our names have been written down

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four months.

Four months later. That’s around 120 days. Lives have changed.

Four months ago today I was on my way to the Woodward Academy tournament when I received a phone call I never expected I’d get. My dad was diagnosed with cancer. Not any type of cancer. One that was pretty severe and had only a 66 percent survival rate.
But God is my helper.The Lord keeps me alive!
Psalm 54:4

Four months ago today I saw a part of my life possibly leave me. Today I recognized the power of hope. the power of God. the power of healing.
“If only you would prepare your heart and lift up your hands to him in prayer! You will forget your misery; it will be like water flowing away. Your life will be brighter than the noonday. Even darkness will be as bright as morning. Having hope will give you courage. You will be protected and will rest in safety.
Job 11:13, 16-18

Four months ago today the tests truly began. I knew that I would be tested – wouldn’t know how, but knew it was inevitable. Today I feel like i’ve conquered most of the battles and know how to conquer the rest ahead.
For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8:36-39

Four months ago today my heart broke. It was broken for the ones I loved the most. Today my heart is whole. My heart is ready for the next four months.

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you’re huge.

<a break from Acts>

“Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come to him with thanksgiving. Let us sing psalms of praise to him. For the Lord is a great God, a great King above all gods. The sea belongs to him, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land, too. Come, let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord our maker, for he is our God. We are the people he watches over, the flock under his care.” He holds in his hands the depths of the earth and the mightiest mountains.
Psalm 95:1-6

God you are bigger than life itself, you made us for one purpose: to serve you!  You hold the earth in your hands… there is no end to your domain.  You’re one great God.

I love you, Lord; you are my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety. I called on the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and he saved me from my enemies.
Psalm 18:1-3

The God I serve is a mighty God.

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