ride: check
Rip my luggage while zipping it: check
Re-pack:check
Miss the train: check
Meet a really nice lady on the train to the airport and invite her to Victory: check
Walk by the extremely long security line on my way to check in: check
Wait for what seems like forever to get checked in and think about the other long line I have to wait in: check
Check in for my flight: check
Just happen to receive directions to a way shorter security line: check
Arrived in NY safely:CHECK

Well, not everything goes as planned.
But I chose to see the love and favor of God, regardless. I smiled when I got to the shorter security check point. I thought to myself, God really is in my corner, He really loves me.

This may seem minute, but it's a big deal! Waiting in the longer line meant the possibility of missing my flight. Missing the earlier train meant, missing an opportunity to share Jesus with my new friend who also happened to miss the earlier train. It also presented the possibly of getting directed to the longest security line I've ever seen at the airport.

All these simple events that at one point seemed inconvenient, actually turned out for my good.

My life is a tad bit more complicated than I would like it to be. Oh well. It's working out for my good because I love my heavenly Father and have been called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28

Sometimes our brains get confused about who's purpose and plan should succeed.

I have So much to have faith for in the coming months, a great sister just told me, let God do it His way.


Man plans his way but the Lord directs his paths. Proverbs 16:9

And How beautiful it is for His plans to succeed!

Grace, mercy and peace to you.
Love
Renee Jael

Jesus: A Hope dealer

In light of the season I'm in. Hope is my rock.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1 NLT)

A common saying, hope deferred makes the heart sick. Tis true, for "if the enemy has our hope, he has our faith."-Troy Maxwell

"Satan doesn't (only) want our finances, or things. He wants our hope."-Troy Maxwell

"Faith is the substance of things HOPED for.." Hebrews 11:1(NKJ)

The absence of hope gives permission to depression, doubt, fear, stagnancy and sadness.

In yesterday's sermon, the visiting pastor, Troy Maxwell, stated, "Jesus is a Hope dealer"

The woman at the well, needed Hope. What she sought for in her previous five husbands and her current relationship, she could not find. (John 4:16-18)

Jesus replied, “Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again. But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.” (John 4:13, 14 NLT)

I don't know about you, but I need Jesus to be my Hope dealer. There's no doubt that I am His, but that doesn't defy the fact that I live in a very daunting and harsh world. A world where I have sought approval, fulfillment and security in things, people, work, tasks and purpose.

Jesus reminds us, that it is only Him that can satisfy.

The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, (John 4:28 NLT)

Hope satisfied, leaves us filled, yearning for nothing else. The woman who went to the well was filled with Jesus. She left her water jar at the well.


As did the woman, so did I.

Mercy, hope and love is yours.

Love
Renee Jael