I have had a few bad days this week. I don't really know what is going on, not anything I can really put my finger on. But , Praise God! I am feeling better today. Hopefully it has just been and emotional slump!
At some point in my past someone (probably a teacher) once said, "It is presumptuous to write or speak. You must first assume that you have something worth saying. Secondly, that it is worthy of someone else's attention." I hope that is the case with what I am about to share, although they are not my original words or ideas.
Elisabeth Elliott writes that solace can be found in the spiritual lessons of nature's cycle of life and death. Jn. 12:24 says that, "Except a grain of wheat fall to the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit." We cannot avoid the death and still be fruitful. The harvest of wheat from the solitary grain is "the gospel, the Good News of life out of death, a gospel for every individual, every need, every hopeless and helpless situation."
The God of Israel (who delivered them from destruction between the chariots of Egypt and the Red Sea), is our God too. "He looks down on us with love and says, 'Nothing has happened to you which is not common to all. I can manage it, Trust Me.'
He wants to transform every human suffering into something glorious. He can redeem it. He can bring life out of death. Every event of our lives provides opportunity to learn the deepest lesson anyone can learn on earth, 'My present life is not that of the old I, but the living Christ within me' (Gal 2:20, JBP) When our souls lie barren in winter which seems hopeless and endless, God has not abandoned us. His work goes on. He asks our acceptance of the painful process and our trust that He will indeed give resurrection life."
I pray that somehow I will be able to trust God. That life will be resurrected in me, not for my glory, but for the glory of God. I know that I already have eternal life, because of Christ's death for me. I have NO PROBLEM trusting God for my salvation but healing seems to be a different story. I pray that I will be able to thrust Him restore my physical life, because of the suffering He endured, that I may complete what He has called me to do.
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Dear sweet Annie, so sorry that you have been in an emotional slump. I should check in on you with a phone call rather than the wonder of email sometimes. :) Forgive me. What wonderful advice about speaking or writing. Wish you had shared those words with me when I was teaching all those middle school darlings. :) You are a very devout and faithful follower that our God is using in a mighty way to minister to each of us who read your blogs and marvel at your strength, stamina, courage, and faith. Thank you for sharing these words with us all. I thank God that he broght you into my life way back when at FSU/UNA and that He has kept us together since. Your history with Terry means a lot, too. We love you.
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