Here I Raise My Ebenezer

Here I Raise My Ebenezer!

If you click on the link attached to the statement

above, you will find the meaning behind this familiar phrase.

How wonderful it is to recount the ways in which

our Great God blesses us!

He is eternally Good.  He does all things well.

He leads, guides, directs and graciously provides.

We have nothing to fear when we belong to Him.

How precious He is!

Lately, there have been situations we have found

ourselves in that were perplexing and trying.

We literally didn't know where to turn.

So, we stopped and waited.

We prayed and considered.
We sought the Lord for direction.

Then, always at the time when a decision

was required, the direction to move in was made clear.

By the advice of a physician, through new information revealed,

through the reading of the Word of God and prayer,
through the closing of a door or the opening of another.
How precious it is to belong to our Great God!

We have had many blessings in the past few weeks.
We have endured sorrows and heartache.
We have been stretched and tried.
And, we have seen the LORD meet 
our every need moment by moment.

He is eternally Good!

So, today, I raise my ebenezer.
I recount some of the ways in which we have been blessed.
And, through it all, I give thanks ~
To the ONE Who gives all!

I give thanks for...

~ Sparkly shoes found in a bin of hand-me-downs
for our little miss

~ Many new outfits to enjoy from that
same bin of clothes...what a blessing!
(Thank you *E* and *S* for sharing).

~ Sunshine streaming in through the windows
after many wet and grey days

~ A Dad for my boys who is willing to teach

~ Letting them be men

~ Two up a ladder...
and the work they were doing and what it meant

~ My clothesline re-installed...

and new-to-Emma dresses (from the bin) drying in the sun.

~ More things to explore and implement for the treatment of Crohn's
(I cannot recommend all of this book;
there are non-Christian ideas put forward within its pages
that must not be adhered to.  However, it has merit, it would seem).

~ New life springing forth and the promise of Spring!

~ The best book ever (of course, the Bible is first)... 
Highly recommended!!

~ A little girl was continually looking for a pair of
AirWalks to purchase (for the last two years or so)...
however, her Mum said they must be on sale
before they would be taken home.
They never seemed to be on sale.

Wouldn't you know it?
The BIG bin of hand-me-downs had a pair of AirWalks in it!
It wasn't a need, but the LORD graciously provided anyway.
They will have to be grown into, but, Emma is happy to wait.  :)

It is a refreshing habit to stop and consider
all that the LORD has done this day and in the days gone by.
When we notice them all in detail and praise Him,
we bring honour to His Name.

May He continually open our eyes that we might see.

Many Blessings,

Camille