Sitting Down With God

                It has been almost a year since I have written on here. I apologize for the lengthy silence. However, in that silence I have learned and grown so much. God has been working in me and through me on so many levels. I have had the opportunity to have a real heart check and to come against seemingly impossible situations. I have come to the conclusion that My God is a God of more than enough and that he is steadfastly holding me to Him, even when I am on the verge of letting myself go.                 It is amazing to see how high you can lift yourself up. I lifted myself to pretty high heights and the devil had no problem knocking me down a peg or two.  I thought I was so strong in my faith. I found myself thinking more highly of myself than I should have. God doesn’t like ugly and he had a few lessons for me to learn. He also had a very big bles...

I sit here tonight wondering.  I wonder why it has taken me so long to see the truth.  The bible says that the truth will set you free.  So, I am going to take that step and receive that freedom.            In recent posts, I have shared what God has revealed to me in my personal bible study.  That is all well and good, but God has spoken something to me and no matter how hard I fight Him.  He has won.  He has told me that to be truly free, I have to face my past and let it go.  I always feel shame when I think about who I was.  I say who I was because when I accepted Christ as my personal savior He made me new in Him.  I am now a new creation, spirit-filled, and loved by an almighty, powerful God.  All of my sins are forgiven.  They are forgiven as far as the east is from the west.  If you can calculate how far that is, you are good.  To say the least, it is a very great d...

                             “I appreciate all that you do for me Lord, but that is not what I prayed for.”   Have you ever prayed with all your might for something?   Have you ever spent hours on bended knee, crying your heart out to the Lord for help, relief, or change?   I think everyone has a defined moment of when they came to God in such submission, full of hope and knowing exactly what you want God to do for you.                 I mean think about it.   You listed out everything you needed.   You mapped out for God just how to deal with your problem and how He can fix it for you.   Because don’t you know your way is best. Then God answers your prayer, to a point.   He deals with the issue, just not how you wanted Him to.    ...