“It’s in those excruciating, dark, and raw moments that we feel GOD… Maybe for the first time in our lives.
Let me ask y’all, is GOD always present in your life at those time? Do we always feel HIM in our time of need? I know as for myself I question this a couple of weeks back. My 28 year old daughter was diagnosed with Bells Palsy. For the ones that may not know what it is. It is a form of facial paralysis resulting from a dysfunction of the facial nerve that results on the effected side. If any one who has had a love one with a stoke, knows that one side shuts down, and this is the same. It can last about 2 weeks, 2 months, or 2 years or more. When this happen I was in shock.. I thought she had a stoke.. Even then I was asking myself why did this happen to her.. God I have been faithful, I have raised my daughter in a Godly manner. Where are you God? I have always felt the presence of GOD everywhere in my life, even in that moment.. I have always felt God’s arms wrapped around me. When everyone was going though uncertainly. I was asking GOD for help through it all. My daughter got worse and worst. She was in and out of the hospital for about 4 days. I was at the point where I was praying and giving thanks to my Father more than I had ever.. This was my baby, my first born and I was not going to let the enemy get the best of me. My husband and I prayed diligently over our daughter he reassured me at times that it was all in God’s hands. He was such an encouragement to my soul. I knew who was in charge and it was not me. It was my Heavenly Father.. I knew that, but at times when she was in pain I was in such rage, even thought I am God’s child I am still a Mom but I knew that if I started to have angry in my heart that I would be blocking the healing process.. As I read and meditated God’s words PSALM 27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD(NIV) I needed a scripture for me, I knew GOD was healing my daughter. But at that moment I needed to be right with GOD before I could start asking GOD for healing for my child. As I cleared my head of negative thoughts I could feel again the presence of GOD. I knew GOD had never left me or did her ever leave my daughter. HE assure me that through all the pain my daughter was going through, He let me know that HE would never leave us or for sake us. You need to trust me.. He whisper in my ear. I feel that I needed GOD to show me the areas that I took for granted. Waiting on HIM for all my needs.
Well Sisters my daughter is not fully up to par yet, but we are praising GOD in the mist of the storm and as we pray each morning together for healing we know that our Heavenly Father is doing HIS work in her and me.. Some days are harder then others but at the end of the day she is still able Thank GOD for all.. We are so thankful that she is able to take care of her 2 boys. Ages 2 & 3 and they are a handful.. So everyday we pray that GOD gives her strength. As for me I asked GOD for forgiveness for doubting HIM in my time of need. Knowing that HE has blot out my sin.(ISAISH 43:25)I even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. Thank you Jesus…GOD has a plan for us.. HE will reveal in HIS own time..
So what do we do when hope is gone? When things seem to get worse instead of better? Do we get angry with God? Or do we accept our trails knowing that GOD will make away even when it seems there is not a way! As you know for the most cases it’s hard to have hope or trust in GOD at those times it is so east to get angry, but trails will come and this is why we must keep our hope in GOD. Everyone gets hurt, everyone suffers, we all go thought our own struggles, just as I have, sometimes it is hard to press on when life seems to hurt you at that time in your life. The Bible tells us in 2 CORINTHINAS 4:6-12~ For GOD who said, “Let light shine out of darkness, give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of GOD in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from GOD and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despair; persecuted, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that this life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
The enemy is always on the attack and always tries to bring us down. It is the enemy who makes you feel unworthy, who brings confusion on your mind and soul and it is the enemy who is out to destroy you and your soul. We can not allow him to take way our joy in the LORD nor our hope and trust in GOD. When things are going well for you praise God and Trust GOD and thank HIM for all our Blessings, let us not only seek HIM in our darkest hour, that is what the enemy wants let us to do, continue to give HIM Thanks for all. GOD expects us to seek HIM in at all times. We must always thank HIM at all moments even in our sufferings.
PHILIPPIANS 4: 4 says, Rejoice in the LORD always: and again I say, Rejoice
PSALM 33:1 says, Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him
HABAKKUK 3:18 says, yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in GOD my Savior
2 CORINTHIANS 6:10 says, For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
No matter how much you feel that life is unfair, remember that GOD is fair and just. GOD knows our needs even before we ask HIM. We must never waiver our faith and we must always put our trust in HIM. We are to encourage one another with out judging and we are to be compassionate towards others without putting them down. We all need to be encouraging and uplifting. No one but GOD and Jesus know what you are suffering and truly going through. The best thing we can do as Sister in Christ when others are angry, hurting, bitter, upset, and losing hope is to uplift each other and comfort our fellow Sisters without, passing judgment because you never know when you’ll be on the receiving end. We are also called to pray for them, GOD who sees all and knows all will hear our prayers. Let us never give up in doing good, no matter how much life my hurt remember always GOD is there. Always
So as I close I wanted just to say as a Born-Again Christian Woman I didn’t feel the presence of GOD at that moment(seemed like a lifetime) because I was not abiding in scriptures as Jesus commanded JOHN 5:39-40(the Message)”You have your heads in your Bibles constantly, because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These scriptures are all about me! And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing receive from me the life you say you want. This hit me hard because if y’all know me from my post on FB I always have encouraging words for other but, I was not apply those words at that time pf need. I wasn’t spending enough time as I used to in the word of GOD. I start a new business. I was still doing my morning devotionals, but put all my energy to my business and not enough for GOD.. In PSALM 1:2 David delight is in the law of the LORD, and on HIS law he meditates day and night. As Jesus has put us through this trail in our lives, it had put a new wind in my spirit. Thank you LORD…and just at that slime moment I let the enemy get into my thoughts. Just that one little negative thought I gave way to. But thank you Jesus you didn’t let it take me away from you..
