I’ve been processing a lot lately. There were some places where I still needed God to bring healing and restoration. Places that were so deep that I hadn’t shared them with anyone before. The extra deep parts of my heart.
Deep calling to deep, I reached out to God for healing.
It’s not as if I haven’t wanted His hand to move over these places forever…it’s just that until now, I guess it wasn’t time. God made it clear recently, that now was the time.
As I embarked upon healing and restoration of the deepest of deep within me, it pulled up so much hurt. Many painful memories.
Pulling at the fabric of today, these memories tore through my heart and mind. I had a choice…live in the past or move into the future. I could either believe things could never change or I could remember that with God all things are possible.
We all repeat that like a mantra, “With God all things are possible.” But I believe most of us don’t live like we believe it. We say it because we’re supposed to, but we don’t truly believe it.
Here I was, looking at the past and feeling an insurmountable path forward…then suddenly I remembered. I remembered Who I serve. I remembered testimony after testimony of His faithfulness. I remembered how much God has changed me already. Transformed my personality, changed my heart…yes, He has done that.
As I walked through one testimony after another, I realized this current situation would also change. Without a doubt I believe it.
A promise is a promise. God is not a liar.
While it is true that people have free will, it is also true that God already knows what people will choose. So, when He promises me something that involves another person, I can still believe Him.
His promises are secure. God doesn’t lie.
Things can change. Many times, we don’t think they can, or we become so accustomed to how they currently are that we can’t fathom change, but it is still abundantly possible.
During Bible time this week, one of my children prayed over me and said, “God, bless momma with blessings she can’t even imagine happening.” That prayer struck me. I immediately began to cry as I realized my child was seeing something I wasn’t.
God, You are the God of the impossible. You are more than we could ask or imagine. You are beyond all things. Of course I want to receive blessings beyond what I can imagine.
What I’m finally learning is that things often change according to how willing we are to accept that change.
I see so many people sabotaging every effort at change, that others make. I listen to them complain and play victim, but then I observe them rejecting all effort toward change that either God or the person they are desiring change from, makes.
Things will change, will you let them? People can change…it’s called maturing…will you let them? You can be changed…it’s called refining…will you surrender to it?
“But forget all that- it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. The wild animals in the fields will thank Me, the jackals and owls, too, for giving them water in the desert. Yes, I will make rivers in the dry wasteland so My chosen people can be refreshed.” Isaiah 43:18-20
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