Give Thanks 6/28

28 June 2017 - Give Thanks – Manna by Dorothy Callies

1 Thess. 5:18 “In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” To me in ASL “the will of God” is more like “God has a plan.”

The theme, “God has a plan” has always been clear to me of what God was working on. I remember a vision of God’s office what it looks like . . . bee hives designed with so many scroll of papers inside the hives. When I was praying and fasting at that time in 1973, I saw God’s hand pulled out the scroll of paper from one of the bee hives and opened them. He looked at me as if this was a plan that He had already set up.  I wanted to take a peek at the scroll. God nodded His head as "no" and said, “Huh, huh, trust Me . . .”

From what I understood that it was through prayer and fasting that enable God to do the work He has called me and Tony to do.  Looking back those 50 years of our marriage (1967) brought memories what God had done with Tony and me.  I started reading the book called, “God Chosen Vessel” to Tony yesterday (June 27). I would read a small part at a time each time we meet in the morning and in the evening.

The story that Tony wrote when he born and he had umbilical cord around him and they had to cut it before birth. This made me realized that Satan must have tried to destroy Tony and God had spared Tony because God had a plan for him. So I pray each time, I would read the part of the book to Tony, it will stir inside of his spirit, the gift of God. As Paul said from . . .

2 Timothy 1:6, “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou “stir up the gift of God,” which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.” Also Verse seven, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind (strong mind).

In that book, Tony talked a lot about miracles of God that has happened throughout ten years of our ministry from 1967 to 1977.  I pray that this will stir our hearts to give thanks to our God for miracles that we had forgotten about. I remember the song that came from Oral Robert’s Crusade that my mother and I had attended. It was something like this from memory when I was young in my teen.

Expect a miracle … when you pray …

Expect a miracle … every day …

When you expect a miracle, God will find a way …

To perform a miracle … for you each day …

I look for a miracle even in the fresh of the morning … to me a miracle was the earth is hanging in the space of universe. And also I have seen a tiny miracle of improvement in Tony each time I saw him. Yesterday, I saw a note someone had written on the white board to Tony, “You are doing real good.” God promised from Ruth 4:15 that He will restore Tony of his life and a nourisher of his old age.  

I am learning to thank God in tiny things that I often overlooked. Paul said, “In everything, give thanks …” It makes me feel good to trust God that “God has a plan.” I love that phrase, “God has a plan.”  Thank you for praying for Tony and me. 

Dorothy