tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135976221947795779.post4857763697342682986..comments2023-10-30T07:17:09.078-05:00Comments on A String of Pearls: Num 27:13 and Luke 1:15 "Meet You in the Moment" (March 19)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135976221947795779.post-84588891279111985912012-03-19T17:41:45.472-05:002012-03-19T17:41:45.472-05:00Been thinking about this post all day. Meeting us ...Been thinking about this post all day. Meeting us in the moment...oh, how beautiful. Watching my son grow in the Lord has been beautiful and painful and it's getting more painful for him. He has taken a stand and the young woman who is a believer wants him to give in and not be as strong as he knows he has to be for God to honor his choices. Your words have encouraged me to encourage him. God has encouraged me to encourage him. Praying he can hold fast to our great God and remember all of his wrong choices and how he is paying and know that the results of honoring God will bring him peace and joy and pain but pain that is so worth bearing over the pain of making wrong choices. I truly never thought I would see him making the right choices and following after God as he has. It has blessed my socks off and I stand in awe and amazement at our Big God. Blessings on all of our grown children....may they each choose Him and hold fast to Him no matter what it costs.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14828003644053286026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135976221947795779.post-28712112929618169182012-03-19T13:46:32.302-05:002012-03-19T13:46:32.302-05:00I had much of the same reaction as I read Zecharia...I had much of the same reaction as I read Zechariah's news today. So many years passed since that first prayer, one of many, were first uttered. Zechariah surely though he'd been overlooked. And finally, the angel of the Lord appears and about knocks Zech out of his bell-laden robe. How many prayers must have been spoken with little hope, abandoned prayers even. "And because of your unbelief, you will be mute, Zech."<br /><br />Isn't that a lesson to never give up hope, to not stop believing. And in Jesus's words, "Among those born to women, there has arisen no one greater..." Not just any child, but a child who served the Lord. THAT is answered prayer! <br /><br />You are so right, Bev--there is so much more than seeing children grow, but to see them grow in the Lord, even in painful circumstances. SO much more is at stake eternally. Love your thoughts today...annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12993065518117027383noreply@blogger.com