Debbie W. Wilson

Refreshing Faith

Which Plan Is Better?

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“If God has a plan for your life, and you have a plan for your life, whose plan do you think is better?” Christian psychologist, Henry Brandt’s question has an obvious answer, right? It turns out that only those with a renewed mind truly grasp that God’s plan really is more pleasing than the world’s.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2

I remember a young woman asking me at church to pray for her to know God’s will. Continue Reading

Valuing Every Life

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What can compare with the miracle of a new baby? Holding your child for the first time creates an incomparable bond. I remember being surprised by the fierce protective love I felt for this little person I hardly knew.

Imagine holding your new son knowing that your king had commanded the destruction of all baby boys from your race. The Hebrews in ancient Egypt faced this when Pharaoh commanded the Egyptians to toss the Hebrew male infants to the crocodiles (Exodus 1:22 NIV). I wonder if he remembered all the baby boys he had ordered killed when the tenth plague took his own son? Did a child’s life suddenly become precious?

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Perspective

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So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18

A siege from Aram brought Israel a devastating famine. Israel had lost hope when Elisha the prophet informed the king the famine would end the next day.

“Impossible” the king’s right-hand officer responded. Yet the next day, four lepers found the enemy’s camp evacuated. They’d left plenty of food and treasure behind. The famine ended in a day. The people had plenty to eat, but the soldier was trampled to death and did not eat any of it, just as Elisha had predicted (2 Kings 7).Continue Reading

Adventures in Faith

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The knot in the pit of my stomach reminded me of my disappointment. “Lord, what do you want me to learn from this” I prayed. The disappointment was nothing earth shaking, but something I had looked forward to. Something I’d spent money, time and effort on, and it had not lived up to its billing. Now it was installed and part of my life.

Photo by:Maria Victoria Heredia Reyes

I sensed the Lord asking me to trust Him. As I reviewed the facts I realized Larry and I had done our research, sought God’s leading, and done the best we could with the knowledge we had. One of the purchases met our expectation; there had been no way to predict that the second one would not. The lesson for me was to trust God with what I could not understand.

I don’t like to make mistakes. I know you don’t either. Sometimes I let things I can’t control gnaw at me.

Letting go of my mistakes and trusting God to use them for my good and His glory is where faith meets life (Rom. 8:28).

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