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See STORMS as 'SMROTS'

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Oh God! It's sweltering! In the house at 3.15pm, it appears the wind had been trapped somewhere in the horizon. In my desperation for comfort I laid on the floor in the living room, picked an inspirational magazine to read... wondering if the weather will ever change...then the thought of praying for a mighty rain sneaked into my mind...that was all I could remember as I opened my eyes at 5:45pm. I was woken by the loud crash of the pretty flower vase that sat boldly in front of an amazing artwork - "The Cross" which was placed on a cute stand at a quiet corner within the living room. What is happening? I muttered and hurriedly stood up to shockingly realize that the room was darkened. Wow! Looking through a window, I saw the dark clouds massed on the horizon, pregnant with water...the mighty rushing wind(stormy indeed) that accompanied this darkness was howling. Joyfully, I watched the rain bucketing down,  refreshing my mood, however, painfully I had to stoop down to g...

Living the Price.

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 Awesomized" is the word to describe my feelings while mulling over how God saved some of His chosen ones out of captivity. On point is the fact that it wasn't sin or their poor choices that led them there...it was actually part of the  process in God's divine plan to refine and make them channels of blessings. I was captivated especially by the lives of Joseph and Daniel. They chose to be different and didn't compromise their love and stand for God under extremely difficult circumstances.  In the process of sacrificing their privileges to honor God, they were invariably living the price which in turn in the fullness of time added up as the full payment of receiving the great gifts of interpreting and understanding dreams and visions. What they needed to get them out of captivity was given to them by God right there in the tough circumstances. In other words their sacrifices were payments for the great gifts God used in setting them free. God downloaded these great gif...