You are Mine

Rain, rain, and more rain. Nonetheless, the abortion center is open, so I head out this morning in my new rain boots to speak of the love of Jesus to women who most need it. It is so easy to lose heart in this world, where death and despair, hurricanes, floods, and struggle are constants. Abortion-minded women are certainly not alone in desperation.

This morning, I awoke from a terrible dream. I'd lost my phone, and someone had stolen both my kayak and its cart, which allows me to pull it wherever I want to go. I awoke with the sense of devastation and hopelessness that so easily enters my thoughts. My ability to communicate or call for help was gone, and one of the things I loved most on earth had been taken from me. In reality, that is how life often feels. Despair was ripping gleefully at my heart.

And then, fighting back, I prayed this prayer:
Dear Father, 
I pray that you would be glorified this day. I am yours and you are mine. May you be glorified in my marriage, my children, my work. May you bring salvation to my loved ones who don't yet know you. May you fill the women at the abortion mill with the hope and knowledge of Christ and may they turn in droves from that terrible place. May we all walk with you in hope, and joy, and victory, knowing you have overcome the world. May thy will be done.
Amen.

I felt so much better. My phone may have been stolen in my dream but no one can take my ability to communicate or call for help from the only One who has the power to alter my universe. The evil one can take my kayak, but he cannot take my soul. That belongs to God.

**Just as an aside, I eagerly checked my Amazon rankings. How was my book Joe-The Horse Nobody Loved doing on its third free day? It remains the #1 horse book and the #12 non-fiction book in ALL of Amazon e-books. Even more exciting, out of the millions of books on Amazon, it broke the top 100, currently #92 most downloaded book. I have never reached the top hundred before.

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Isaiah 43:1 

But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.