We have a Good News Bible club in our home on Thursday afternoons for some homeschooling children ages 3 to 8. We've been studying the life of Moses. Now here's a man we can learn from!

Having killed a man at age 40, he then spent 40 years of his life herding sheep. He was just the right man to lead the Israelites out of Egypt--a son of the Pharoah's daughter, learned in Egyptian ways and customs and language--and then he blew it in one moment. He ruined his opportunity for leadership in a fit of anger when he killed an Egyptian. He had to flee Egypt and if he showed his face there again--he'd be dead.

My dd is a lot like Moses. She has a lot going for her. She's a bright, confident, self-assured young lady. She's top in her sales job. She's artisticly talented. But right now she's making some big mistakes.

So what can we learn from Moses life that we can apply to this situation? Well, God isn't worried when we blow it. He still wants us. He still wants to use us. It might take 40 years--but He can still use us for His purpose and glory.

I'm so impatient to see progress and change in my dd. But God is showing me that for right now, that may not happen. Do you have a situation that you're hoping will change soon? Are you doubting that God is really going to answer your request?  Satan wants us to doubt God. He doesn't want us to really trust God. Satan wants to erode our faith in the God who uses broken people to do great things for Him.

Our memory verse for Good News Club was Proverbs 3:5-6. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and don't rely on your own understanding. In all your ways, remember Him, and He will make your pathway plain."

As I taught the children that sometimes we don't understand why God doesn't answer our prayers right away, but that God still wants us to trust Him, I remembered my own situation with my daughter. What an opportunity to trust God and see Him work out an impossible situation! The God who parted the Red Sea, who created the world, who uses murderers, adulterers, harlots and theives (etc) for His purposes, can be trusted in my own situation. He has proved Himself over and over again. What a wonderful God!!