From Nov 09 till Jan 10 was one of the most difficult periods of our life. Things we never imagined would happen, did happen and took us by complete surprise and shock. We could not beleive the things that were happening to us. More so coz' according to us we were good human beings, not causing trouble to anyone, doing our daily prayers. But boy did we we know that we were wrong and that we needed to do more and the lord had a wonderful plan for us.
As he says in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
These were the moments that we started praying like never before. That is when V my dear friend introduced us to the books "Power in Praise" & "Prison to Praise" by Merlin Carothers. And did we realise something, we needed to praise god even for our troubles. We started doing it initially with hesitation later on with fervour and then it slowly became a part of life ( We are still learning of course) . Soon I realised that all the things that I had been fretting and fuming about were exactly the things that the lord wanted me to go through. This was HIS WILL for me and that realisation changed my life. I started looking positively at all the things which before this used to annoy and irritate me. The traffic, the dirt, the dust everything.... our troubles did not disappear but our outlook to them changed. We slowly started feeling the lords joy in our hearts & his peace in our lives !!! I hope that we continue praying every single day without fail and call out to the lord in everything that we do.
As he says in Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
These were the moments that we started praying like never before. That is when V my dear friend introduced us to the books "Power in Praise" & "Prison to Praise" by Merlin Carothers. And did we realise something, we needed to praise god even for our troubles. We started doing it initially with hesitation later on with fervour and then it slowly became a part of life ( We are still learning of course) . Soon I realised that all the things that I had been fretting and fuming about were exactly the things that the lord wanted me to go through. This was HIS WILL for me and that realisation changed my life. I started looking positively at all the things which before this used to annoy and irritate me. The traffic, the dirt, the dust everything.... our troubles did not disappear but our outlook to them changed. We slowly started feeling the lords joy in our hearts & his peace in our lives !!! I hope that we continue praying every single day without fail and call out to the lord in everything that we do.
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