EMPOWERING LIVES WITH PURPOSE:
Sorrow is a crushing yoke. Burdens that bend us over while crippling us to immobility can miraculously be set on fire, melting the pain of it all into the glory of God’s presence.
When God appears, the pain subsides. He makes all things bearable.
I watched this happen as God appeared to me when I was at my lowest and in the worst, excruciating pain of my life. He gave me hope in the midst of my pain. From my human perspective, I could hardly take it all in, but He gave me eyes to see…how? Because I prayed and saw Him move in my midst. Yes, it’s sometimes hard to take it all in.
God does not view our problems of this world from the ground level. He calls us to a higher place, a place where He is. It’s a place to “trust” His perspective from the view He understands at His level. Can you even comprehend that? I know at the time, this was something that “this controlling person” (me) grappled with for a while.
When I was in control on the inside with my painful state, it only escalated and the pain grew fierce. Unfortunately, that state seemed to go on and on… but as I gave my sinful pride to Christ, I began to feel the release, the grip of it all, loosen.
The pain coming from what I held on to so tightly began to dissipate the moment I released my control over to God’s complete control. That came in the form of a surrendered heart. A surrendered heart isn’t a partial “letting go to God.” It is a complete release to Him! The pain and tragedy I was feeling from whom I felt I lost in my life began to dissipate with hope and promises. The first being God revealed to me that “they” were never( “mine” )to begin with! They were only entrusted to me to do what God instructed in Proverbs 22:6. Having done that to the best of my ability, I have to trust that promise and release.
EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE belongs to God.
When I realized this in my heart and trusted God to take my pain and help me process it, despite my circumstances, my sorrows were turned to joy. God’s abounding love and the events that followed inside my life began to shine like the brightest sunshiny day! I cry every time I write about it and get emotional to even thinking about it again. It was such a dark place of pain and a shattered heart.
As I dwell on God’s provisions within my person, His promises and His shining presence, along with pure, authentic joy, pour into my soul each day. I continue to pray over the remaining circumstances, but my soul is resolute with God. He is in control. This penetrates my soul each and every time because I see that HE IS THERE ALL THE TIME!
Ladies, if you understand at all what I’m saying, then look to feel the weight of the burdens begin to lift as you surrender and see your Lord walk with you through the roughest, scariest, most painful moments you are experiencing.
He is near to your heart, and He is with you this moment. Yes, He is with you, and yes, He is with me!.. He is ever faithful to His promises… He is waiting to share your burdens and relieve your pain – but you must move first! I mean action-taking! You must move on “your faith,” believing the impossible can come from “only God.” Step out in faith now, please, and surrender it all to Him. He can do it for you!
“Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me” (Psalm 103:102)
He is doing a good thing for you right now, He is!!!! Even though the pain you may be feeling now can fool you, and you are distraught. Some of you who have a hard struggle right now can’t imagine it ever can be over, but it can be! It will be!
GOD IS DOING A GOOD THING! Don’t give up on Him! Praise Him through it and trust Him in it, and He will guide you to freedom from it.