What is Surprising Treasures.com? I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. Isaiah 45:3 I used to wonder if God was watching me muck through life. I used to wonder if [...]
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Why? Why does there have to be loss and suffering? Why are we afflicted with pain and disability? Why are some people born with such all encompassing limitations and special needs? Why isn’t life fair? There are no easy answers…… but if you believe the Bible is God’s [...]
Read More eternity, fallen world, inspiration, tree of lifeCAN YOU FATHOM THE MYSTERIES OF GOD? CAN YOU PROBE THE LIMITS OF THE ALMIGHTY? THEY ARE HIGHER THAN THE HEAVENS ABOVE YOU! THEY ARE DEEPER THAN THE DEPTHS BELOW! THEIR MEASURE IS LONGER THAN THE EARTH AND WIDER THAN THE SEA! JOB 11:7-9 The Mariana Trench is the deepest point in the earth’s [...]
Read More diving deep, special needs, Stephan Curtis Chapman, treasure hunteri Peace is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God. Oswald Chambers I would have hated living in a cave. When spring comes, I relish basking in warm sunshine, literally feeling vitamins and energy coursing through my body! Falling into a dark, damp, spooky cave with bats and bugs, doesn’t really [...]
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Jesus Will Meet You There Steven Curtis Chapman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xhhEUGKZOM When you think you’ve hit the bottom and the bottom gives way and you fall into a darkness no words can explain and you don’t know how you make it out alive Jesus will meet you there. When the doctor says, “I’m sorry, we don’t know [...]
Read More darkness, depression, guidance, inspiration, losing your way, special needsIt’s hard to relinquish control. I hate to lose and I would rather fight til I drop than surrender. In some ways that’s a good thing. I need to have that “fighting” spirit to get through life. But that very same character trait of fighting perseverance has the negative flip side of stubborn [...]
Read More going forward, submission, surrender, yieldPsalms 23 is probably the most memorized Psalm in the Bible. He leads me beside still waters…He makes me lie down in green pastures. This verse J u M p E d in my head one day as I was trying to “make” one of my children lay down and take a much needed [...]
Read More green pastures, rest, restoration, shepherdOne of my favorite books of all time is by Hannah Hurnard, “Hinds Feet on High Places.” It’s an allegory I can relate to every time I read it. The story is a triumphant tale of a “crippled” girl called Much Afraid, following the Chief Shepherd- Jesus- to the High Places. Her journey is filled [...]
Read More God's soveriegnty, inspiration, perspectiveThere is a huge difference between grief, sadness, and depression, and falling into the grips of the quick sands of self-pity. Depression is being consumed with sadness- self pity is being consumed with our SELF. Jesus recognizes our grief and sadness——–even the sighing of our souls-depression. (and if depression lasts too long, I believe we [...]
Read More depression, fallen world, inspiration, Jesus cares, Jesus will meet you there, living between the trees, mourning, pit, quicksand, sadness, self, self pity, sighing, transformation“A merry heart does good like a medicine. But a broken spirit dries up the bones.” Proverbs 17:22 KJV A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. Proverbs 17:22 NLT A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired. Proverbs 17:22 [...]
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