19 Nov 09 God Will Take Care of You

I recently celebrated a milestone birthday and that led my to do some reflecting on my life. As I look back over the years the one thing that I have seen over and over again is that God is faithful. Regardless of the situation or how things appeared at the time, God has always been faithful to me and my family. It started when I was a child and I realized that I need to accept Jesus as my Savior.

Two years later I felt God speaking to my heart and saying, “Ann, I want you to be a missionary.” I did not know what that was really, except that a missionary was someone who told others about Jesus. And at the age of ten I gave my life to Jesus.

Like most teenagers, I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to be or what I wanted to do when I grew up. However, one thing that I did always know was that God was watching out for me and that he had a plan for my life.

At college I met a great guy and we fell in love. We decided to serve in the mission field after we were married. That was an exciting time in our lives, going off to do something totally new and uncertain. Despite the excitement that we had, things in Africa were often quite challenging.

There were hurts and difficulties. There was a lot of tension politically. God always met every need in every place in ways that seemed impossible. When there was no flour to be had to bake bread, for we had to bake from scratch, He supplied that. When it looked like there would be no salt, somehow it was there when we needed it. When baby clothes were needed for our first child, God sent that too.

From there it was back to the States, and then on to France for missionary service, where our son was born. God was faithful over and over and over again with strength, with energy, and with finances. Year after year, God has been faithful.

God brought us back to the States, and we have been in Hanover over fifteen years. And in those fifteen years, God has been just as faithful on this side of the ocean as He was on the other side. He is good, my friend. He meets every need.

God’s protection and provision remind me of these words to a well-known song, “Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father. There is no shadow of turning with Thee. Thou changest not, Thy compassions they fail not. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.” Looking back on my years and how He has always been there I can confidently say “Great is Thy faithfulness!

Dr. Ann Shorb is a professional Christian counselor in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She provides counseling for a wide variety of issues including depression, marital issues, family issues, stress, ADHD, anxiety, grief and much more.

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