Thank God for FRIENDS!

There's a saying that a friend is someone who helps you find your song when you've lost it. Thank you, friends, for helping me find my song again!

I temporarily lost it when I found out I had a teensy-tiny grandbaby. I knew it would be a high-risk pregnancy, and I was so scared! I went straight to an excellent counselor on staff at FBC (Mark!), and he spoke wise words and prayed with me, pouring all kinds of hope and peace into me.

Also Annette emailed and reminded me of my experience in the Garden of Gethsemene when we were in Israel in March. I really felt like God promised me that I had experienced 7 hard years (like the famine in the Joseph story), but now I was going to have 7 good years.

Then Spring came along and reminded me of a scripture from 2 Kings which seemed to be confirmed in a prophecy session at the Worship Institute in July: "About this time next year you will hold a son in your arms." (Yeah, I know that's freaky. It freaks me out--in a GOOD way--every time I think about it!)

Then I remembered at the Beth Moore Conference in June how Beth and also two friends, Sandy Burkett and Margaret Griggs, prayed this blessing over me: "May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children" (from Psa. 115).

Coincidence? I don't think so. Will I be crushed if I'm wrong? Probably. Will I still love God? Of course! But I digress.

There's a children's book about a little girl whose grandmother has Alzheimer's, and the name of it is, "If I Forget, You Remember." Tonight I'm grateful for friends who remember things I forget!