Our oldest son is graduating this weekend. I've drug out the papers and art projects that were squirreled away in the basement, scanned pre-digital photos and put them together for a slide show. And it's time. Time to brag on God.
With graduation looming, floods of answered prayer come to mind. A friend and I meet weekly to pray for our children and schools and this is how we've seen God work:
- We prayed that God would expose dangerous substances in our community and that very night police arrested members of a drug ring from Chicago at the local grocery store. Shots were fired. No one was hurt.
- We continue to pray for the safety of our high school and middle school students. For the last three years, there have been no end-of-the-year or alcohol-related accidents. We have specifically asked God to intervene in cases of attempted suicide, and have seen His hand in that as well.
- We have prayed for those who guide and guard our schools: the administrators, school board, and counselors. God has continued to prompt them to lead with righteousness and justice.
- We have asked God to make Himself known through excellence in our education system, and this is the result: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/West-Liberty-Cracks-Iowa-Top-Ten-in-Best-High-Schools-Rankings-151057875.html
- We pray for strength and perseverance for our teachers, for unmet and hidden needs of students, for attentiveness and diligence. God provides.
- We have prayed about weather for both school- and construction-related events and praised God as He worked all things for His glory.
Personally, I am praising, blessing, and thanking God for the years we've enjoyed with our son. We are extremely blessed and proud of him, of who he is, of who he will become. He will be missed at our house and enjoyed elsewhere.
In wrapping up the school year, I ran across this verse: Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23-24).
This is my God--a God of kindness, justice and righteousness who is actively at work. Have you seen Him lately? It's your turn to brag!
With graduation looming, floods of answered prayer come to mind. A friend and I meet weekly to pray for our children and schools and this is how we've seen God work:
- We prayed that God would expose dangerous substances in our community and that very night police arrested members of a drug ring from Chicago at the local grocery store. Shots were fired. No one was hurt.
- We continue to pray for the safety of our high school and middle school students. For the last three years, there have been no end-of-the-year or alcohol-related accidents. We have specifically asked God to intervene in cases of attempted suicide, and have seen His hand in that as well.
- We have prayed for those who guide and guard our schools: the administrators, school board, and counselors. God has continued to prompt them to lead with righteousness and justice.
- We have asked God to make Himself known through excellence in our education system, and this is the result: http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/West-Liberty-Cracks-Iowa-Top-Ten-in-Best-High-Schools-Rankings-151057875.html
- We pray for strength and perseverance for our teachers, for unmet and hidden needs of students, for attentiveness and diligence. God provides.
- We have prayed about weather for both school- and construction-related events and praised God as He worked all things for His glory.
Personally, I am praising, blessing, and thanking God for the years we've enjoyed with our son. We are extremely blessed and proud of him, of who he is, of who he will become. He will be missed at our house and enjoyed elsewhere.
In wrapping up the school year, I ran across this verse: Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:23-24).
This is my God--a God of kindness, justice and righteousness who is actively at work. Have you seen Him lately? It's your turn to brag!
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