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A Glimpse of The Wow-ing God & Faith Filled Friday

9/6/2012

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I absolutely love when God sets up divine appointments. Did you hear the story about the girl with the red LIFE wristband? It is amazing! I'll give you a run down, but heading over to read the whole article is well worth your time. 

A girl wore a red rubber bracelet that said LIFE on it as a reminder for her to pray for the pre-born. She was at Wal-Mart and the bracelet came off her wrist as she was loading up groceries. She was pretty bummed and couldn't figure out how it had come off but hoped God would use it somehow.  Months later she was at work as a waitress and she got seated a girl in her twenties with a little baby. The baby was quiet and sweet and she began to talk to the mother about the baby and then noticed the mother of the baby had a red LIFE bracelet so she commented on it. The mother of the baby then told her the story of how she had found the bracelet in a Wal-Mart parking lot just after she had found out she was pregnant and everyone was pressuring her to have an abortion so she scheduled one for two days later. She picked up the bracelet and put it in her purse. "The woman recounted how at this bleakest of moments, she suddenly remembered the bracelet in her purse. She pulled it out and held it in her fingers until she drifted off into a trouble sleep. At one point she suddenly awoke in the middle of the night with the word "LIFE" surging through her mind and heart. In the morning, the woman canceled her abortion appointment." 

Wow huh! God orchestrated not 1 but 2 divine appointments for these two girls. When God does stuff like it leaves you with nothing else to say but, "Wow!"

John the Baptists entire existence was like a giant divine appointment. His time of living and job description were to fulfill prophecy written hundreds of years before he was even born. A job of preparing the way for and pointing to Jesus as the Messiah. 

"The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in Isaiah the prophet: "I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way"-- "a voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' "  And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.  John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.  And this was his message: "After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.  I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."  Mark 1:1-8

Did you know there are over 330 prophecies about Jesus in the Bible and every single one of them was fulfilled perfectly to the letter. Not just broad, sweeping, that could be talking about a lot of people type of thing. No, things like the tiny city He would be born, the specific line of people He would be born through, that He would be crucified between two thieves 500 years before crucifixion was even invented, that He would have His beard plucked out and would be betrayed by a friend for thirty pieces of silver that would be thrown on the temple ground. 

And did you know that the chances of just eight of those prophecies being fulfilled is a statistical impossibility. It is like filling the state of Texas two feet deep with silver dollars and painting one of them red and tossing it out there in Texas somewhere. And then you are to put on a blindfold and you have one chance to pick the red one. It's just not possible. Yet, God, the Orchestrator of divine appointments did the impossible not only 8 times, but over 330!

I hope you are wow-ed at God today because that is what He has in store for us through this new series going through the book of Mark. I just love how we can read the same thing over and over in Scripture and God still shows us something new, profound and yet beautifully personal and practical. I love how God wow's us no matter how many times we've read something! That has been my experience so far starting Mark and I can't wait to share the perspective and insights the Lord has shown me. I hope you will join me on the journey. 

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Faith Filled Friday Blog Hop

We exist to glorify God, to display His heart and character. And I just love how we are all uniquely built to do that. So every Friday I want to give you, uniquely designed by God, an opportunity to link up your thoughts on God, art, baking, photography, parenting, marriage, homeschooling, writing or blogging and more if they tie into or display the the Lord somehow. 

So go ahead and link up below by clicking the link below and following the prompts. Please just let your readers know by including a link at the bottom of your post (or somewhere on your side bar) or put my button code (found on my side bar or the Faith Filled Friday Tab) so they can find these other great people glorifying God and we can continue to grow as a community.Thanks! 

And in effort to encourage others in their writing by faith, please take a minute to comment on the two posts linked up before you. 

I'm linked up with the beautiful ladies at Fellowship Fridays, Nebraska Graceful, Reflection of Him,Spiritual Sunday, Heart Reflected, The Better Mom, Create with Joy.  
32 Comments
Rose
9/6/2012 02:08:49 pm

Great blog Laura and yes very encouraging to read the inspiring messages that the Lord puts on your heart. May God continue to use you daily!
Rose

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Laura
9/6/2012 02:52:58 pm

Thank you so much Rose!!! You are always such a blessing to me. Thank you!

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patsy link
9/6/2012 02:20:10 pm

WOW! Amazing God we serve! This is especially poignant for me because here in the Philippines we are fighting against a Reproductive Health Bill that is a HUGE deception. Even Christians want it passed because they believe it is pro-life when it is just the opposite! Patsy from <br /><a href="http://patsypat.blogspot.com"

rel="nofollow">HeARTworks</a> and <br /><a href="http://papemelroti.blogspot.com"

rel="nofollow">papemelroti</a>

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Laura
9/6/2012 02:56:21 pm

Oh man! That is so frustrating when people twist words to deceive. I hAd no idea that was going on. I will be praying for you. And how in the world did I miss the fact you live in the Philippines!! I have a horrible memory with details but it seems that would be something that stuck. So awesome!!!!!

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Wendy @ E1A link
9/6/2012 04:04:55 pm

Laura, will be back later today... heading out to work at the moment but don't want to miss this post. Read some of your posts last night and the insight and helps are brilliant. Thank you for the wealth of knowledge you so freely share.

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:01:30 am

How encouraging!! Thanks Wendy!

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Joe Pote link
9/6/2012 08:10:45 pm

Laura, I just love the series of scripture teachings that you do. You do a good job of gleaning relevant truths out of each passage.

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:02:37 am

Thanks for the encouragement Joe! I love doing them... you never run out of stuff to talk about using God's Word and that relieves a lot of stress for me. :)

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Laura Rath link
9/6/2012 08:54:05 pm

What a beautiful story of God at work! Thank you for sharing it, I hadn't heard it yet. And thank you for hosting the link-up. :)
In Christ,
Laura

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:04:19 am

It is so amazing! Someone had shared it on facebook and it was just so awesome!

Thanks for linking up! I love how you write!

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Christina link
9/6/2012 09:10:03 pm

That is an amazing story! I love the book of Mark. We did a study on it this spring and it was wonderful. Thanks for sharing this!

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:05:14 am

Yay! I am loving it too! It is so crazy this time reading it, it's like I feel like I am there. It is blowing my mind!

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Tracey Soko link
9/6/2012 09:34:51 pm

I love how God wove all the little details into the life of Jesus - it is not like Jesus could sit down and read the prophesies trying to fulfill them one by one - he had no control over many of them like where he was born. So cool!

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:06:30 am

No kidding!!! Gives so much weight to the authority of Scripture and I love that God did that. He is a reasoning God. :)

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Gail link
9/6/2012 09:42:28 pm

What a touching story about the red life bracelet. I know God is working like this all the time, but it's so nice when He lets us catch a glimpse. Gail

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:07:29 am

Yes!! It gives so much encouragement to keep on living for Him even when we don't see results.

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Lauren link
9/6/2012 09:43:06 pm

What a wonderful story. Thanks for posting this, it is so encouraging to read this beautiful testimony. I'm amazed at God's goodness!

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Laura
9/8/2012 09:08:34 am

Sure thing! It's my pleasure to talk about the incredible things God is doing. :)

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Rina Peru link
9/6/2012 10:08:23 pm

I'm constantly wowed by God hearing testimonies upon testimonies of His wonders, miracles and mighty deeds in church. The danger is that, one may begin to see them as ordinary, but God makes a way that we remain in awe and hungry for more.

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Laura
9/9/2012 09:57:34 am

Yes! So true!!

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Danise Jurado link
9/7/2012 12:22:27 am

Wowed indeed! Our God is so very faithful! beautiful and encouraging post! Thank you for sharing and for hosting!

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Laura
9/9/2012 09:59:11 am

Yay!!! I'm glad your impressed with the Lord!! Isn't it just such a privilege to get to know Him!?

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David link
9/7/2012 01:28:22 am

Loved that story! Incredible what God can do with the littlest of things.

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Laura
9/9/2012 10:00:30 am

No kidding! Gives me such hope since it seems what we have to offer feels so little compared to what He deserves.

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Kathleen link
9/7/2012 01:45:27 am

God is so, so, so good! That red bracelet story just brought tears to my eyes. What a mighty God we serve! And yes, all those prophecies and even today we are seeing more being fulfilled. Beautiful post of God's faithfulness.

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Laura
9/9/2012 10:02:59 am

Yay!! God has a way of blowing our minds and putting us in awe of Him. Which that in itself is amazing... That He enables the finite to get a glimpse of the infinite.

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Wendy @ E1A link
9/7/2012 03:12:21 am

What a remarkable story! Even more remarkable to know that all these prophecies in the Bible that are fulfilled!

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Laura
9/9/2012 10:05:02 am

:)

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Alecia link
9/7/2012 08:00:15 am

Your right there is only one word that describes it when you hear a story like that one...WOW! So unbelievable the ways of God.
I so enjoy reading your blog, I always read something that puts a smile on my face!

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Laura
9/9/2012 10:06:19 am

Aw, thank you so much Alecia!!!

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Elizabeth Austin link
9/8/2012 01:45:06 pm

Wow! Gave me goose bumps as I read the story. Love His mysterious ways and how He entertwines our lives for His purposes.

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Laura
9/9/2012 10:07:33 am

Awesome!!
I love that too!!!

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