It was a tough seven years for Egypt and all the surrounding communities. There was a famine in Egypt, and it said the famine was so severe that the people did not even remember the seven years of plenty. Sometimes if we have a famine in our lives or in our country (unemployment), we don’t remember the good times. The Lord sent Joseph ahead to prepare for the famine.
Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the land of Egypt, but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land. Genesis 41:29-30
There are times I'm floating along in life and everything is going well and then “bang.” Sort of like those people in Georgia, and I heard a friend of mine was in a car accident and is having surgery on his back and the other passenger is in ICU.
(A massive storm system moving across the South caused a tornado near Adairsville, Georgia, 60 miles north of Atlanta. Local TV stations are showing dozens of cars overturned on Interstate 75 and several buildings damaged. All lanes of the interstate are blocked in both directions near Adairsville, the Georgia Department of Transportation reports. )
I had not been sick over in a year and then I got a little of that flu bug, but I had to work late to meet a deadline last week and had surgery on my face, or it's a bunch of financial problems. Anyway, it makes me think of that verse at times about us "being struck down."
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Cor. 4:9
There is a promise about “renewing” our strength in the Lord.
But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint. Isaiah 40:31
Eagles soar above everything. I am not a young spring chicken anymore that bounces back so easily when it comes to breaking my ankle, breaking my heart, but the good news is no I am not a young chicken, but I can be an eagle. Eagles soar above the storms in life.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 2 Cor. 4:16
Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. Hebrews 12:3
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9
God carries us like a mother eagle on his wings at times, but then He wants us to fly like an eagle on our own and that is through exercising our faith in trusting in Him in the tough times. In “all” our ways acknowledge him and he will direct our paths. Proverbs 3:6
You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Exodus 19:4
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them on its pinions. Duet 32:11
He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. Psalm 91:4
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. Rev. 12:14
You Raise Me Up: Josh Groban:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnztMhtUF6o
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