copyright(c) 2018 Daneille Gray Snowden
2018
STAY ON THIS JOURNEY
Article in Jasper Co. News Eagle Feb. 2018 (In IL)
STAY ON THIS JOURNEY
By the Holy Spirit through His Daughter ~Daneille
“You’re blessed when you stay on course,
walking steadily on the road revealed by God.
You’re blessed when you follow his directions,
doing your best to find him.
That’s right—you don’t go off on your own;
you walk straight along the road he set.
You, God, prescribed the right way to live;
now you expect us to live it.
Oh, that my steps might be steady,
keeping to the course you set;
Then I’d never have any regrets
in comparing my life with your counsel.
I thank you for speaking straight from your heart;
I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
I’m going to do what you tell me to do;
don’t ever walk off and leave me.” Ps. 119:1,2
You’re blessed when you follow his directions,
doing your best to find him.
That’s right—you don’t go off on your own;
you walk straight along the road he set.
You, God, prescribed the right way to live;
now you expect us to live it.
Oh, that my steps might be steady,
keeping to the course you set;
Then I’d never have any regrets
in comparing my life with your counsel.
I thank you for speaking straight from your heart;
I learn the pattern of your righteous ways.
I’m going to do what you tell me to do;
don’t ever walk off and leave me.” Ps. 119:1,2
After
Jesus appealed to Jarius a religious leader to come heal his sick daughter; something happened along the way.
WHEN?
Along the way, the journey or the path! In the midst of travelling
from point A to point B. Something happened!
I don’t
care how old each of us are; this has to be reapplied often to our lives,
doesn’t it? It could be a short trip to the grocery store; a 4 year journey of
college education, or for us; on the JOURNEY
TO MINISTERING IN AFRICA as we raise support here in the United
States. At times, the journey to point B
is quick, then at other times; it is long, lonely and drearisome.
The scripture above; towards the end, the Psalmist writes: “I’ve
learned the pattern of your righteous ways.”
By learning the ‘Pattern of His
Ways’, is seeing how He reveals His Holy Character, that dispels Hope and
Strength. His Ways leave lasting fruit in souls, along with miracles unfolding
in lives (including our own).
What
happened along the way? A DELAY! “A
certain delay brought great blessings and deliverance to one desperate woman,
but a devastating blow to an anxious father.”
{S. Larson}
Mark 5:25-36
“And a woman, who had an issue of
blood twelve years, 26 and
had suffered many things of many physicians….came in the crowd behind, and touched
his garment… she felt
in her body that she was
healed of her plague. 30 And
straightway Jesus, perceiving in himself that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned him about in the
crowd, and said, Who touched my garments?
..he said
unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet
spake, they come from the ruler of the synagogue’s house, saying, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the
Teacher any further? 36 But
Jesus, [j]not heeding the word
spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.”
I am pretty sure Jairus would have liked for Jesus to
‘make-haste!’ There is just no time for anything; this is life and death…my
daughter’s life! Yet, Jesus stopped; for
one little lady; who was considered as a ‘nobody’ to many. He healed her body,
and encouraged her heart. What a lesson to be applied for every one of us!
As we are walking seemingly, a rather long journey of raising support; God has connected us with
hundreds of precious men, woman and children. We have been deeply touched, and
even changed by so many –as we have walked
this journey. Also, God has
taken us on paths to individuals that needed God’s Love in various forms. At
the grocery store, on the streets in a city, in churches, our neighborhood, and
in homes. Praying with brothers and sisters, the homeless, sick and hurting is
our daily routine.
YET; we are trying to get to AFRICA!
I shared this story once before; a seasoned missionary lady, Velma
Hardig stopped me and said to me; “When God is finished with you in Newton (in
the U.S.) you will be in Africa.” This has WIDENED the eyes of my heart; I find
myself looking everywhere with my spiritual eyes at everyone I see and hear. I
want to be “The Hands & Feet of Jesus” here as well as in Africa.
Many are asking when we are leaving for Africa. I want to tell
them; “In a few weeks!” Who knows, that may happen! But, I don’t know when for
sure. I know it will be soon. We are getting closer each week. We are over ¾
through the fund raising process.
Meanwhile, we want to STOP as Jesus did along the Journey; “…walking steadily on the road revealed by
God.” {From the passage above.}
Pray for us; for our strength to ‘STAY THE COURSE’ - With the Mind
of Christ, walking steadily in the Spirit. We get tired, but: “Greater is He
that is in me…” Right? “His strength is
made perfect in weakness!”
Author Daneille Gray Snowden
Ordained Minister
Missionary to Mozambique with
One Mission Society
Married to Rev. Brad Snowden
3 children; Nathan (in the U.S. Navy),
Felecia (Sophomore @Valley Forge Univ.)
Tabitha (sophomore in high school)
BA in Cross Cultural Communications
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