Changes In Life That Change Us

Changes In Life That Change Us

I was thinking today about my failure to use the right settings on my new camera lens.  Sometimes things happen that can cause us to look foolish.  Maybe that's one way to keep us humble.  It doesn't seem like a blessing when we have to go through a little failure.  Even if it is because someone caused you to fail by sabotaging something you might have had your heart set on.  Not to say, that's what happen to me in this case.  Sometimes when we are used to something, like my old camera lens, but trying out a new one, it takes some adjustment and practice until we are used to something new.  

In football there are times kids have to say goodbye to one coach, and hello to a new coach.  It take's time to get used to the new coach.  Maybe he has a new style of coaching, but even so, you need to listen to your coach.  

There are times change is needed and God will allow things in order to teach us something new.

None of us like to lose, but maybe, it will help us know how not to lose next time. 

So sometimes failure could be a blessing in disguise.  There are times we just have to accept the fact that  there's just  some failures we cannot fix.  Those are the ones we have to put in God's hands and move on.  Learn from our mistakes.  Ask God to give us grace to keep going, keep giving our best and just plain trust Him.

These are things any establishment will at times go through, including a church.  It's hard to say goodbye to a pastor you love and say hello to a new pastor.  The new pastor will have new visions for the changing church.  He will need the love and patience of God's people.  He will need to know He does not have to compete with any other pastor.  He is the overseer.  He is the under shepherd and the mouthpiece that God uses through Christ.  He is to be prayed for, respected and honored, even if He's not perfect.  None of us will be perfect until the day we meet in heaven.  Part of honoring the pastor, is praying for his family consistently, honoring his wife with cooperation, in the ministry that God has given her.  She is helping her husband be successful in the ministry.  She is his help mate.  To dishonor her is to dishonor him. 

No matter what we go through in life, win or lose, we have to hold onto this fact.  If we are indeed, in Christ Jesus, a saved individual, we will not lose in the end.  This is our blessed hope.  When we love God, by living for Him,  God will work out things in order to accomplish His will for us.  He does not start a work and not finish it.  He has begun a good work in you and He will perform it until the very end.  This is God's promise to his faithful children, to those who seek him, to those who love him.  He's not finished with us yet. 

Susan Nikitenko
Devotional: August 27th, 2016 ©

Philippians 1:6 
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

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Just a Little Note -

Just a Little Note

My 75-year-old mother is very sick, she's been sick for a very long time.  She has lung disease from smoking, but no longer smokes. She also has c.o.p.d.and she coughs all the time.  Recently, she dropped her dentures on the ground while she was in the Walmart parking lot.  I'm not sure why she didn't have them in her mouth, but my stepfather, who is also been very sick, accidentally ran them over with their car.  She told me the cost for new dentures would be $1,100.00 dollars, but they have no insurance.  Please pray that they'll be able to get the dentures she needs as soon as possible.  

Thank you for the prayers for our older daughter who broke her leg while we were on vacation.

She has been a real trooper.  She broke both her tibia and her fibula, and she had to get 10 screws put into her leg.  During the time she was healing, I consistently brought meals to her and her husband's home and helped with the house chores.  My other daughter and my son-in-law's mother also helped with the food and chores. The only things that didn't survive were her garden flowers.  I could not be there enough to keep them watered and they died. She is nearly recovered now, praise God.  The cast has been removed and she no longer is wearing the boot.  She's been able to walk, but still has a limp.  She is going through therapy until she is fully healed.

My daughter had her annual garage sale, which was made up of about 15 families.  She and my other daughter worked very hard with the organizing and pricing.  This kept my wounded daughter busy during her recovery from her broken leg.  By God's grace, they were able to have another successful year, even though the location of the sale was moved from my home to their home this year.  I helped on the inside of the home, preparing lunch and helping keep the house presentable, which is very hard to do when having a very large garage sale.  I also helped with the refolding of the clothes to keep them organized.  I didn't put very much in the sale.  I made about $100.00.  I'm thankful for our three men who helped lift and move things.  Both my daughters and myself were not to do excessive heavy lifting this year.

One good thing about having the garage sale every year is that the tithes go up at our church. Our people are faithful tithers thank the Lord   We have been blessed and have been able to support three missionary families on a regular basis.  Pray that God will continue to supply that need.

My younger daughter and her husband are pregnant with our first grandchild.  The baby had the hiccups last night.  It is the first movement that she has felt since the baby was conceived. I cried when I saw the baby's ultrasound, just feeling grateful for another little one in our lives.  We are calling the baby "Baby Bean" at this time, which is humorous because the baby actually jumped when getting his first ultrasound.  We are not sure if the baby is a girl or a boy, I hope we will know before the garage sales are over for this year.  

Susan Nikitenko

Just A Little Note

August 22nd, 2016  ©

Philippians 4:19
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus

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