Face to face with...
I opened up my Bible today and just happened to see myself in what I read. I don't know how I'd never read that particular devotional in that Bible, but it was me to a tee. So much so that I had someone else read it for a second opinion.
Yup, that used to be me.
The blessing in there is that it used to be me. Finding and reading it may have not had the meaning I thought it did, but it did speak to my heart today about what used to be wrong with me.
And then the blessings came.
I don't smoke anymore. I haven't for a very long time now. But the Blazer has a cigarette lighter. It didn't until today, but as I got out of it for my walk around the duck pond, I noticed it was attached to the magnet at the base of my retirement flashlight. That sucker has a pretty good magnet and it found the missing cigarette lighter. It works, too. It doesn't stay pushed in like it should, but it does heat up.
That's OK. It just needs to be there and work. That's my little brand of OCD and it got fixed today. It bugged me that it wasn't there.
I like things to work like they should.
The other blessing was answered prayers. I'm just gonna leave it at saying sometimes I think the Holy Spirit leads us to pray for what we ought and those prayers get answered in the affirmative sometimes. Blessings are also from knowing that we can take things to the throne of God. Even when we're not sure about things.
I know God's promises are real. And as promised, things did change. My friend got some good news tonight about her healthcare. That's a huge blessing for her. I saw prayers answered. I saw God working in my life and saw Him use someone to look after me and pick up something that I left out when I shouldn't have. No quality write-up for yours truly because a coworker looked after me when I had too many things going on at once.
God is good! All the time.
Yup, that used to be me.
The blessing in there is that it used to be me. Finding and reading it may have not had the meaning I thought it did, but it did speak to my heart today about what used to be wrong with me.
And then the blessings came.
I don't smoke anymore. I haven't for a very long time now. But the Blazer has a cigarette lighter. It didn't until today, but as I got out of it for my walk around the duck pond, I noticed it was attached to the magnet at the base of my retirement flashlight. That sucker has a pretty good magnet and it found the missing cigarette lighter. It works, too. It doesn't stay pushed in like it should, but it does heat up.
That's OK. It just needs to be there and work. That's my little brand of OCD and it got fixed today. It bugged me that it wasn't there.
I like things to work like they should.
The other blessing was answered prayers. I'm just gonna leave it at saying sometimes I think the Holy Spirit leads us to pray for what we ought and those prayers get answered in the affirmative sometimes. Blessings are also from knowing that we can take things to the throne of God. Even when we're not sure about things.
I know God's promises are real. And as promised, things did change. My friend got some good news tonight about her healthcare. That's a huge blessing for her. I saw prayers answered. I saw God working in my life and saw Him use someone to look after me and pick up something that I left out when I shouldn't have. No quality write-up for yours truly because a coworker looked after me when I had too many things going on at once.
God is good! All the time.
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