Faith-bearing Seed for the Soul
"While the earth remaineth,
Seedtime and harvest
....shall not cease"

Genesis 8:22

I Hope You Get This!

The husband was at war fighting on the front lines.

The wife writing this letter had no idea where he was,

or if he would receive it. She sent this message:

"My Darling,

I miss you so very much. I feel so alone. So many times

I wish I had told you, when I had the opportunity, how much

you mean to me. Let me tell you NOW! You mean more to

me than life itself. No one or no thing will ever come between

us. I am so thankful that you married me. You will always

be FIRST in my life, and we will spend time together basking

in one another's love.

I hope you get this! I don't know where you are, all I

know is that I love you and I'm trusting this will get to you.

Your loving wife..."

She wasn't sure that he'd get her letter, but did that stop

her from writing it and mailing it? No! Why not? Because

she HOPED that he'd get it. Hope, the scriptures say, is not

something that we can see, but rather, it is something that

we have to patiently wait for, believing and trusting for it to

happen. If we already have something, there is no longer a

need to hope for it...

Romans 8:25 NIV

But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what

he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have,

we wait for it patiently.

Faith on the other hand is the substance of things HOPED for.

(Heb. 11:1) But before there can be substance, we have to hope

and believe. Before her husband could receive the letter, in

hopes that he would receive it, she had to write it and mail it.

A few days ago I felt like I had lost everything dear to me. It

seemed that everything was falling in on me. I tossed and

turned all night long. My heart pounded and skipped beats. It

felt like God was no place to be found. Then I remembered the

message I had sent out on being content in whatever state we

found ourselves in, like Paul had learned. I admit that I wasn't

feeling very content. In fact, I felt totally empty, lost and alone.

Even though I didn't feel the Lord, on faith I asked Him to teach

me how to be content under these circumstances. I hoped He

heard my prayer and would answer it.

He quickly showed me in scripture that it was my soul that was

being affected by the circumstances, and He showed me what

David did when his soul was distraught. David told his soul, the

emotions he was experiencing that brought about the sadness

and disturbing feelings, what to do. His Godly spirit spoke these

words to his soul.

Psalm 43:5 NIV (Emphasis mine)

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me?

Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my

God.

Psalm 63:3-5

Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up

my hands. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;

with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

Psalm 104:1

Praise the Lord, O my soul.

David told his soul, his feelings, to hope in God, to praise God,

to sing praises. Yes! Yes! That's exactly what Paul and Silas

did when they found themselves beaten and placed in a dungeon!

I didn't FEEL like praising the Lord, or putting my hope in Him,

trusting that it was all going to work out, but I knew it was

what I had to do to overcome the depression. I didn't even

know if He would hear my prayer, but I sent Him a message

in "hopes" that He would get it. I took each difficulty, each

person, before the Lord individually: I thanked and praised Him

for the situation that had presented itself, and I thanked Him

that He would work it out for my good. (Ro.8:28) Then I quoted

what Joseph said about all the difficult times he had gone through:

Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to

accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

I thanked the Lord that He would never leave me or forsake

me. I told Him that I would be happy having Him alone, even if

nothing changed. I sent Him a "love letter" similar to the one

mentioned above, telling Him how much I loved Him, how He

will always be first in my life, and that as long as I had Him,

that I would be content. I know He got my message!

Not everything has changed, but the most important thing has...

ME...all is well with my soul. I have the peace that passes all

understanding and joy unspeakable, and I am content in Him in

the midst of it all. Praise God!

I Corinthians 13:13

Now these three remain:

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE.

Rooted and grounded in the faith, love and hope of Christ Jesus,

Marlene JuHaros,

TexasSower

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