Is That You, Lord?

By Kay Heitsch

God knows there will be times when we question His voice. The good news is He keeps speaking amid our uncertainty. ~ Hearing God's Voice Quotes ~

God speaks to us in many different ways. Of course, the #1 way is through the Bible, but He also speaks in other ways.

Years ago, I was home alone in the bathroom doing my hair. All of a sudden, I heard a voice calling my name. I stepped out of the bathroom and looked around. No one was there. I felt no fear and thought I must have been mistaken. This happened two more times. I started to question. Is that You, Lord?

Finally, I remembered the story about Samual and said, "Speak, Lord, Your servant is listening."(1 Samuel 3:10).

Immediately, the phone rang. I answered it, and much to my surprise, it was the Peale Center calling, asking if they could get my permission to publish a letter I had written Dr. Peale.

After all of the beautiful things that have happened because of the publication of that letter, I know without a doubt the voice I heard that morning was the Lord's voice.

God knows there will be times when we question His voice. The good news is He keeps speaking amid our uncertainty.

Be Joyful In Hope

By Kay Heitsch

We had a big windstorm a few nights ago. You can imagine my shock when I saw what happened to Todd's geranium.

There wasn't much left of it, so I pruned it back. I'm hoping to see new growth in the months ahead.

That's life. We never know when a storm will blow through. But we can be joyful in the hope of seeing new growth.

Our Bible verse says. Be joyful in hope. Patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12

When we have the Lord in our lives, He will help us to be joyful in hope and patient in our troubles as we stay faithful in prayer.

You Don't Know What Tomorrow May Bring

By Kay Heitsch

1988 started out great! In January, Bill had his best year. He received a $35.000 bonus which was a lot on top of his excellent salary.

We enjoyed skiing and planned to take Brandon on February 7th to celebrate. But February 6th changed those plans.

On February 6th, Todd was in a fatal car accident, and our life changed forever.

Today's Bible verse says. Please don't worry about tomorrow since you don't know what the day will bring. Proverbs 27:1

Today's Bible verse brought what I wrote about to my mind. You don't know what tomorrow may bring, so enjoy each day.

Grow More Beautiful

 By Kay Heitsch

Beautiful growth would be stunted if God didn't remove the things hindering it. ~ Inspirational Quotes

I spend time almost every day pruning our flowers and shrubs. I do this because they grow better by cutting the dead things away.

This is true in our lives too. There are many things that we know are holding back our growth. It may be painful to cut them out of our lives, but it may be necessary for our transition to be more beautiful.

Today's Bible verse says. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit He prunes that it may bear more fruit. John 15:2 ESV

We must be pruned to grow to be the beautiful people God created us to be. It may be time to allow God to eliminate the dead things in our lives that are holding back our growth.

Beautiful growth would be stunted if God didn't remove the things hindering it.

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