tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post1035136375666035133..comments2023-05-26T10:19:36.708-04:00Comments on Smooth Stones: Prayer Meeting of the Blogosphere (7)Brandee Shaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960175760263515363noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-41187571750414696562013-09-14T13:24:03.036-04:002013-09-14T13:24:03.036-04:00Brandee, please know we are praying for you......Brandee, please know we are praying for you......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-76111488500716797772013-09-14T01:47:51.539-04:002013-09-14T01:47:51.539-04:00Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the Lord Shall ...Isaiah 40:31<br />But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.Hopes Handcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388763562145957609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-92211435391163859092013-09-14T01:41:38.379-04:002013-09-14T01:41:38.379-04:00I love you too {{hugs}}I love you too {{hugs}}Hopes Handcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388763562145957609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-65878701621750138252013-09-14T01:26:40.029-04:002013-09-14T01:26:40.029-04:00Thank you, Friend. So much. Love you.Thank you, Friend. So much. Love you.Brandee Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960175760263515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-45675580589518392522013-09-14T01:26:12.585-04:002013-09-14T01:26:12.585-04:00Thank you, Friend. I love you and will share this ...Thank you, Friend. I love you and will share this with a few special people in my life.Brandee Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08960175760263515363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-79928585468927196352013-09-13T20:23:34.446-04:002013-09-13T20:23:34.446-04:00{{hugs}} Brandee....May the Lord be your Wings XO ...{{hugs}} Brandee....May the Lord be your Wings XO Praying for you, my friend!Hopes Handcraftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388763562145957609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330757098221229362.post-1139155904954192412013-09-13T19:01:59.020-04:002013-09-13T19:01:59.020-04:00Hey, sweetie. May the Lord comfort, strengthen, an...Hey, sweetie. May the Lord comfort, strengthen, and encourage you at the end of this hard week. He loves you and has your best interest at heart, no matter how things look.<br /><br />I listened today to a John Piper sermon on not losing heart in suffering (2 Cor. 4:16-18), and he says this, "There are special glories in the age to come brought about by your particular afflictions. That’s what verse 17 says: Your affliction is preparing [producing] for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”<br /><br />"That is what I mean by saying every moment of your affliction is meaningful. It has meaning. It is doing something. Causing something. Bringing about something glorious. You can’t see this. The world can’t see this. They think, and you are tempted to think, this suffering is meaningless. It’s not doing anything good. I can’t see any good coming out of this. That’s what you feel if you focus on the seen.<br /><br />"To which Paul responds, look to the things that are unseen. The promise of God. Nothing in your pain is meaningless. It is all preparing. Working something. Producing something — a weight of glory, a special glory for you. Just for you because of that pain."<br /><br />That encouraged me. I pray something in it encourages you too.tinuvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462001159262770932noreply@blogger.com