Day 88......Today I am grateful to God for His word that says: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. When the Lord led me to #FirstBaptistChurch of SBB, I was broken in countless areas of my life. Though two areas in particular (broken spirit and contrite heart) was what I was running to God with and for; He eventually showed me things I had not paid any attention to, because of the magnitude of pain the others had caused. Well, I am here to give God glory for touching every broken piece of my being, and giving me new life by way of His word, and every preacher, teacher, preacher in training, and anointed in the body that I have come in contact with from that Sunday morning in January until this very day!! In my pain, I sought after the Lord sincerely. I gave Him my whole heart. I didnt wait for the healing to become obedient. I knew that He was the only One that could fix what was broken in me and I trusted Him!! I didnt need to know the particulars. I was confident that He would do all that He said He would do and more, and I gave Him all of me in all of my mess. I cried unto Him plenty, begging for Him to hurry up and take away my pain. Guess what? It does not work like that! In my disobedience, I knowingly and willingly did whatever I wanted to do and not once did I consider His feelings. But God!!! I need you to know that God, my wonderful Father, showed me unmerited favor anyway and granted me comfort during my discomfort. Suddenly, what felt like I was going to die changed, and the pain still present, began to feel a whole lot less painful. In fact, it became one of those annoyances that, you know something is bothering you but you just cant put your finger on it, but you shrug it off and keep on moving! Yes! That is how I received my comfort during my discomfort. That debilitating thing that I thought for sure would kill me is now one of those things that when it shows up, I can wave my hand and just like that Poof! Be gone! You dont have to shout Glory!! But please excuse me for a moment while I do, because nobody knows but me and Jesus how I thought I was going to go out either in a straight jacket or body bag!!! #AlwaysThankful #LivingALifeOfGratitude #TakingNothingForGranted
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:35:26 +0000