my tree of faith

On Saturday, I went to go visit my nephew in Houston. While we were there we went on the "Azalea trail", which was a tour of several houses that had flowers in bloom. But when I saw one tree, it reminded me of the writings that Vanya had written about in her letters....



To see life coming from lifelessness and know that God has His hand on it to show it as a display of what He can do...that He can overcome anything and make it brand new. The question for us as believers is-How often do we remember that He has overcome anything? We should remember what Rav Shaul (Paul) wrote in Romans 8:38-39 (Complete Jewish Bible)[notations mine]:

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels or other heavenly rulers, neither what exists (present) nor what is coming (future), neither powers above nor powers below, nor any created thing (and everything is created in one way or another)will be able to separate us from the love of God which comes to us through the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.

and what it says in Hebrews 13:8-
Yeshua the Messiah is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Right now, I am going through a time of aimlessness with my work situation, but with faith, I can see that the same Lord who brought me out of the shadows of death, can certainly bring me through the shadows of unemployment (Thank you Bruce, for reminding me to remind myself). And He can do it in such a way as to bring life and testimony out of lifelessness.

P.S.-while I am writing this, I am asking prayer for a couple of friends of mine.

1. Chad Elliott-a good friend of mine; I found out from his wife Kat that he is in the hospital with acute pancreatitis.It looks like he will be in the hospital until Thursday with about a 2 week recovery period. Pray that his time in the hospital will be one where he is ministered to and that the physicians and those attending him will take good care of him. and pray that the recovery period will be "speeded up" (if the Lord allows) and that everything is taken care of.
2. Jeannette De La Paz-just recently went through surgery for cancer and it appears that everything went great. Pray that she will recover quickly from the surgery, that she continue to be blessed by her friends and her CBS family. And that everything was removed and that she will be able to use this as a testimony of the healing power of Adonai Rapha (the Lord who heals).