Victory in Everything

Proverbs 11:14 New International Version (NIV)

14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,
    but victory is won through many advisers.

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"Strange how God works!? He sends me a verse about victory and then brings to mind a very important saying from a certain friend. All is done the day before the 3rd on the 5th month."

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        This is a good verse and entry to be writing in the 5th month and on today. I will say that I love that the verse uses the word "victory" because it gives me hope for things in my life, whether career or friendships. I am thankful that this verse came across my attention last night. I am not thankful for the way it did because a friend used it for hope for getting through the hard time she is having right now. It is a really good verse though. We are need victory from time to time and we all need to seek different ideas from different people. I looked in up in another version and the word "victory" was replaced with the word "Deliverance". 

           I am going to tell you in this entry what that verse means to me in my life right now at this very moment. It helps me in my life with my career and my friendships. I don't know how many times I had to ask however many people about what I should do before taking this new job. I needed a lot of guidance on it because I was scared and nervous. I will say that because I listened to those people but most importantly to God, I came out victorious over the two choices. I know I picked the right one. I am so much happier now and the children are just fun to be around. God sent me this verse after my first full day at my new job. I guess He was just trying to reassure me that I was in the right place. 

             Now how this verse is helping me with a friendship right now. When that verse came to my attention last night, another saying from a long time friend came back to my mind. Yet my friend said this saying years ago but it always comes back every now and again. Seems like it does at the hardest of times or after the hardest of times but there is a reason that it does. Having this verse and that saying come together at the same time, gave me hope for this friendship that I am having a hard time with. When the two go together, it is showing me that there is still hope. Not sure when or how but deep down there is hope for us. 

               The saying was, "God will give you the desires of your heart......all in His timing of course". I think that biggest part was "All in His Timing of course" because everything that has and will happen has been in His Timing. I have been victorious in those things because they have happened when God has wanted them to happen. That saying and that long time friend has been with me and guided me through some pretty hard times even some that are not known to my friend. There are times where God would use that friend at the right time in my life or bring back memories that gave me encouragement or made me want to push harder in my life. I will say that friend gave me that advice when I was at a hard place and couldn't decide what to do or which way to go about it. 

            Still to this day I have the whole note still written down and when I need encouragement it is the one note I go back to out of all of the notes I ever got. It is funny because now I look at that problem I was searching answers for and I see how little it is compared to all my recent problems and problems I have had since the letter was written. The one note that I hope still rings true today especially the last line/sentence of it but that is more personal so I won't put that on here. 

           All this to say that things will true out victorious when you have more then one idea or person on your side. You need a multitude of people and ideas to win something or someone over. If you have one or none, you will fall down on your knees, which is not a bad place to be but it is a lonely place to be. Also, all this to say that the verse is perfect for a hard time and it just so happened that I had a perfect saying to go along with it. 

         I wonder. Do any of you have something like a note or a piece of paper or drawing of a picture that you keep ahold of just because it helps you get through the hard times? If you do, is it older then 9 years old? :)