Huminbird
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Prayer and Praise
Hi...I've been offline for a few weeks. I guess things had gotten kind of tough for me. Fighting old demons of distrust, betrayal, and anxiety. I just couldn't talk to anyone. Then I lost 2 of my "long-term" patients (people I had been caring for for over a year and had come to love). I was reading Jondra's post and as she expressed, I too, sometimes have a hard time "guarding my heart". A week later we lost a young mother of a 6 yr old son to breast cancer. I didn't know her very well, but my heart ached for her son, husband and her parents who I had met a couple years earlier when her grandmother was my patient. Still I love my work and can't imagine doing anything else. Its just that teamed with my own personal troubles it got to be a heavy burden. I couldn't even seem to pray. Finally, last week, I sort of broke. I went to the Lord. I searched out His promises in my Bible and then just spilled out my heart. I gave it all to Him. You know, it was amazing. The problems haven't gone away, but He gave me an immediate sense of peace and comfort. He reminded me that He is ALL I need. Since that night, I've been able to get alone with Him in a nightly devotion and it has made so much difference. On Saturday, this past weekend, when I felt myself again feeling sad, I went for a 5 mile walk and talked to God the whole way. I started counting all my many blessings and went from sadness to Praise!! Our Lord is so incredibly good. So much more than we deserve. I fail Him over and over, yet...He forgives and loves me. I'm so thankful. I just wanted to share what He has done for me. 
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**Huminbird**
1 John 4:7 "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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11/13/2006, 11:36 pm
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Jondra
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Re: Prayer and Praise
Sometimes he calms the storm and sometimes he calms the child. I love that He is as near as my very breath. I want to always be sensitive to His counsel and comfort. Things continue to be bad here and there has even been another tragedy...BUT GOD. 
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11/16/2006, 10:25 am
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