I just needed to post this because it was happening and.... just yea. God is good. So good.
A big thank you to Mrs. Jessi Richter for allowing me to wake up to a voxer message from a wonderful sister in Christ. it was only the beginning of the mercies God showered on me this day.
The very first week in LA I was given this song as something to hold on to after my accident. I have done so very much bending in the weeks since. And I am fairly certain God knew this morning was the morning I would break.
I am a person who considers a decision from every which angle about 50 times before I decide and even then I am subject to change my mind at least three times.
The stress from the past 2 weeks had built to its limits and I was being pulled in a thousand directions. You know the feeling right? It is just about the worst. Your mind is jumping from thing to thing trying to figure out which problem to tackle first and they all seem like Goliaths to your David except for you have no sling and your throwing arm is already so tired that you can barely lift the stone and then someone tells you that your dog just died (no my dog is not dead).
And in that instant when three Goliaths lift their foot to stomp you down God picks them up and tosses them into the ocean (they can't swim so they drown) leaving you facing one half starved little demon to crush with the palm of your hand.
All of that happened this morning. I have bent. I thought I would snap like a popsicle stick and I would have. So easily would I have succumb to everything this move has challenged me with if I had not been living moment to moment on the grace of God.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)
Alas, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard or too wonderful for You—
Jeremiah 32:17 (Amplified Bible)
I highly recommend the Amplified Bible if you are a reader who loves to be struck with awe.
Sustain me, my God, according to your promise, and I will live;
do not let my hopes be dashed.
Psalm 119:116 (NIV)
Will be the cry of my heart as I begin each day.
I know for a fact that this morning had nothing to do with how great I am at solving problems. Most of you know will be able to attest to the fact that my mind is often in complete chaos at any given moment.
This morning was nothing less than the grace of God in my existence.
The bending is by no means painless but it is necessary to our refinement and our renewal of hope. And hope does not disappoint us.
EMG
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