My Lord,
What an awesome day in church. Your presence was with me, with us! Our church is on the move and I thank YOU for using me and allowing me to be apart of Your kingdom work. Thank you that Jackie came to sit beside me in church and thank you for all the hugs and love, especially Ellen, Amy and Emily! Thank You also for pairing me up with Scott this morning. We're excited to see Your work in our desire to serve You and our community, our country and the nations. Lord God, have Your way in every area of our lives!!! Your Holy Spirit presence is welcomed!
Thank you for my dinner, my nap, the text from my daughter, the fact that Mother Williams is always checking on me, the sweet fellowship that I had on the phone with Hope, my delicious time spent in studying your word, the gift of prayer, my desire to pray and the desire to obey You!
In my reading tonight, it was profound to read that not only in Saul's disobedience did he lose Your favor, he lost his godly friend and wise counsel, Samuel. Profound to my ears.
I'm listening Lord!!!
Father I was catching up on some if my Youversion devotions and this one resonated with my spirit. I don't know who this woman is but I love her testimony:
"When I left my job, in the swirling pain and confusion of that season, a few people told me that at some point, I would be happy for this, thankful, even. That didn’t sit well with me, and it felt even worse than the clichés about closing doors and opening windows. It felt cruel: not only was I supposed to not be sad, I was supposed to be thankful? It felt inauthentic and creepy, and I swore to myself that even if I healed someday, even if the pain abated, even if I was happy again, I would never ever be thankful for this. Then, months later, I went with my family to the house of some wonderful, generous family friends. The last time I had been there was the day after I left my job. Being there again brought me back to that place, and showed me, to my surprise, the distance I had traveled in the intervening months. I looked back through my journal, and I looked out at the ocean at the same times of day, to see the same colors on the same sky, and I realized I am different. And not only different, but better, and not only better, but thankful."
This was the accompanying verse: “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.”
Psalm 107:1 NIV
I love how You change our "never" into good!
I never imagined myself divorced. I never imagined myself thoroughly enjoying being single. I never thought I'd give so freely. I never knew there was a loving God who had a plan for me. I never knew Jesus died for my sins. I never knew that You desired a relationship with me. I never knew that I could fall in love with a Savior who would meet all of my needs and that overtime would cause me to fall so deeply in love with Him. I never knew :-)
Eternally yours
