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Five Minute Friday - Cancel


I'm participating in Five Minute Friday which is a weekly blog link-up, that gathers around a single word prompt for a five-minute time to simply write.

This week's word is 'Cancel'. A word that can strike disappointment in my heart. It usually comes as anticipation is high about an activity or gathering and something happens to where plans must change.  Last night's news broadcast encouraged listeners to 'cancel' their Thanksgiving plans due to the pandemic.  That hurt my heart.  

Although I see 'cancel' as a negative word, if it is looked at with the perspective that God is in control, it can become a word of change or even hope. Instead of seeing cancelling being the end or as a closed 'no', the other spectrum is a different option, perhaps an open door or a 'yes' to something else.

"If God says No - a better yes is right around the corner."  Trusting in the goodness of the Lord is a place of rest for the heart. Stronger than circumstances which can change, hope and trust in God is a firm foundation in which we can stand. 



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  1. KathyNovember 13, 2020 at 4:34 PM

    Great turn around

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  2. AndrewNovember 13, 2020 at 4:52 PM

    It seems that the Lord said No
    to my plea for longer days,
    and down cancer's road I go,
    and I know not of His ways
    but that there surely is a plan
    that my life will glorify
    a God I may not understand,
    but whose love I testify
    in my knowledge of His grace
    that transcends the bitter pain,
    and that, yes, to see His face,
    my death will indeed be gain,
    and though it really hurts today,
    I trust His is the better way.

    #1 at FMF this week

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  3. netablogsNovember 13, 2020 at 5:26 PM

    Thanks for the encouraging post. We know that no matter what it looks like around us, God hasn't cancelled his presence in our lives and in our world!

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  4. netablogsNovember 13, 2020 at 5:26 PM

    Thanks for the encouraging post. We know that no matter what it looks like around us, God hasn't cancelled his presence in our lives and in our world!

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  5. More Fruit Less NutsNovember 14, 2020 at 8:16 AM

    God will use these time for something something special and thanksgiving in your heart is never cancelled. God bless visiting from fmf #4

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  6. Great-Granny GrandmaNovember 14, 2020 at 10:39 PM

    Love this. How true that a change in perspective can alter the way we experience things. Thanks for sharing.
    (Visiting from #36)

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