{"id":15816,"date":"2022-04-02T04:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T09:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15816"},"modified":"2022-04-02T04:36:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T09:36:27","slug":"oh-yes-my-dear-you-are-a-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=15816","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Yes, My Dear \u2013 You ARE a Star"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019m at Epiphany Ranch for a few days to help my children, Larry and Staci, settle into their sweet new home. I was busy working in the new kitchen while they were getting some things out of their storage unit. When they returned, Staci asked, \u201cDid you see the sunset?\u201d My reply: \u201cI didn\u2019t. I was too busy working!\u201d Oh me! The sunset on these 60 acres is a sight to behold and I missed it.

And, if the sunset wasn\u2019t enough, I didn\u2019t even pay attention to the stars that show off in this big \u201cGod\u2019s Sky Country\u201d! You know the song \u201cThe stars at night are big and bright\u2026.deep in the heart of Texas!\u201d And I didn\u2019t even look up for them. I was too busy!

But, I didn\u2019t miss the sky thriller LAST night! I took the sunset AND the stars-set in with awe and wonder. I agree with Blake Shelton in words from his song, \u201cGod\u2019s Country\u201d. \u201cThe devil went down to Georgia, but he didn’t stick around. This is God’s country.\u201d And he didn\u2019t stick around on Epiphany Ranch because I sense Him in the quiet of His holy ground on this piece of heaven land.

God was a vision caster to Abraham (the father of our faith). He pointed Abraham to the skies and said: \u201cLook up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” (Genesis 15:5) Abraham believed and \u201cit was credited to him as righteousness.\u201d (Genesis 15:6). And, he became the father of many nations and here we are today. Just look at us \u2013 we are one of those stars — the seeds of Abraham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My dear, dear friends \u2013 know the prayers you\u2019ve prayed \u2013 those gut-wrenching, heartfelt prayers for your children, grandchildren, and loved ones, are still on God\u2019s heart too. Don\u2019t give up! Don\u2019t stop standing in your faith stance. Let your faith vision be one of prayers answered, children coming home, families reunited, and many joy-filled times of celebration! After all \u2013 that\u2019s what STARS do \u2013 they brighten the sky with the wonders of God\u2019s infinite love and grace.

God made the sun, the planets and those stars and He promised to one man in the Israeli desert that He would not leave Him childless. He is the One and the same God Who made these glorious star-spangled skies for us. He made you and me and He never tires of calling out to us, of sending signs, of going to great lengths to assure us that He is faithful to His promises to us.

I know many of my readers are looking up and counting those stars in the sky \u2013 maybe not in reality, but in your deep faith. It might feel like your circumstances are overpowering you like broad daylight hiding the stars. Instead of questioning God\u2019s timing or doubting in His faithfulness, let\u2019s be like Abraham and start counting!

As for me\u2026..I sense God gently tapping me on my shoulder and whispering: \u201cMartha\u2026.er\u2019 Donna, too busy, is TOO busy! The better thing is to stop and enjoy My sunset and My stars! I put them there to remind you of my faithfulness to YOUR prayers. And, by the way, YOU are one of those stars.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m at Epiphany Ranch for a few days to help my children, Larry and Staci, settle into their sweet new home. I was busy working in the new kitchen while they were getting some things out of their storage unit. When they returned, Staci asked, \u201cDid you see the sunset?\u201d My reply: \u201cI didn\u2019t. I…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23309,23306,23307,23308],"tags":[5656,23299,19594,1210,1769,23303,8270,23298,40,15904,12713,21037,23300,728,21034,23305,587,6508,23301,23302,23297],"class_list":["post-15816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-count-the-stars","category-gods-country","category-stars-in-the-sky","category-sunset","tag-abraham","tag-big-sky-country","tag-blake-shelton","tag-blog","tag-christian","tag-descendants","tag-father-of-many-nations","tag-gods-country","tag-inspiration","tag-mypeacezone","tag-righteousness","tag-seeds-of-abraham","tag-sky-thriller","tag-star","tag-star-spangled-skies","tag-stars-brighten-the-sky","tag-sunrise","tag-sunset","tag-this-is-gods-country","tag-vision-caster","tag-you-are-a-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15819,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15816\/revisions\/15819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}