No one can ever convince me that our God is not a loving God and that He cares about every aspect of our lives, even when we fail Him.
Some of my posts on FB this month have shown ultimately my ingratitude towards and lack of trust in God, as well as, blindness to His faithfulness. That realization started last night at Adoration and culminated today at lunch. I think I knew it all along which is why a few hours or the next day after posting, I deleted most of the posts. However, He not only corrected the errors in my thinking, but also provided comfort in my struggle.
As for the correction in my thinking, let it suffice to say, He reminded me of His graces and blessings in my life, as well as, the talents and “gifts” that are unique to me. I just need to stop letting Satan manipulate my opinion of myself and work on my total surrender, so that I can trust that God is in control in EVERY situation (if I let Him). He got that point across both in Adoration and at lunch.
The lunch itself disproved the deleted posts. It was such an educational, inspiring, and special lunch with ladies who truly live their faith. I did not feel like an outsider or even self-conscious.
One post I did not delete was regarding my struggle this month over what my mother went through this time last year. I expressed my guilt over not doing more and not recognizing what was causing her so much pain (and ultimately contributed to her death). Well, it is that last part that He provided an “in your face” response.
We were talking about how we are imprisoned and how we do not recognize or hear God or see what He is doing in our lives. I was going to share how He corrected me last night. I started off with telling why I was struggling. I had just finished saying that I should have recognized mom’s symptoms since I had just been through it about 5 yrs ago. The Holy Spirit used these ladies to correct that thinking, to remind me of His Will, AND provide the comfort I had been seeking with 2 simple statements:
- He provided her a blessing for her to offer to Him. (I am not sure if she offered it up, but I remembered I prayed that He would accept her pain as an offering.)
- If God had wanted me to recognize the symptoms so that her pain was eased and/or her life prolonged, I would have. (I cannot express how that went all over me and provided such great comfort).
This post is just a gentle reminder through my experiences, God is good all the time! My challenge for this post is that we all try to watch and listen for His movements in our lives. He will use anything or anyone that He chooses to demonstrate His love for us, we just have to be open and alert and trust Him.
blessedadorer 
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