What a day yesterday was. I woke up expecting it to be just like any other day, but God had something different in mind, as He most often does. During the day I went about my normal work routine, and in the quiet of caring for a three month old, I started to dwell on thoughts of loneliness and self-pity, and worse, I gave those thoughts credit and validity. I don't need to say much more about that, was just allowing myself to be in a sad mood. Well my Friday evening plans involved events that God used to first, take my perspective off of myself and my "problems", and second, offer me hope, encouragement, and evidence of His very real presence in my life. With that, let's dive into yesterday's thankfulness topic:
"A gift in loosing, finding, making something"
I love these poetic topics, they always leave me searching and thinking all day!
1.) A gift in loosing. In the midst of my self-pity and loneliness, I kept checking my phone to again read today's topic, for some reason I could not remember the words, "loosing, finding, making something."
"Loosing, finding, making something"? what am I ever going to write about today? Well, like I said, it wasn't until the end of the day when the Lord rescued me from my selfish thoughts that my eyes could be opened to His blessings. Yesterday, the thing I'm thankful for loosing, was my blindfold. I wish I could go into full detail as to what I was blindfolded to, but in vague terms it was, my sin, God's hand in my life and in the lives of my family, my continued need for His Grace and forgiveness, and I could go on and on. It wasn't that I've never seen these things before, but lately I've been choosing to live in a world of denial and God brought me out of it in a beautiful way.
2.) A gift in finding. That's the thing with loosing, it seems that one usually finds something new in return. In this instance, God certainly wasn't leaving me hanging by just helping me loose my blindfold and wrong perspective, that was blessing enough. But what I found, what He showed me, in revealing all of those things I listed was, hope. Hope in Him, in His plan, for my life, my family's life, hope in His purpose for me. Not self-pity, loneliness and despair, hope.
3.) A gift in making something. I really had to think about this third one for a while. I kept trying to think of something I had made today, something God had made.... but then I realized that "making something" is not necessarily referring to something that has been and is done being made. God whispered to me, "The something being made, is you!" Im not really sure if I have accurately described what God did in my heart last night, but friends, He is turning my world upside down, in the best way possible. He is making Himself real and known to me in a way I never thought possible. I am so thankful that He is in control, and that He is not only leading me, but walking right beside me, as He completes His work in me.
beautifully overwhelmed.
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