One of the biggest lessons I still own is, that during your resistance while captured, celebrate little victories. In these kinds of situations, any victory is worth celebrating. So, if you could lie to your captors and get away with it, or whether you could sneak in food or weapons, or just communicate with fellow prisoners, each one was a little victory. And you were to celebrate it.

Celebrating small victories is also a biblical pattern. One of the biggest small victories is when God opened up the Jordan river for the children of Israel. They all marched across the river, collected twelve large stones, and set up a monument to God’s deliverance. (Why is that miracle just a small victory you ask? Because the big battles were still future…) When asked in future generations why those rocks were there, the parents were supposed to say, “The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD” (Joshua 4:7, ESV).

So, we ought to celebrate small victories.

As of yesterday, February 13, our church offices now have an operational phone system. YAY! Praise the Lord! Woohoo! You may commence your communication.

I’m thankful for your patience and understanding over the past months. I know in some cases it must have been maddening, frustrating, and down-right anger-inducing. So, you’re welcome. God used us as part of His sanctifying process in your life.

No, really, we are grateful to Him for all He does for us. And, we choose to celebrate.