There was a very urgent knock on our door and ringing of the bell several times at an hour this evening when we weren't expecting anyone. Now. To set the stage for you, we live in a "nice" neighborhood that is just across the river from the bad side of town and riddled with drunk frat boys who think that they live here because all the tan bungalows apparently look the same. Needless to say my hubby has a shot gun and we have set up code names to call each other if we think our abode is in distress.
The knock was just an uber-friendly parking checker BUT when my husband and I looked at each other and I said: you got this one... It was a really earth shattering, "I trust you". And immediately I thought back to my stressful day and thought about how my heart should be so light with the Lord at the helm. Because I haven't always whole-heartedly trusted my husband but lately I do and to the extent that I feel physically different when he is fully in charge.
I need to ponder more on why I don't do that with the Lord. Nay; I need to pray more on how to accomplish that sense of trust with the Lord.
Last night, I was tired, but didn't want to crawl into bed at nine o'clock - so, I pulled up one of Pastor Jeske's sermons that I hadn't listened to. This is what he said......"When you feel like you are in charge of your life; you have enough money in the bank, your job is secure, your stomach is full and you feel like YOU have done it of your on accord - that is when the devil has you in his grasp. God allows you to STRUGGLE to keep you humble and to remember that He alone is in charge. His Angels guard and keep you so that you are on this earth, doing God's will, until the exact second that He calls you home."
ReplyDeleteSo, my dear daughter, because God loves you, He allows the struggle in your life so that you remain humble and dependent on Him, the source of your being and the Light of this dark, dark world.
Take a deep breath - sing a hymn of praise in your soul - smile at the world and let your Light so shine among men that they may see the Glory of God.