365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 240

It was only one day after the masacre up in Aurora at the movie theater when my daughter asks, "can we go see a movie?"  I had already said a week or so earlier we would go see Ice Age-Continental Drift and with nothing else planned for our day I knew it was the day to do it. Was I feeling a little wary about it? Of course! But I had to show my daughter that we cannot let our fears control us. We must move past them and conquer them with God's help. It was unerving to see a couple of police in the lobby at the movie theater but at the same time it was comforting to know that they were being precautious. If the breif stuff I saw about this tragic event on the news could ellicit fears in me, I can't even imagine how the people who were there and survived are feeling. I am thankful to God for helping me conquer my little fear and am praying he will help the survivors of the movie theater mascre to conquer their own fears. I like this quote I found about fears, "feed your faith and your fears will starve to death", author unknown. Drink in the Holy Spirit, feed on the truth in the Word and surround yourself with the Light of the World, Jesus Christ.

Psalm 56:3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

365 Days of Praise Challenge-Day 238

I was doing my morning exercise when my hubbie came down in his rob with shaving cream all over his face telling me to turn on the news that their was a mass shooting in south part of Denver. Needless to say my thoughts have been on this tragic event and the people who have been affected, some deathly. Despite the horror of events we turn on and see in our news in our neighborhoods and all over the world, we need to praise God for being there. Many will ask why? Why didn't God do something to save these people? I don't have that answer. I do know we live in a fallen world that is under the domain of the evil one and though we see and hear and even experience things of evil like this, God has not forgotten us. We have the hope of Jesus and of eternal life with God. Thank you Lord for rescusing us ultimately from the evil in this world. Give us courage to face each day knowing that despite what may happen you are for us not against us. Amen.
Romans 8:31-32 If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?