Trusting God

Happy New Year and Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

I hope everybody had a Merry Christmas and got all the gifts they wanted in Christ. I also hope that you have begun the New Year, 2011 in the fear of our soon coming King. What's new? Well I have made my New Year's Resolution, and it is to study the entire Bible this year. It's not the first time that I have studied the Holy Scriptures in a year, but it is very exciting this time, because the Lord blessed me with a new translation of the Bible over the holidays, and it is specifically designed to study the Bible in a year. Wow! I would love to hear some of your New Year's Resolutions.

My fourth project with another gift the Lord blessed me with is well underway. God gave me a new set of knitting needles for Christmas. The Lord has been doubly faithful to me where these knitting needles are concerned. "[God's] faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds" (Psalm 36:5). Not only did the He give me the long awaited tools that I needed for a project I had in mind, He also gave me the exact set I desired as well. It was a long time coming though, and there were many obstacles in the way, but I finally have the knitting needles I had dreamed about—the Denise Interchangeable
Knitting Needles. The Lord had even given me options. There were other kits I could have had, but I chose the Denise's. Yes, I had options; I could have chosen any set I wanted! But I chose the set that is ironically named after me.

I remember when the Lord first gave me the desire to knit. It was last summer, and I had gone shopping for needles; the needles I had desired, and which were suggested by the tutorials; but they were not on the shelves. The disappointment I felt is indescribable. But I prayed to my Heavenly Father for help, and resorted to a pair the store carried. The Lord told me how I could customize them for my first project. With much effort, we were able to make use of them for three projects. Meanwhile I continued to trust God for better. I had found a pattern for a hat I just had to knit, but of course I didn't have the right needles, so I had to let it pass.

As I was finishing up my second book, Spiritual Warfare, which is available in stores, I took a break to pray for the knitting needles I needed to knit the hat. While praying I heard the Lord say "Print the pattern." I received comfort and confirmation when I heard the Voice of the Lord, and immediately I printed the pattern. A few weeks later, God blessed me with finances, and I went out to the store again, thinking I could knit the project then. For fear that my needles would not be there I went shopping, apprehensively. Once in my anguish I wondered why God had given me the desire for this new hobby, when there were so many tribulations to acquire the resources for it.

I got to the store and sure enough, the knitting needles I wanted to buy were not on the shelves. My disappointment turned to grief. It was my birthday. I remember tearing up as I was leaving the isle. While dawdling in the store picking up other items I had intended to buy (all of which were there), I heard a disconcerting announcement over the stores PA regarding the Crafts Department. After being rushed at the register, I finally made it out of the store and heard the customer who was ahead of me laughing. I perceived ridicule, and drove home sadly, but I continued to trust God. Whenever, I saw others with the needles I wanted, and felt anxious about them, I would pray, as it is written:

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

~Phillipians 4:6-7, The New King James Version

During one of my night devotions, the Lord said to me "Let not your heart envy sinners:" The passage goes on to say "but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long. For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off"
(Proverbs 23:17-18).

The Scriptures helped me to trust God even more. The following month my mother said she would bless me with a set of knitting needles for Christmas. She had noticed me practicing techniques for the hat, and admired my work. Today I have a new kit of knitting needles, and like I said before my fourth project with them is well underway.

The Lord even blessed me with accessories to go with my new knitting needles, which I didn't even dream of. I remember the passage of Scripture, Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,(Ephesians 4:20). As for the hat needles that I went to the store to buy, I found out later that they are also ideal for beginners to knit socks with; the next project I have in mind. I still don't have them yet, but I continue to… trust God.

When were you filled with the Holy Spirit?

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Denise