"I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness...The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks him." Lamentations 3:19-25
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Isn't He faithful!!
Love and prayers,
Mindy
Hey, this is Mindy's friend, Jenn. I wanted to let you know that I'm praying for you.
Tamra, just wanted to let you know that although you don't know me, I also attended umhb in the late nineties...graduated in 2000. You were friends with one of my friends, Heather P. I just wanted to say that I am praying for you and your family. UMHB was such a special place to nurture faith and become so much stronger in your relationship with God...you are such a testament to that. Although I don't know what you are dealing with right now, i can feel your pain, hurt, and loss through the words that you write. What i can see even more vividly is your undying faith in our provider. Your faith is an amazing thing to witness as you hold tight to our Lord and Savior, and rest assured that he will always prevail. You are amazing, and your kids doubly blessed to have an amazing savior and an amazingly strong mom!
Thank you SO much for your sweet words of encouragement. They are so precious to me right now.
Hi Tamra,
I won't be anonymous anymore, as there are others posting their comments in that way. I am Mindy's friend and have left you a few other comments.
I look forward to meeting you and your children whenever you come. They are beautiful! In the meantime, I'm praying for you.
I regularly feed on Spurgeon in my quiet times.
In this particular devotional, Spurgeon explores the wonder of God's Covenant love for us. I love especially his reminder that "the interests of the saints were made secure in Christ Jesus." I just thought it might help you to remember God's covenant love for you at this time...
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"He hath commanded his covenant for ever."
Psalms 111:9
The Lord's people delight in the covenant itself. It is an unfailing source of consolation to them so often as the Holy Spirit leads them into its banqueting house and waves its banner of love. They delight to contemplate the antiquity of that covenant, remembering that before the day-star knew its place, or planets ran their round, the interests of the saints were made secure in Christ Jesus. It is peculiarly pleasing to them to remember the sureness of the covenant, while meditating upon "the sure mercies of David." They delight to celebrate it as "signed, and sealed, and ratified, in all things ordered well." It often makes their hearts dilate with joy to think of its immutability, as a covenant which neither time nor eternity, life nor death, shall ever be able to violate-a covenant as old as eternity and as everlasting as the Rock of ages. They rejoice also to feast upon the fulness of this covenant, for they see in it all things provided for them. God is their portion, Christ their companion, the Spirit their Comforter, earth their lodge, and heaven their home. They see in it an inheritance reserved and entailed to every soul possessing an interest in its ancient and eternal deed of gift. Their eyes sparkled when they saw it as a treasure-trove in the Bible; but oh! how their souls were gladdened when they saw in the last will and testament of their divine kinsman, that it was bequeathed to them! More especially it is the pleasure of God's people to contemplate the graciousness of this covenant. They see that the law was made void because it was a covenant of works and depended upon merit, but this they perceive to be enduring because grace is the basis, grace the condition, grace the strain, grace the bulwark, grace the foundation, grace the topstone. The covenant is a treasury of wealth, a granary of food, a fountain of life, a store-house of salvation, a charter of peace, and a haven of joy.
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