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Relying on God's Strength!

 

What a crazy few months January and February were! Since school resumed after our Christmas break, my hectic schedule has gotten the better of me and hasn't allowed me to do much with this blog. Most of January, I coordinated a three-school spelling bee and speech contest (which our school won!); I revamped and planned for the resuming of our children's Bible club, which started Feb.6; I scheduled and fought with hospital billing regarding my hernia surgery (I went under the knife on Feb. 25 and am still recovering); and during all this, we put our home back on the market, which resulted in several showings for which we had to do last minute cleaning. The stress of it all culminated when we had an offer on our house that fell through. This week, still recovering from the discomfort of a 7 inch incision, my school schedule prompted me to order and coordinate for this year's SAT testing as well as scheduling our first enrollment interview for a new student. That interview went well and we will have a new 6th grader on board for next year. On top of it all, our car was on the fritz and we had to trade that in on a newer ride. Oh, did I mention that the other car we had been trying to sell for the last six months finally sold...just days after we signed papers on the new car. ....... (taking breath) (deep sigh).

As you can see... it's been a very rough and busy last month or so for this Bickelhaupt household. But it's been a good time. Through it all, we have been faithful to God each morning in our daily Bible reading and prayer. He has answered many of our prayers and most of all, He has given us strength by which we have overcome the struggles of our busy life. To do all that I listed above would have been impossible without His strength.

I recently finished up reading the Book of Isaiah. It was a good time to be reading through this book, specifically because it offered hope and encouragement. I was particularly uplifted upon reading Isaiah 40:28-31. It reads, " Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

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