What Challenges are Coming Your Way?
“O’ Lord, I pray, please let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who desire to fear your name; and let your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Nehemiah 1:11 There will be many challenges for us in 2014. (Maybe you’ve already had your fair share in January.) Challenges regarding our finances, future plans, issues in the workplace, church, or neighborhood. The list is endless. Challenges can cause us to do many things; act in haste, run away, become discouraged, remain on edge, or “clam up” and freeze. We could learn a lot from a certain man in the bible about how to face challenges. A man by the name of Nehemiah we’re told was, “the king’s cupbearer.” This meant he acted as bodyguard, advisor and food taster for the king. (I don’t know about you, but that sounds a lot like the role of a parent to me.) Yet when Nehemiah wa