Following God...

We all go through times were it feels as if we are in the dark, we are lost and have little or no clue where our life is going. As Christians we have 

the promise that we do not have to go through life alone. In Psalm 23 we see that God is our Shepherd leading us everywhere we are to go.

Psalm 23 (with emphasis)

The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
     He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
     he refreshes my soul.
He guides me along the right paths
    for his name’s sake.

Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,[a]
I will fear no evil,
    for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

 You prepare a table before me
    in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
 Surely your goodness and love will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

All we need to do is to trust and follow God. There will be times when he seems silent, but remember he is always right beside us, holding our hand and leading the way. 

Continually Growing at The Grove!

Miss Megan

The Value of Prayer

A lot of times you hear stories of how people were blessed by someone praying for them, and how they felt those prayers in a time they needed it most. And I too can share stories of how I have had those times myself. But lately God has been reminding me of the joy and blessing that comes from praying for someone. 

I have a notebook in which I keep a list of people that I pray for daily, and on subsequent pages I list out specific prayer needs that come up. Each day I pray through these pages and I love this time spent talking to the God of the universe about the little and big things going on in our lives. 

Recently I have begun the prayer campaign with the church and I have found myself looking forward to that portion of my prayer time. In fact there have been times when I read the page for that day first and then after praying the scripture over my teens I went back and prayed it for my entire list as well. I know that I have no power in my prayers. They are just words issuing from my mouth. But my God has more power than is imaginable and he has promised that his word will not return void. He has promised that when we call out to him he will answer. And I am banking on those promises as I pray. 

Prayer is a blessing for both sides, the ones praying and the ones being prayed for. I hope that every Christian gets to experience this blessing from both sides in a real way.

Gratefully Growing at The Grove

Miss Megan

Taking Time

I missed posting here last week because I was on vacation. It was very enjoyable and I was sad to see it end. But one thing that being on vacation reminded me of is that all of us need to take time every now and then to just get away from our day to day grind. You do not have to go far away, in fact you do not have to go anywhere at all if you don't want to. But what we all need is to have some time a day, or two every now and again to stop checking our phones and email, leave the housework, and job behind, and just rest and rejuvenate. This looks different for everyone. For some it may be reading a book, for others it might be exploring somewhere new, it could be going shopping with friends, for others it might be getting a full nights rest and maybe even a nap. Whatever you need to do to take time for yourself, make sure that you make the time to do that. This is the example we were given by God during creation. He took time to rest, and so why should we feel the need to work harder than God?

Gracefully Growing at The Grove!

Miss Megan