Our God is Faithful

“God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Cor 1:9).

Friends,

I have a collection of “300 A-Z Names, Attributes, and Titles of God“. Of those, “faithful” always rises to a top place in my mind when I praise God. I suppose because I see evidence of God’s faithfulness every single day!

The past ten days God has proven Himself faithful by helping me meet deadlines for my new book, “The Plan A Woman in A Plan B World, What to Do When Life Doesn’t Go According to Plan” while also teaching the pilot of the same, prepare Listening Guide Handouts, edit the DVDs of the taped teaching sesssions, keep scheduled appointments, write the devotional article “No Plug In’s Please” for the faith section of the newspaper, prepare for a retreat I’m doing in a couple of weeks at Denton Bible Church which is based on my Bible Study, “If God is In Control, Why Am I a Basket Case?” while also celebrating Taylor and Ali’s one year anniversary in Austin, Valentine’s Day with Keith, celebrate birthdays, decide whether to put our 14 year old Cocker Spaniel to sleep, babysit our 15 month old grandson while our other adult children were out of town, and fly to Phoenix to lead my P.R.A.Y. with Passion Across the Nation Conference. Now, in case you’re thinking, “The reason you’re a basket case is because you overschedule,” I’m happy to announce, I’m really not a basket case these days. And, I didn’t schedule all of the above. Nope. An author really doesn’t know the exact date her book is going to be sent to her for a final proof. It just happened to fall in the same week. And, I had told Lauren that I’d babysit a year ago. Once again…what are the chances their business trip would fall during the same week the book was due and the P.R.A.Y. with Passion Conference was scheduled and our dog’s condition would worsen?

I assure you, when I saw that all of the above was falling into the same week, I did wonder how in the world I would be able to accomplish it all. I thank God for His Holy Spirit who prompted me through each hour and guided me what to do first, second, third. He’s a great organizer. But you probably know that, having observed our heaven and earth! 🙂

I also thank God for my husband. Keith is such a godly support and prayer partner. And Logan, our grandson, absolutely adores him. Logan had the opportunity to spend Friday with his other grandmother while I was in AZ and then he and Keith played Friday night and Saturday until I got home.

Oh, did I mention I got a 24 hour virus in the midst of all of the above. Yep! Sweet Logan, Lauren, and Chris had been sick prior to their arrival at our house last Tuesday. I had the opportunity to empathize with them when I caught their bug. Thursday at 7 p.m. I called the event planner at North Phoenix Baptist Church and told her I wasn’t sure I would be able to get on the plane the next morning. Thank God, a whole slew of prayer warriors began praying and I woke Friday at 5 a.m., 24 hours after the bug had begun, fit and fiddle. God is good. God is faithful! How can we NOT praise Him?

Friends at North Phoenix Baptist Church and all those who came from other churches to join us at the P.R.A.Y. with Passion Conference, you are dear! I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much while teaching a three hour conference. You’re a hoot! And, it was so good to see friends from Royal Oak, where I’d led a retreat last year. I love YA’LL even if you did laugh at my southern accent. Yes, P is for praayse! 🙂

Keep looking up friends, at our FAITHFUL GOD!

Love,

Debbie

P.S. Holly, our dog, is still with us. I think she’ll outlive me!