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[dantyriverside]

I think it is so awesome that 40 is a special number in the bible because 40 is a special number to me. 40 is how old I am and how old I was when I decided to let go and let God. I thank God for his Love and Grace. I learned today that I need to focus on the things that I want not things I dont want. Like I want to be a better Christian I am not going to focus on the fact that I dont want to fail as a Christian. I have positive things or sayings around me I just neglect to read them. I dont know why I dont take the time to read them. They inspire me when I do. I am still working on changing habits that is part of my miracle grow chart and that is going pretty well. I dont know about this habit chart I am afraid I would spend more time buying paper right now. I still have alot of weeds that I am working on that make the habit chart seem like it would be impossible. I will try it because everything else I have done for my garden has been making it come out healthy. Besides I am sure we all have habits we would like to change. At least I hope so. We also discussed the power of prayer and how blessed we are when we pray together. I cannot stress enough how true this is. We are a close knit family here and we pray for each other like no other. At the end of each Journal I ask you to pray for me and I will continue to. If you have been following along with my story I have told you about my eboyfriend stalking me. I got a protective order, I followed Pine's advice about how to be safe, and I asked for your prayers. I know that y'all have been praying because I have seen him twice now in public (and I know he has not have time to have been served his papers) and he was not violent. I know this is only by the grace of God and because of your prayers. This does not mean I am going to let my guard down, but I just wanted to say Thank You and since we studied the power of prayer I thought it important to share that power of prayer with you. So again Thank You. Please continue to pray for me as this Cinderella works for her crown.

[xxJILLxx]

Hello danty,

I found this as i was seeking the meaning of the number 40 in the bible and thought id share with ya

Each time period of 40 units is related to testing, probation or being tried. Also notice each period of 40 within the scriptures ends with a time or item of blessing.

According to the Bible, it is the number of the waiting, the preparation, the test or the punishment. Also the Bible often resorts to the number 40 when starts a new chapter of the history of the salvation. On the other hand, forty would indicate the duration of a generation or a long period, whose we ignore the exact length.

Symbolize the death with oneself and the spiritual rebirth.

Interesting stuff there

And yes we have lots of habits too, at least i do that i know i need to work on breaking more. Lil by lil sis.

Prayin for ya

Gb
♥Jill