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1 | 3 generations influenced by 1 verse | Phil 4:19 | Jalek | 240259 | ||
Greetings, This verse was my grandmother's favorite verse. She told me once that this verse helped her raise five children through poverty stricken times. She, my grandpa, and their children never had much, but she said God always provided what they needed. She would write to my dad every week when he was serving his country in Vietnam. She would end each letter with this verse. My dad said it was the one thing that kept his hopes alive during that traumatic time. She could write the verse down on ever card she gave me for my birthday and for Christmas. She even had a plaque in her room with this verse on it. For years, I knew the theology and meaning behind it, the context of the passage, but it didn't really hit home until today. I've been going through a personal financial crisis where I was going to be homeless in under four days if a miracle didn't happen. My dad, my pastor, my church, and my friends have been praying with me for a miracle to happen. Every avenue seemed to stop in a dead end, and I was growing more and more depressed. I e-filed my taxes a couple weeks ago, and put my bank account on the forms for a direct deposit of my tax refund. I wasn't expecting them since for the past ten years, they have been garnished and given towards my student loans. Tonight, after church, I logged onto my account online to view my balance of my account. I was floored when my tax returns had been deposited a few hours before. The amount of the refund is the perfect amount needed for me to get into a new apartment. I wanted to share this with my friends here as a story of renewed hope in this simple verse. Jalek |
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2 | 3 generations influenced by 1 verse | Phil 4:19 | azurelaw | 240263 | ||
Dear Jalek, Thank you for sharing. Your testimony is a blessing to many readers of the forum, I believe. I also appreciate very much that while being enlightened and touched by a verse, you also do not neglect the context, theology of the passage as well. May the Lord keep you and bless you that your faith grows in His hand. Shalom Azure |
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