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Is it God or is it Satan??

Psalms 9:1+2

I will praise you,O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders.
I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise in your name,O Most High.
9: The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
10: Those who know your name will trust in you for you LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.

Those verses have seen me through some devastating times in my life!!

And with each trial I've gone through I have asked myself,
"Is this GOD'S hand? Or is it Satan's??
It would seem the closer I seek to be with the Lord... the more the world around me has squeezed the very breath I praise him with from me!!!
But what I AM SURE of is that, no matter what, He has been right here with me!!

The last three or so years have been one devastation after another, and had it not been for God's love of me, his patience with me, I would never have made it
I have lost :
1) My Grandfather, he was my HERO!!
2) My closest and best friend of over 21 years(lukemia)
3)my mother-in-law(cancer)
4)my sister-in-law(accadentle od)
5)4 other close friends(all under the age of 45!!)
6)my home
7)my car
8)my job
9)all my household belongings
10)my horses
11)my dog
12)my fiancee'(break-up)
13)my savings!

But... what I have NOT lost is my undieing love of the LORD
My son
My family
What I have gained is a clearer understanding that HE WILL provide what I NEED!!

But I ask myself
Are these tests of my faith from GOD??
Or has Satan been trying to cause me to fall??
And if its been Satan then he has learned that it will take more than HE can dish out to make me turn from my Lord!!!!!!!
And I know everytime I fail... Satan is having himself a good laugh,
But I am closer to my Lord!!!
So in the end God does have the last laugh!!

God has provided me peace of heart where the loss of my loved ones are concerned.
He has provided a home for my son and I. Altho I feel Satan has had to put his 2cents worth in by the fighting abusive nieghbores I now have!
He has provided a car for me through the kindness of others who have seen my struggles and sold me one VERY cheap!! And yet again I feel Satan got his licks in when I went sliding on ice and hit a dumpster breaking out the back window!! When that happened I just calmly told God it was up to him to make it a good day now!!
Put er in drive and went to work!!
Everything else I have lost I feel I can live without... .
All these things that have been heaped upon me in such a short span of time, have taught me to TRUST the LORD again!!

posted: 02/25/2007 05:59am by songbird View: Backlinks, Permalink Total Views: 1131 ShortURL: http://christianblog.com/d27b Category: Inspirational	Print This Blog Entry
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Author: songbird
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Posted 02/25/2007 09:25am
Author: poodlelady

The phrase "Satan get thee behind me has been used quite a bit here lately... , You would think he'd get the hint!!
Bless you Poodlelady!!, Sending you much love,
Songbird

Posted 02/25/2007 12:28pm
Author: songbird

Your perseverance is a great gift from God and it's amazing. Sometimes I wonder the same thing: if a trial is of Satan or if it is a lesson from God. I look back at my life before Christ was in my life fully and trials seem like they were from the evil one. Now in Christ, I can't help but to see God's handiwork in everything, be it good or bad. Either way, if God is using His "Tool of trouble" to have you learn a lesson in a manner of which there is no other, or if Satan is trying to make you fall, God's Will is done because you have grown closer to Him! Satan can only do what the Lord allows. remember Job was not allowed to be harmed unless God granted the devil the right. thanks for sharing and God bless you!

lunky

Posted 02/25/2007 07:39pm
Author: lunky

You know, I've been going through a rough spot myself lately. But what I read about you in your past 3 years makes the book in the Bible I think about a lot lately even more relevant. What Job went through after Satan asked God to let him test Job is what has helped me, and reading your blog makes me think back to Job again.
You know the book says that God will only give you what you can handle, and I know I've been at the point, asking God, "how much more am I getting Lord?" The thing I keep in mind is the world around me seemed to be crumbling, but really, of all of it, not one thing was in my control; I had little to nothing to do with what was happening around me. That actually gave me faith and encouragement that the Lord was speaking to me, trying to move me from being so complacent. I wasn't making the greatest choices, was caring a little too much about worldy things, and they started falling apart when I turned to the Lord. It's truly amazing how He works.

God bless you songbird and keep the faith

Posted 02/26/2007 11:36am
Author: murph

Thank you Lunky and Murph for your words of encurragment!!
Yes the book of Job is one of my favorites!! It gives me hope that these trials are from God or permitted by God and that HE has Faith in ME that I WILL overcome them and only move closer to him because of them!!!!
I think He wanted to show me all is never lost as long as I have him!! That maybe I was putting the worth of my well being ,and the fate of my future in the wrong hands!! That maybe I had begun to feel sorry for myself and he needed my full attention and the only way he was able to do that was bring me to a point where HE was the ONLY one in my life that I could count on!!!!
Looking back I can see soooo many times I should have just given it to the Lord... and my stubborn pride let me think I could handle it on my own!! What a tough lesson to learn!!!! I've always held fast to the "He helps those who help themselves " theme.
And I missed the point that He wanted me to give it to him!!! And every time I went whining to him of another failure, I missed the point again!! He gave me plenty of chances to go willingly to him... . I passed every one of them up!! By letting Satan whisper to me that I had to do it on my own!! Well now I can see that of course Satan did'nt want me going to the Lord with my troubles...he knew the Lord would take the sleep from my eyes so that I could open them wide and see what Satan had been doing in my life!!!
Not to say all my troubles are past, just that now I have such an inner peace about things!! Where once I was on the verge of a total breakdown, now I feel strong in the knowledge that I can go to the Lord and give it to him and not spend my days and nights in needless worry and regret!!!!
I have found by doing this I am now able to give more of my time to the LORD!!
Oh I have no doubts that Satan is lerking in every bad situation waiting for the chance to turn it into devastation... ...
But me n God... we have a surprise for him!!!
God Bless you!!!
Stay strong!!
Songbird!

Posted 02/26/2007 03:33pm
Author: songbird

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