Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Blessed.
Well,
Here I go, writing my first blog. Pretty exciting! Why? Simply put- I love to write.
I pray that everything I write today will be pleasing to the Lord, and encouraging to you!
"God will never put you through anything that you cannot handle." We've heard this all a million times, right?. .Well, if you haven't heard if before...count on hearing it at some point in time. Do we truly believe that? The last week of my life has been an absolute "U-TURN". What I mean by that is, God has completely changed my direction in life, at a price. A big price. After just coming out of a serious relationship, having my wedding called off, and taking the ring off of my left hand, I feel as though God is up to something. I know He is up to something. 40 days out from the day I am suppose to say "I do", to the man I love, and it is pulled out from under me.
What do you do in a situation like this? It is so easy to get caught up in the emotions, and wanting to react in anger. God calls us to rejoice in our suffering, take a look at Paul in the New Testament. Through all of his suffering, he rejoices, pressing on towards the ultimate goal. In these last couple of days of sorrow, I have had some of my sweetest moments with the Lord. I pray that God will give me VISION, motivation, and a love to move forward with my life. Blessed, I am truly Blessed. In the last two days, I have had so many encouraging words and verses shared with me. These have come from family, close friends, people I rarely talk to, and complete strangers. I know God is in the midst of every one of these encounters that I share. He is using everyone around me right now as a tool, to encourage me. God you are so good.
I don't want to write too much on that particular event in my life, but I did want that to be a preface to my future blogs. In these blogs, I don't plan on pouring my guts out for all to read. I am filled with love from Christ. I long only to share this love with those that I know, and hopefully those that I don't know. I wrote in my journal a couple of days ago, "We have a responsibility as followers of Christ. We are to take up the cross. This comes in many forms. When our lives feel out of control, there is peace and comfort in the God Almighty". He is the great I AM. I want this blog to be merely a reflection of the events Christ is using in my life to bring me closer to Him. For some crazy reason, God chose to love me. I still can't fully wrap my head around it. When we are at our lowest, God is up to something big. I just want to be used by Him.
I currently reside in Houston, Tx....that is, until next weekend. The next few months of my life are going to be strictly being where God wants me to be, doing exactly what He wants me to do. I can't wait! There is nothing like knowing you are in the will of God. Great peace comes with that. I hope that encourages you.
Despite this pain in my heart, that I cannot ignore, God is ultimately on His throne....in complete control. The GOD of the universe is guiding my steps. I am humbled.
I wanted to end this just by sharing a few verses that have gotten me through these last couple of days of heartache.
"This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sit his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. "- 1 John 4:10
"As the scripture says, anyone who trusts in Him will never be put to shame."- Romans 10:11
"Draw near to God and he will draw near to you." James 4:8
"In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. I will be found by you,” says the Lord. “I will end your captivity.... I will gather you out of where I sent you and will bring you home again...” Jeremiah 29:12-14
The Lord your God is in your midst
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you.
He will quiet you with His love.
He will rejoice over you with His singing.
Zephaniah 3:17------LOVE this!
God is good!
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