Tag: blessings

Unexpected Blessings: The $28 Deal

Posted on by Garnet Nowell

God provides us with unexpected blessings. He blesses us because He loves us, not for any other reason. Over the past several months, I have received several unexpected blessings. Once, I received a $160 check in the mail from my optometrist. A few weeks later, I was blessed with an unexpected airline upgrade. The Holy Spirit leads, and He has been leading me to share this testimony. I was stressing over securing airline tickets for a trip I was planning for later this summer. I had been tracking flight prices, and they were continually climbing as the summer months approached. Read More

Obedience: Better than Sacrifice

Posted on by Garnet Nowell

Obedience is crucial.  In the Biblical sense, obey means “to hear God’s Word and act accordingly”. 1 Samuel 15:22-23 (NLT) states, “But Samuel replied, ‘What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, He has rejected you as king’.” In this verse Saul was rejected as king because he failed to utterly destroy the Read More

It Is Well With My Soul!

Posted on by Garnet Nowell

My thoughts today dwell on the hymn, It Is Well With My Soul. It’s my 62nd birthday. A great day to celebrate my life and all the wonderful things God has done for me. I recently completed a scripture garden in my backyard. It’s filled with plants, stones, an angel statue and a welcome garden flag. The majority of the stones in this garden have scripture printed on them. Some single scriptures like Mark 11:23-24, others are combined in groups to create the basic theme of the scripture, Galatians 5:22-23 (Fruits of the Spirit). One of the stones I created Read More