Testimony

24/09/2026

On a morning when one problem after another kept piling up in my life it felt personal. Anybody?

Honestly, it just felt like God had left me out of all the good things that others seemed to enjoy so freely.

But as I scrolled through my news feed I realized it isn’t just me. It isn't personal. The whole world is reeling from being tossed to and fro in some kind of turmoil, chaos, or heartbreak.

The truth is God never promised any of us a life without problems.

But for some of us there are days that just seem extra hard.

This morning, I didn't want to pray, but I did.

I didn't want to take another look into His word, but I did.

Because walking out my hardest roads I have learned the answer to our problems will never be found sitting in my feelings.

Hope won't be found wallowing in my tears.

Strength won't be met in wishing things were different.

But it can be found!

One step at a time God increases our strength.
One quiet moment at a time God renews us.
One verse at a time He comforts our hearts.
One mention of His name on our lips in prayer will brings us through again and again.

I read this verse that was written long ago and yet it resonated with my heart today.

This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Daughter Babylon is like a threshing floor� at the time it is trampled;� the time to harvest her will soon come.” (Jeremiah 51:33-NIV)

This weary band of downtrodden and dusty Israelite captives stood worn out and tired waiting on a word from God to comfort their hearts and rekindle their hope.

Babylon had crushed their spirit and dampened their hope for the future.

Jeremiah stood in their midst and spoke God’s promise.

No matter what it looks like.
No matter what it feels like.
Even when all hope seems lost, God will deliver in His timing and bring forth the promise.

God was faithful then. He will be faithful now.

I don't know what feels like Babylon to you today. I don't know what situation has crushed your heart. I don’t know what problem looms large over your life and threatens your peace and hope.

But we have been promised that hope found in God can never be destroyed. Not for this weary band of Israelites who had gone off course. Not for those of us who are doing our best to hold fast and cling to His promises.

For hope in God is forged in the fire and only made stronger in the very storms that threaten to pull us under.

The enemy can not cut the ties that bind us to the saving arms of a powerful and loving God.

Life gets hard, but it is never impossible for God to work all things for our good and His glory.

How can I pray for you today? How can we pray for each other?

See you in the field,
Susan

27/04/2026

අප්‍රියෙල් 28 වන දින සුබ අස්න – ශු. ජොහාන් 10: 22 – 30

22 එකල ජෙරුසලමේ, කැප කිරීමේ මංගල්‍යය පවත්වනු ලැබී ය. 23 ඒ ශීත සෘතුව විය. ජේසුස් වහන්සේ දේව මාලිගාවේ සලමොන්ගේ ද්වාර මණ්ඩපයේ සක්මන් කරමින් සිටි සේක. 24 එබැවින් ජුදෙව්වරු පැමිණ උන් වහන්සේ වටකරගෙන, ”ඔබ කොතෙක් කල් අප සැක පිට තබන සේක් ද? ඔබ ක්‍රිස්තුවරයාණෝ නම් පැහැදිලි ලෙස අපට කිව මැනවැ”යි කී හ.
25 ජේසුස් වහන්සේ ඔවුන්ට පිළිතුරු දෙමින්, ”ඔබට මම කීවෙමි; එහෙත් ඔබ විශ්වාස නොකරන්නහු ය. මාගේ පියාණන් වහන්සේගේ නාමයෙන් මා කරන ක්‍රියාවෝ ම මා ගැන සාක්ෂි දෙති. 26 එහෙත්, ඔබ මාගේ බැටළුවන් නොවන බැවින්, මා විශ්වාස නොකරන්නහු ය. 27 මාගේ බැටළුවෝ මාගේ කටහඬ අසති. මම ද ඔවුන් අඳුනමි; ඔව්හු ද මා පසුපස්සේ එති. 28 මම ඔවුන්ට සදාතන ජීවනය දෙමි. ඔව්හු කිසි කලෙකත් විනාශ නොවෙති. කිසිවෙක් ඔවුන් මා අතින් පැහැර නොගනිති. 29 ඔවුන් මා හට දෙවා වදාළ මාගේ පියාණන් වහන්සේ සියල්ලන්ට ම වඩා ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ ය. පියාණන් වහන්සේගේ අතින් ඔවුන් පැහැර ගන්නට කිසිවෙකුට නොහැකි ය. 30 මාත් මාගේ පියාණන් වහන්සේත් එක ම ය”යි වදාළ සේක.

27/04/2026

27/04/2026

Habbakuk learned an important lesson. Prayer won’t always instantly change your circumstances, but it can change your mindset and perspective.

Even though at times Habbakuk’s prayers were filled with more questions than answers, they brought invaluable wisdom.

He learned his strength wasn’t in the fig tree that held so much of his attention.

His provision wasn’t found in the fields ripe for harvest.

His comfort wasn’t found in what the olive tree provided.

And his joy wasn’t in his possessions, flocks, and herds.

Habbakuk learned that it often takes going through a season of lack to learn how to truly live full.

What he needed most wasn’t found in what he owned or possessed, or in what he found, just when his circumstances were good. What he needed most was found in the One who owned it all and is always good.

Sometimes what we need most is not found in what we feel we need but in who we need.

In the One who knows our needs long before we ask.

(Habakkuk 3:14-18)

See you in the field,
Susan

27/04/2026

In a noisy world, choose thoughts that reflect God’s truth and goodness. Philippians 4:8 calls us to focus on what is lovely and admirable. There’s peace in that. 🕊️

27/04/2026

Bitterness feels justified, but it slowly poisons the one holding it.
Revenge feels powerful, but it pulls you further from the heart of God.

The Holy Spirit doesn’t lead you there.

He will confront what’s inside you, not to shame you—but to free you.
He will call you to forgive, not because they deserve it, but because your soul does.
Because healing can’t grow where bitterness is being fed.

Forgiveness isn’t pretending it didn’t hurt.
It’s choosing to release what’s trying to harden your heart.

You can keep rehearsing the offense…
or you can start surrendering it.

One keeps you stuck.
The other sets you free. 🤍🙏🏻