Quote from Forum Archives on September 4, 2002, 7:37 am

Posted by: vmwusa_2000 <vmwusa_2000@...>

Dear Brian,
I wish to thank you for taking the time to share these important Scriptures with
us. Please bear in mind that I'm not new to Scriptures and Bible reading. But,
I'd have to reveal more than I'm comfortable with to tell you the impact on me of
the Scriptures you chose to share this morning. Having been awakened by the
strongest lightening and thunder I can remember experiencing, I've already been
typing out some of my favorite thoughts this morning so I wasn't really hungry
for more spiritual food. But, please, please, please, believe me, today you've
done good in at least one person's life! 🙂 The each of the specific Scriptures
are of TREMENDOUS value to me today. THANK YOU!

As to your job search, I'm an Independent Recruitment Consultant located in
Hartford, CT.
I'd be happy to take a look at your resume and, if you'd like, help you
to create a job search plan that should help increase your chances of success.

Also, you may want to look at this article:
flashcommerce.com/l/article.p?article_id=01/01/17/113221

I look forward to hearing from you.

God bless you and yours.

-Vincent Wright
Independent Recruitment Consultant
card.netscape.com/vmwport
WINGS: Why I Need God's Spirit

Brian Masinick wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> I got a message from a friend this evening. She knows that I've
> been looking for permanent work for quite some time and that I've
> been actively searching, yet waiting on God for the job, place,
> and situation that God wants me to be in. So when my friend saw
> this message, she sent it to me.
>
> I can take the time to edit this message and pass it on to you
> because I am waiting for my dear wife to make it home safely from
> work... she just started a new part time job herself!
>
> I can wait on God expectantly, yet I can still pursue a career
> path, and measure the options I have available to me against the
> standard of balancing fanily needs, income, the chance to share
> who I am (and my source of hope) with others.
>
> This is all about whom I shall trust. The Bible has a well known
> passage in Proverbs 3:5-6 that says "Trust in the Lord with all
> your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all of
> your ways acknowledge him, and He will make your paths straight."
>
> Psalm 37 ssys this, starting in verse 3:
>
> 3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
> dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
> 4 Delight yourself in the Lord
> and he will give you the desires of your heart.
>
> 5 Commit your way to the Lord ;
> trust in him and he will do this:
> 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
> the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.
>
> 7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him;
> do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
> when they carry out their wicked schemes.
>
> 8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
> do not fret-it leads only to evil.
> 9 For evil men will be cut off,
> but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.
>
> 10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
> though you look for them, they will not be found.
> 11 But the meek will inherit the land
> and enjoy great peace.
>
> I believe all of that, and I don't have to worry about anything.
>
> Your Brother in Christ,
> Brian
>
> Waiting
> Gail Rodgers
> -------------------------------------
>
> He stood at the window waiting. All day he waited. Three years
> old and the promise of Grandma and Grandpa arriving consumed
> him. I could not distract him to play or to color or to ride his
> bike. He was waiting. His child mind could not comprehend the
> eight-hour drive. I knew the time would go faster, be more
> enjoyable and maybe even productive if he left the window. But he
> waited, and it seemed to be agonizingly long!
>
> I realized that I am often like that with God. I know He will
> eventually arrive with the answer to my prayer. I know I can
> trust Him for an answer to my circumstance, my question or my
> longing. And I wait. I wait for the answer, and sometimes it
> seems agonizingly long.
>
> Sometimes when God's answer seems to take too long I find myself
> beginning to lose heart. Trust in my God may even waver. ("Are
> they REALLY coming, Mommy?")
>
> And then God speaks. His Word touches my heart and He tells me
> what to do. He tells me how to wait.
>
> "Wait on the Lord. Be of good courage and He shall strengthen
> your heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord." Psalm 27:14.
>
> Suddenly I realize I am not waiting on the Lord. I am simply
> waiting on an answer. And waiting on an answer is so empty, as it
> consumes me to distraction from other things God would have me do
> or focus on. His Word tells me to be strong, to wait on Him for
> my strength. Wait on Him, not simply on an answer.
>
> So I turn from the window, from the waiting on the arrival of my
> answer. I lean on Him to draw courage and strength. I ask Him to
> point me in the direction of what He wants me to do today and my
> waiting changes. It changes from anxious, distracted waiting to a
> more productive waiting. Waiting that says, "I can trust you
> with this, Lord. Help me now to be renewed in my strength and to
> focus on accomplishing what is in front of me today."
>
> Are you waiting today for God's intervention or His answer? Do
> you feel suspended over a cliff wondering if you will fall?
> Change your waiting. Stop waiting for the answer, trust God with
> the timing, and start waiting on God to strengthen you to do what
> He has set in your path today. Days, weeks, even months and years
> can be wasted if we put our focus on the waiting and not on our
> God.
>
> Today you can have a heart that draws strength from the God of
> the universe, in spite of the question marks punctuating your
> life. Pick up the task in front of you and wait first on your God
> for courage and strength as you wait for His answer.
>
> Gail Rodgers draws from her own life experience in her roles as
> wife, mother of three, business woman and as a pastor to
> women. She has a passion for discovering and sharing how the
> Scriptures apply in very practical ways where we live and walk
> each day. She resides in Alberta, Canada with her family
>
> =====
> --
> Brian Masinick, mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
> Home page: www.geocities.com/masinick/
>
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