Hellooo Again!

Sorry, long bloggy break! Let's just say..."Whew!" I couldn't begin to tell you what all has been going on, but I think it's safe to say, the Lord is doing some molding and stretching of this old gal!!

I mentioned in an earlier blog that I am studying and teaching on 1 Samuel. This week we are in Chapter 17...One of the greatest battles ever!! So I've got giants on my mind. Let me share an encounter with one....


On Sunday afternoon October the 3rd 2004 my telephone rang. Chester and I had just returned from a weekend trip to Knoxville to watch a little football..(that was back when there was something to watch:)….after exchanging the usual pleasantries with my mother she said,"they think I have a brain aneurysm and I have to see a neuro-surgeon at 7:30 in the morning…”well people, it is rare that anything good comes out of a 7:30 dr. appt…a giant had just walked into my perfect, well-ordered life…I would like to say I grabbed a stone and sling right then and laid that giant out and that the next morning the dr. found nothing…this was not the case…in fact the giant walked in and stayed a while…in the weeks and months that followed I would watch my 60 year old mother have extensive brain surgery, a stroke and grueling physical therapy…Being the first born child, people pleaser person that I am I just wanted to fix this problem (this giant) myself and move on…You don’t fix giants like that on your own…this battle was to be the LORD’S…was I going to walk in that?
Yes! How did I do that? By reminding myself daily (sometimes hourly) that this was the LORD'S battle, by gathering my stones (scripture)...and then slinging those stones (saying them out loud).

I am sure there are those of you who have faced much bigger giants than a sick mother...but that's just it...the size of the giant doesn't matter, what matters is the size of our God!!!!
So...if you are facing a giant today may I remind you that-
our God is bigger than:
*a lost job
*a shrinking 401K
*a miscarriage
*divorce
*a church split
*a lost dream
*a wayward child
*a mean-spirited spouse

and our God is bigger than-
*death

Rejoicing and slinging stones!
Teresa

...For the battle is the LORD'S, and He will give all of you into our hands. 1 Samuel 17:47