God Will Meet Your Needs
I recently celebrated a milestone birthday and that led my to do some reflecting on my life. As I look back over the years the one thing that I have seen over and over again is that God is faithful. Regardless of the situation or how things appeared at the time, God has always been faithful to me and my family. It started when I was a child and I realized that I need to accept Jesus as my Savior.
Only a few short years later I felt a clear calling from God to work towards a lifetime of service as a missionary. I hardly knew anything about missions at the time, except that missionaries told others about Jesus and the Bible. At that time I was 10 years old and I turned my life over to the Lord.
All through those teenage years I vacillated a little bit, not knowing exactly where I wanted to go, or what I wanted to study, or what I wanted to be. But I always knew God had His hand on my life and had given me a special purpose. As I went off to college way back in the 70′s, I decided to study Elementary Education so that I could prepare to share the Lord Jesus Christ with others in a foreign country.
At college I met a great guy and we fell in love. We decided to serve in the mission field after we were married. That was an exciting time in our lives, going off to do something totally new and uncertain. Despite the excitement that we had, things in Africa were often quite challenging.
There were personal struggles, challenges with being away from family and friends, and the political situation did not always seem stable. Through it all God was faithful to us without fail. Everything we needed, whether it be food or clothes for our new born, was provided to use even though it had seemed impossible.
When it was time to move on from Africa we returned to the States and then headed back to the mission field as we went to France. Throughout all of of years and through the many trials that we have faced, God has always been faithful.
After being in France for a few years we moved on and returned to the States where we have been for more than 20 years now. God was not only faithful to us when we were serving overseas, but He has continued to meet all of our needs since.
It reminds me of the song lyrics, “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father. There is no shadow of turning with Thee. Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.” As I look back on my life and see the things that He has done for me an my family I can certainly say, “Great is Thy faithfulness!
Dr. Ann Shorb is a professional counselor in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She provides professional counseling for a wide variety of issues including depression, marital issues, family issues, stress, ADHD, anxiety, grief and much more.
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