Today’s writing is a HUGE praise break!!! This week has been full of moments where I’ve had to stop and recognize that God has truly turned my situation. I’ve been in an empty place for a long time. So many times I’ve felt like giving up and so many times I’ve felt that even if the timing wasn’t mine to give up that because of my circumstances, my time had come and gone. Today, I recognize that my life, although in number may be more than ½ over, is just beginning as I continue to let the word of God do the work, transforming me and others around me, and being my compass and my guide for every aspect of my life. Today I celebrate a renewed hope in the things that God has promised me and while my limited mind continues to try and box God into my warped way of thinking, God continues to show up in my life in ways I could never imagine and I can embrace that each and every day He’s turning things around for His glory and for my good! I think my reflection today is best summed up in the words of Tye Tribbett:
Yes there were times in my life when I thought I would never make it. I almost went down I was out for the count I was through. But it was then when I thought it would end that I stood up again and What hell had for evil God turned it around for my good Sometimes I look back and I don’t know how in the world I made it All of those nights I would cry my heart so filled with pain Worry consumed me my whole life revolved around fear and stress I was tired and weak I just could not compete anymore
The devil thought he had me, Thought that my life was over. He thought I would give up, He thought I had no more. But that’s when someone greater stepped in my situation. My morning has now begun… He turned my mourning in to dancing! He turned my sorrows into joy! No more crying days, No more hurt and pain, No more guilt and shame, He turned it! No more loneliness, No more fear and stress, No more sadness, He turned it!
Sometimes when we come out of the storm and recognize how close we were to giving up, we ought to take a moment to stop, recognize from whence we have come, recognize who kept us through it all, and who it is that is now blowing our minds and blessing us beyond our wildest dreams by giving us more than our wildest dreams could imagine. The word of God said it this way:
“17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. 19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. 20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:17-20
He always does exceeding and abundantly above what we can ask or think!! You may be still waiting and for you I’ll still be praying. As for me, I’ve got to stop and recognize that ————-HE TURNED IT!!!!!!!