Risen and Reigning and So in Control

Hello Reader-Friends!

I just have to make an annoucement for all of you who don't know or even those of you who do...

MY GOD IS HUGE! He is risen and reigning and so in control!
I have had a good many answered prayers lately.

We prayed that God would introduce us to people of peace in Las Vegas--who would be interested in Bible study and in the midst of many closed doors, as we "seeked" and quite literally "knocked", he answered! We left Vegas and our friends with a good handful of contacts for God's glory.
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While we were in Vegas, some of our very dear friends from our church were in a horrific car crash. One of my close friends I grew up with walked away with a concusion but his daddy was airlifted to the hospital and has been  there with all kinds of life threatening complications. Today, the update was that his CT showed no brain activity and it seemed like there wasn't much more hope. To be perfectly honest, I prepared myself for the worst...but only for a moment. God reminded me how big he is and that I should pray with expectation that he would do something. So I did, as did many others. And the news tonight is that he has regained brain activity!!! Of course, its not over. Anything can happen, he can back slide in a moment, so please join me reader friends in praying for Jimmy Terry and his family. Those of you who went to HHS may remember a sweet gentlemen, Drayton,(Jimmy's son). Maybe you have made a stop at Hernando Baptist's chruch office and met the sweet secretary, Phyllis (Jimmy's wife).
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Another answered prayer is that God has provided funds for school next year. I don't want to spend too much time on  this, knowing that there are greater needs than my education bill but I just am so amazed that as I wondered how I was going to pay for school next year, God already had it taken care of. I am recieveing an honorary English scholarship from the school. I cried when the chair of our department told me the news. One of my former professors told me that my academic record does have a lot to do with the selection but they were mostly impressed with character. I think its funny that I am being rewarded for just serving God. I hope that I have the opportunity to give God the glory for this award. I want the faculty who chose me for this award to know that I don't do anything kind for self satisfaction but that the character I try to model is so that they know they are loved not only by me but by my God. Can you believe he cares about our tiny request like money for school? That's why I believe he definitely cares about he bigger things like starving children and hurting hearts--that's our motivation. Think about all the resources he uses to answer our prayers. He is using us to answer others' prayers too.

Blogging my Battles and Blessings,
Amber Marie