"I declare your marvelous deeds"(Psalm 71:17)
- East Tenth Street Church
- Nov 7
- 1 min read
In Psalm 71, we are reminded how important it is to speak out loud about the ways God has been faithful to us. The psalmist shows us that sharing our stories of God’s goodness strengthens our own faith and helps the next generation learn to trust Him, too.
Let’s put that into practice together. In the comments below, take a moment to share how you’ve seen God’s faithfulness in your life: big or small, recent or from years past. Your story might be just what someone else needs to hear today, and it will also help strengthen your own faith as you reflect and share it.
(Note: In the username section put your name. You do NOT have to put your email.)
It was Labor Day weekend in the late 70’s, we were a young family with 2 elementary school age children and we decided to go tent camping for a few days.
Having to work on Saturday meant we didn’t leave home for the 2 hour drive to the state park with camping sites until the latter part of the day.
My car had developed a squeak coming from somewhere in the front of the car and really had not given it much attention.
It was dark when we arrived at the park after driving on an interstate for several hours at speeds of 70 mph.
We made a slow loop around the small area scouting for an available camp site…
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