...was a pleasant day, but also another day of cycling through my sorrow. Another round of coming to the reality about what is and won't be. I think the hardest part about any kind of grief, is the loss of the future hope it offered. And rejection, should it be part of it, the deepest sting.
Now, the future is not the one I had been investing my heart, or all my efforts, into. Now, it is an unknown thing again. And I am facing it alone again.
Truth is, the future, other than within the parameters of the promises of God, has always been a mystery. It has never been a specific guaranteed outcome. The details never a certainty. It's always a progressive unfolding. And in a way, it is both, always faced singularly and yet, never utterly alone, because Jesus promised He would never leave us (Mat 28:20) nor forsake us. Heb 13:5, Deut 31:6
But we do like to have some God with skin on , as my friend, Lee-Anne used to say. I am certainly NOT short of lovely relationships and people who love me. I am truly blessed.
Tomorrow...
Plus, we have the promise regarding our future, even if we don't have the details.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord.
Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give a hope and a future. Jer 29:11
That's where the focus has to go, so the Word can deliver the healing that is encapsulated in it. So that thoughts can be taken captive and made obedient ( II Cor 10:5 )
It is amazing too, that the gift of life, soon to come in the form of a newborn, is a wonderful remedy for loss, carrying renewed hope and promise.
Don't let the promises, broken by people, keep you from believing in the promises made by God.
He is faithful.
Looking Ahead...
The Apostle Paul, in Philippians said it like this:
...This one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind, and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Phil 3:13 (b)-14
...This one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind, and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus Phil 3:13 (b)-14
The Lord spoke personal promises to my heart at the beginning of this year. This is a form of joy set before me, and I believe the word of power designed to carry me over and through. God's Word CONTAINS the power to accomplish itself. It never returns void.
So shall my word be that goes out of my mouth;
So shall my word be that goes out of my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the things for which I sent it. IS 55: 11
Yesterday...
This picks up from yesterday and the principle of driving transformation by meditating upon that Word-using it in proclamation to power change and growth and renewal-even miracles! Taking hold of it in your heart, by keeping it in your mouth and keeping it in your thoughts because they overflow from your heart.
Let me know your need and I will share God's promises and pray for you.
This picks up from yesterday and the principle of driving transformation by meditating upon that Word-using it in proclamation to power change and growth and renewal-even miracles! Taking hold of it in your heart, by keeping it in your mouth and keeping it in your thoughts because they overflow from your heart.
Have failed promises devastated your joy and hope?
Let me know your need and I will share God's promises and pray for you.
"The time for mourning is over: Rejoice!
-The season of singing has come"
A word the Lord gave me just a few weeks ago!And the transformational fast continues...
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