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“Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,”  Jude 1:24 I remember a few years ago when my daughter got her driver's license.  She was excited the day of her test and ready to show her skills on both the road and maneuverability test. I was too high-strung to help much with instruction (I did pay for the classes).  Her father took her out for practice and he also took her to the Driver's Bureau to take the test. All went well with the road test.  Then came the maneuverability.  One cone down and a joyful young lady quickly became heart broken.  Words meant to encourage did little to ease the pain.  However, faithful to His promise the Lord through the Holy Spirit gave her hope. I said to my daughter:  "Life is full of maneuvers and blind spots.  But, what may appear or not to be blind spots for us are not blind spots for God.  Put him in front of your maneuvers and He wil

March 15 2014 "I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."      Psalms 27:13 "Everywhere you go there is trouble.  Everywhere you go there is strife.  Everywhere you go there is something that worries you.  But, remember, my God is standing by."              - Walter Hawkins Trouble does not always announce itself. Sometimes it seems that almost out of nowhere it is sitting next to you, looming over you or chasing you.  No one is exempt.  There may be seasons of calm but there are also seasons filled with storms.  Jesus tells us in St. John 16: 33 " In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." Trouble can make us tremble but it doesn't have to make us faint.  It can tire us but it does not have to weary us. Galatians 6:9 " And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Don't fa