Today was a blessed day!!!  Church was wonderful.  We have such a good preacher.  He preached today on how we as Christians are "the hunted".  We are prey to the devil and he, the devil, can and will do anything to break us.  He uses everything!!!  After church, however, we discovered that another preacher that we knew had committed suicide...the reason...because the devil won.  the devil was able to break this man because he allowed him to seep into his life and the devil ultimately took control.  It's horribly sad for the man as well as his family.  It really makes you stop and think about your own life and how it only takes a little bit at a time for us to allow the devil in and he slowly takes control and sometimes we don't even realize what's happening.

On a more positive note, a little girl, Malerie who we have been praying for for a couple of months is finally sitting up and talking.  She was in a car accident, is 13 years old and has almost died several times.  Her parents commitment to God and their faithfulness has truly inspired so many people in our area and I'm sure around the world.  Seeing God work is amazing!!! 

The whole situation with Malerie has inspired me to memorize scripture because after every post on CaringBridge they sign off with a verse from the Bible.  I want to be able to do that...just pull scripture out of my head and pass it on to someone.  So that's my goal.  They have actually posted about 60 or 70 different verses throughout this whole ordeal.

The first verse that I am learning is:

Jeremiah 29:11 and 12.  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 

If you read this...I pray for you to have a blessed day as well.