Mrs. Carol Hopson-Trusting God

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DO YOU NEED SOMEONE TO CARE?
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was,
and which is to come, the Almighty [El Shaddai].
-Revelation 1:8, KJV
Have there been times in your life when you asked,
"Does anyone care what I'm going through?" I've certainly
felt that way, especially when I didn't understand what God
was doing or allowing in my life. I knew God was mighty
and powerful, but did He care about my concerns? When
Abraham was ninety-nine years old, he needed reassurance
from God as to what He had promised him when he was
seventy-five years old. God had promised that he would
have a son and that his descendants would be as the stars
(Genesis 15:4-5). Abraham had waited twenty-four years
for this promise to be fulfilled, yet nothing had changed.
Now he and Sarah were past the child-bearing age.
God cared about Abraham's concern, and so He
appeared to him and spoke these words: "I am the Almighty
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God [El Shaddai]; walk before me, and be thou perfect"
(Genesis 17:1, KJV). This was the first time God revealed
this part of His character, and it meant that He was strong
enough to help Abraham, yet sensitive enough to care about
him. This name also implied that God could supply all his
needs while being both strong and tender. Just a week ago
I was talking with a young woman who had rejected God
because she was raised in a church where she only heard
about God's condemnation and judgment; she never heard
about His love and genuine concern for His children. I tried
to explain to her the "Shepherd's heart" of our God, and she
had a very difficult time believing that because she only
knew of God's wrath.
I heard a wonderful illustration of this aspect of El
Shaddai when I received a phone call one day from another
state. The pleasant male voice asked if I was the Carol
Hopson who had written But God, This Wasn't My Plan!
and But God, I'm Tired of Waiting. I responded that I was,
and then he told me an amazing story of God's tender care.
He said that God had moved him and his wife to another
state to serve as pastor in a church there. They had prayed
much and had left a church they dearly loved in obedience
to the Lord. (I could identify with this man already!) He
then went on to explain all the pain, loneliness, and defeat
they had both experienced in the past nine months. He also
said that his wife was in a deep depression and he didn't
know where to turn or what to do. He was just asking God
to help him as his wife walked upstairs to lie down on their
bed. In a few minutes, she returned and asked, "Do you
know where these two books came from?" He looked at
them and replied, "No." She then told him that they were
lying in plain sight. She had never seen them before and
couldn't remember if someone had given them to her or
what. He looked at the titles in total amazement and told
his wife that maybe God had heard their cry.



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