When
someone asks me how I feel, most of the time I am going to say, “GREAT!” I am
well passed the prime of my life, I have flat feet and I have a spine that is
so distorted that my chiro does not understand how I am living such a normal
life.
I
have to pace myself as I age, but I am like the energizer bunny. It is not due
to a type A personality, because I do not have one! I am a melancholy and an
introvert from birth.
However,
I have learned that there is a seed for a miracle in each trial. For instance, while
I learned to survive a divorce by my husband of 22 years, God revealed Satan’s
lies that I was alone and abandoned. He taught me His truth that He is my
husband and that He alone is my strength and my provider (Isaiah 54:5; Psalm
54:4).
Also,
I was t-boned in a car accident in 1995 that broke 11 ribs on my left side,
punctured my left lung, gave me a concussion, filled the left side of my face
with glass and broke the pinky finger on my left hand.
Yet,
I was discharged from the hospital the next day after the accident. I was back
to work as a full-charge bookkeeper in one week, and I never took one pain pill.
God provided for me above all expectations, amazing my doctors and everyone who
suffered through even one broken rib.
The
Spirit of God continually provides me with supernatural strength and wisdom to
combat any physical impairments, and His joy and peace pervade every facet of
my life.
Over
the years, God taught me to live in the Spirit and not to dwell on the temporal
aspects of life for very long, because every instance of tribulation is a new
adventure in Christ and a spiritual phenomenon just waiting to happen.
Prayer:
Father
God, I prefer peace, order and stability, but life has a way of throwing us
curve balls when we least expect it. Even so, You always fill me with Your joy,
which is my strength through any tribulation (Nehemiah 8:10). I despise change,
but You taught me to handle it with flexibility and joyful acceptance as I
witness Your provision for me.
I
love the life You gave to me. I enjoy my family and I adore the husband You provided,
because he is so adorable! I love people and I never meet a stranger. I enjoy
my opportunities of service to You as a wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker,
and in the ministry of Your Army as a spiritual mentor and a Pastor's wife. I
give You all the praise, which is due to Your name.
Thought
for the Day:
God
leads us and guides us each moment of the day; and He keeps us on His straight
and narrow path, because of the spiritual enemies of His Kingdom. - Psalm 23:3,
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