Do the hits keep coming this week? Are you tired from the storms in life?
From the scriptures we know that God is always with us. For example, in Psalms 145: 18-19 states, “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.”
In Acts 27, Paul survived a huge storm with hurricane winds and then a shipwreck. In Acts 28, Paul made it safely on shore. When they all made it shore, Paul gathered some brush and built a fire. “Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and, as he put it on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself on his hand. When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “The man must be a murderer; for those he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”But Paul shook the snake off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.”
Paul shook the snake off! Friends, I could only imagine what others were thinking when Paul shook the snake off. They could have thought that he would surely die now. It didn’t really matter because God had other plans!
Friends the enemy will attack our thinking and our plans. The fear that the enemy brings will try to attach itself to you, but God is saying today, “shake it off.”
2 Timothy 1:7 says, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.”
When you draw closer to God, the enemy will throw everything against you. Do not fear, God is with you!
Have a blessed weekend!
Kam XOXO
Happy Monday! I hope that you had a great weekend!
Did you know the book of Esther is the only book in the Bible that does not mention God?
Esther was an orphan raised by a man named Mordecai who had “taken her as his own daughter”(Esther 2:7).
“When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem”(Esther 2: 8-9).
I ask you! Do you think it was by sheer luck that Esther came to the palace and was the favorite among all of the girls?
I say no! I believe Esther was blessed and highly favored. Esther was thrust right in the middle of God’s plan for her life.
What is God asking you to do today and you keep putting it off? Take a minute to ask God what he wants you to do? Remember, God uses everyone for his divine purpose.
Have a blessed Monday!
Kam XOXO
Happy Wednesday! It has been a great week so far!
When I think of Esther, I have a vision of a beautiful princess such as the princesses we see in all the movies. The story of Esther is packed full of intrigue and mystery. Who doesn’t like a great mystery?
In Monday’s blog we read how Esther gained favor with all in the palace and eventually became the queen. The story does not end there. In fact, there is a plot to kill the king, the Jewish people, and Mordecai. Again, Esther is thrust right in the middle of God’s plan.
Let’s get to it!
Haman was the bad guy and he wanted to kill all the Jews. Esther is secretly hiding that she is a Jew. Esther knows that she must talk to the king but before she does, she fasts for three days while others prayed and fasted as well. Mordecai uncovered a plan to kill the king and told Esther.
Had Esther not have been the queen, the Jewish people would have been killed as well as the King. Esther 4:14 says, “For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Esther was not there by luck. She was ordained by God “for such a time as this.” God is sovereign even when your life doesn’t make sense.
To find out the ending to the story of Esther, please take the time to read the book of Esther in the Bible.
Ladies, you have been ordained by God “for such a time as this.” God has a great plan for your life. We are not lucky! We are blessed by God!
Have a blessed day and thank you for reading my blog!
Kam XOXO
