Shelter from the Storm

Christy Maloney, Andrew Maloney

Description

The storms of life threaten all of us at one time or another, leaving us feeling lost, alone and without any hope. We all face adversities in the name of relationships, physical and mental health, the pain of loss, work stress, finances and persecution. Our relationship with Jesus Christ does not always exclude us from all the unpleasant circumstances life sometimes throws our way. But the Bible makes it clear that when we turn our lives over to God and pursue Him wholeheartedly, He will never leave us nor forsake us (Deuteronomy 31:6), no matter what our temporary situation looks like in the natural. The truth is, we are never alone, and there is a Friend who sticks closer than a brother (Proverbs 18:24), granting to us out of His great mercy an inexhaustible supply of power and love to weather any life-storm we face. Through it all, He ensures we are more than conquerors. (Romans 8:37)



This is the second of two volumes in a year-long daily devotional that highlights nearly a hundred of the most comforting and powerful verses on how God is our Shelter from the storm. Streamlined commentary unveils the truth of each passage and offers practical application to incorporate in one’s daily life. This devotional outlines the source material for your unwavering faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and offers biblical proof that we will be carried through the storm and rise above!

Sujets

• Biblical Meditations
• Philosophie et théologie
• Devotional
• Devotion
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 16 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664274365
• Langue: English

Extrait

Shelter from the Storm
VOLU ME 2
 
 
RESTING IN THE PROMISES OF GOD A Daily Devotional
 
ANDREW & CHRISTY MALONEY
DOVE ON THE RISE INTERNATIONAL
 
 

 
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Contents
Dedication
Introduction
Day 183
Day 184
Day 185
Day 186
Day 187
Day 188
Day 189
Day 190
Day 191
Day 192
Day 193
Day 194
Day 195
Day 196
Day 197
Day 198
Day 199
Day 200
Day 201
Day 202
Day 203
Day 204
Day 205
Day 206
Day 207
Day 208
Day 209
Day 210
Day 211
Day 212
Day 213
Day 214
Day 215
Day 216
Day 217
Day 218
Day 219
Day 220
Day 221
Day 222
Day 223
Day 224
Day 225
Day 226
Day 227
Day 228
Day 229
Day 230
Day 231
Day 232
Day 233
Day 234
Day 235
Day 236
Day 237
Day 238
Day 239
Day 240
Day 241
Day 242
Day 243
Day 244
Day 245
Day 246
Day 247
Day 248
Day 249
Day 250
Day 251
Day 252
Day 253
Day 254
Day 255
Day 256
Day 257
Day 258
Day 259
Day 260
Day 261
Day 262
Day 263
Day 264
Day 265
Day 266
Day 267
Day 268
Day 269
Day 270
Day 271
Day 272
Day 273
Day 274
Day 275
Day 276
Day 277
Day 278
Day 279
Day 280
Day 281
Day 282
Day 283
Day 284
Day 285
Day 286
Day 287
Day 288
Day 289
Day 290
Day 291
Day 292
Day 293
Day 294
Day 295
Day 296
Day 297
Day 298
Day 299
Day 300
Day 301
Day 302
Day 303
Day 304
Day 305
Day 306
Day 307
Day 308
Day 309
Day 310
Day 311
Day 312
Day 313
Day 314
Day 315
Day 316
Day 317
Day 318
Day 319
Day 320
Day 321
Day 322
Day 323
Day 324
Day 325
Day 326
Day 327
Day 328
Day 329
Day 330
Day 331
Day 332
Day 333
Day 334
Day 335
Day 336
Day 337
Day 338
Day 339
Day 340
Day 341
Day 342
Day 343
Day 344
Day 345
Day 346
Day 347
Day 348
Day 349
Day 350
Day 351
Day 352
Day 353
Day 354
Day 355
Day 356
Day 357
Day 358
Day 359
Day 360
Day 361
Day 362
Day 363
Day 364
Day 365
Day 366

Dedication
T o our rainbow after the storm, Eliana: like your name means, God has truly answered our prayers with you.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of tur ning.”
(James 1:17)

T o James Maloney, our biggest advocate: this devotional wouldn’t exist without your support and encouragement. You are loved and mi ssed.
“…Let us run with endurance the race that is set befor e us…”
(Hebrews 12:1)

Introduction
I f you’ve read our testimony, Eight Weeks with No Water , you’re aware of the trials Christy and I faced concerning our son, Christian, and how he almost miscarried not once, but twice, resulting in a two-month hospitalization for my wife. That whole situation was easily the darkest storm we had ever faced to that point. After those traumatic events, conventional wisdom would dictate we should not have any more children. There was inherent risk beyond just pre-term labor. The emergency c-section with Christian’s delivery left Christy with some physical issues that, naturally speaking, would not be wise to risk another pregnancy. That we had two sons who were healthy was miraculous enough, and for a long time, we felt to leave well enough alone and just thank God we were able to have them.
And yet, a few years later, Christy felt this push to try for a daughter. When she first broached the idea with me, my response was, “Absolutely not.” But over the course of a couple months, I too started feeling a desire that in the natural couldn’t be explained. Even still, we knew it would be foolish to rush into another situation that could potentially turn life-threatening to my wife and the unborn baby, so we sought the Lord—not months, but years. Literally hundreds of hours in prayer seeking His wisdom, believing Him for a physical healing that would allow Christy to carry the baby with no complications. We asked Him why we even had this desire to have a daughter when everything in the natural world told us that was impossible. We would try to dismiss this irrational notion, but a few weeks later, here it would pop up again. After a series of supernatural encounters, we finally took a step of faith and conceived.
My wife miscarried at seventeen weeks gestation.
We won’t go into the details, but suffice to say, it was a more traumatic experience than the pregnancy with Christian had been, and the end result was a thousand times worse. We had brought Christian home at the end of that trial. We had nothing to show for this tragedy, except ongoing complications.
The pain of that loss, the physical and psychological damage the miscarriage caused, pushed us to writing this devotional. After everything Christy had been through with Christian, surely God wouldn’t have permitted this to occur. So rather than allow ourselves to get angry and embittered, we sought solace out of the Word, and from those times of healing and restoration, Shelter from the Storm was created. It didn’t take the circumstances away, but it did carry us through the storm.
More years passed. During the time it took us to research and write the first volume of Shelter , we felt that desire to try once again for the daughter we felt God had shown us. Only this time, we faced more obstacles than ever. Surely, we should never put ourselves in this type of situation again! And yet, we couldn’t dismiss the words and images we felt God had shown us concerning a daughter. We spent months trying to have God remove this desire that seemed impossible, maybe even foolhardy. But it wouldn’t leave, no matter how hard we prayed.
So, we took another step of faith. We conceived, and one month later COVID-19 hit. It would take a whole other book to outline what that was like, a high-risk (in the natural) pregnancy during a global pandemic.
Our daughter, Eliana, was born November 3, 2020, in perfect health. She’s amazing, a beautiful ball of energy, nineteen-months-old as we write this, full of life and joy. God had, indeed, answered our prayer: our rainbow after the storm, eight long years after we first prayed!
(Having a newborn is why it took so long to write the second part of this devotional.)
My father, James Maloney, who was our biggest proponent and advocate, encouraging us to write this devotional after the miscarriage, and supporting us unconditionally during the long ordeal of having Eliana, was thrilled to hear we’d finally received the answer to our prayer.
Of course, everyone was isolating due to COVID at the time. But we arranged for Papa and Nana to see little Eliana briefly the day we brought her home. They stayed over by their car, masked up, while we showed them this beautiful baby from under the tree by the side of our house. Mom and Dad were overjoyed, looking forward to getting to know this miraculous, tiny person once the pandemic started to recede. I remember Dad risked reaching out a finger and just quickly touching her teeny foot before darting back to the car.
My mother and father caught COVID in early December. Mom went