Where HAS The Time Gone?? SHEESH!

Welp.

I just looked at the date of my last blog.

October 26th.

The date I started the blog I posted a little earlier?

October 27th.

So much has happened since then...

Here the short version:

Shane had a severe reaction to a myelogram. Had to be hospitalized. Got lost in the system for three days until I threw a HOLY fit. Had surgery. Came home. All kids had HORRIBLE virus. It was hard for me for a bit, being the only healthy parent and caring for a hubster in intense pain and four very sick littles, plus all the craziness of NORMAL life, lol. BUT! Abba Father was EVER so close to us and SO beautiful...and the hearts and sacrifice of the amazing peeps in our 'house' blessed us immensely. Doc wouldn't allow him to return to work when he planned. Abba blessed. Started a new business for me :). Still couldn't return to work. Went on unpaid medical leave. Was told that he was now no longer guaranteed his returning position at his place of employment because he has been out of work so long. Expecting a financial miracle as a result of the unpaid leave. Business is slowly growing(WOOT! Go ABBA!!). Still having issues with nerve pain. Found out that either scar tissue is compressing the nerve, or they didn't completely fix it the first time.


WHEW!

Did I get it all?? I think yes.

OK! Now! On to something that I saw yesterday.

Ima type the WHOLE scripture out for those who are too lazy to open up their Word and actually see it for themselves...

Wow. Did I just say that outloud?

Lol, Papa...what have You DONE to me? Hahahaha...oh well. idc.

Deutoronomy 1: 19-32 (Moses' recap of the idiocies of the House of Israel)

"19 Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful desert that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.
20 Then I said to you, "You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us.  
21 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged."
22 Then all of you came to me and said, "Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to."

[INSERT NICKI COMMENTARY: Lol, schemin' jokahs...had no intention of entering in...]  

23 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe.  
24 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it.  
25 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, "It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us."

 

26 But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.  
27 You grumbled in your tents and said, "The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.  
28 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, 'The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.' "  
29 Then I said to you, "Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them.
30 The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,  
31 and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place."
32 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, 


Here's the deal. A group of  10 faithless, spineless, whiners caused an entire generation to "lose heart" and forfeit the promise of God. 

People of God. 

How often do we run our mouths about how bad things appear, not taking into consideration how faithful God has been in the past...

No matter how dire your circumstances seem...No matter how stupid you think something is...No matter how bad it all looks to you...Look to hills from whence comes your help. 

Remember the Red Sea moments. 

Remember the miraculous provision moments.

Remember the miraculous healing moments.

Remember the forgiven moments.

Remember the sacrifice....

THINK before you so carelessly spout your uncertainties... causing an entire generation to miss out on the promise that God has given...

THINK before your lack of faith steals their courage...

THINK. AND. PRAISE. HIS. HOLY. NAME. 

I'M TAKING THE LAND!! WHO'S WITH ME?! WOOOHOOOO!!!!