Winter Doesn't Last Forever

I am lucky enough to coordinate our Sunday Prayer team at church. This is a group of people that take turns going out to pray during our Sunday morning services. We pray for God's blessing and anointing to fall on our church. We also pray for our Pastor Dewey as he speaks, or for the speaker that day, and for our church families and their needs. We also pray for any other needs or issues that God puts on our hearts to pray about.

On occasion I get to write the prayer team with something that God lays on my heart.

This is the message to the Prayer Team today. I hope it speaks to your heart the way that God spoke to mine.


Good Morning Friends,

Isn't it a beautiful day that the Lord has made? I love this time of year. I have been thinking this week about the changes that come with spring. The flowers and the trees are blooming in beautiful yellows, blues, greens, pinks, and whites. The plants and the trees are sparkling in the sun as they show us the beauty that God placed within them. In Winter we don't see their beauty as it is hidden by the cold and dreariness of the season...but God sees their beauty and he never takes his eyes off of them. God the Father knows what is hidden deep inside of them...he sees their beauty and their hidden potential....and at just he right time....he brings forth their beauty and lets them bloom in all his glorious splendor.

That is the way it is with us my friends. We all go through seasons of Winter. During these times we struggle to be who we are called to be. We have a hard time seeing the beauty in us or around us and we wonder if we will ever see the sun again. Our spirits struggle to understand what the Winter is all about and we long to walk in the sunshine and warmth of Spring. Our Father sees us as we are. He knows what the purpose of every Winter is. He still sees our beauty even when it is deeply buried below a broken heart, a broken dream, or a broken spirit. He sees through the Winter and he sees us through the Winter. He teaches us in our struggles....he molds and makes and mends us....and in his time....he brings the Spring and lets us bloom in all his glory.

My friends, if any of you are struggling and don't understand why. Trust me when I tell you...that God is with you in every Winter of your life. He is walking with you every single step of the way. He is using this time to teach you more about yourself and who you are in him. He is also teaching you who he is and that you can always depend on him to always walk with you. God knows your beauty and he knows your potential and he is making you to be all that he knows you can be. Trust in that and trust in him. Winter never lasts forever. Your spring is coming....just keep your eyes focused on the Son.

I Love you and bless you,

Tammy

Blessings....I count them every one.....

I finally got everything on my page set up and I so glad. The writer deep inside of me has been dying to get out and talk to you.

Do you ever have those times that you feel incredibly blessed because of something someone else got to do? I had one of those times recently and I want to tell you about it. Recently my daddy and his wife went on a twelve day trip to Hawaii with my brother Allan and his family. They had been planning it for months when Allan hurt his back and ended up having surgery for a ruptured disk. He had the surgery one month before they were scheduled to leave on their trip. He did really well but it was touch and go...back and forth on whether he was going to be able to make the trip. Thankfully due to the power of prayer and the mighty healing power of God....he was well enough to go ....just in time.

My daddy is 70 years old. He is one of the most humble and tender men you will ever meet. He is the greatest hero that I have. He is the perfect example of what a Christian man should be. He always puts his family first and is perfectly happy just to be with us doing nothing. About a week into their trip my daddy called me from Hawaii. He was so excited and he was talking a mile a minute. He was telling me about all the things that they had been doing.....I just had to smile as he talked because I could just picture him in my mind. He was first talking about the flight. I think the only other flight he had ever been on was in a a small four or six seater....a long time ago so this 9 1/2 hours flight was a big deal. He and Virginia had window seats. He was saying they looked out the window the whole time pointing out every thing they saw ..... the landscapes, the water, the Rockie Mountains....and on and on. I was smiling like the Cheshire cat just listening to him talk. Then he was telling me about going to Pearl Harbor, climbing Diamond Head volcano and seeing the view, and taking a helicopter ride on the island of Kauai. He was so happy. He sounded like a little kid he was so excited. He said... never in all my life did I think I would ever get to take a trip like this.

Friends the fact that my daddy and Virginia got to go on this trip .... blessed me more than it would have if it had been my trip. Sometimes God gives us blessings through the things that he does for other people and we need to remember to enjoy those and count them as our very own. This is one blessing that I won't ever forget.

Thank you God for blessing my wonderful family with this trip. It greatly blessed me too!!