Dear Brothers & Sisters,
It has been a long time coming, but I must tell you now that the Lord is doing great things in my life! He is using me and stretching me beyond the depth of my own understanding. I praise God not only in my good times, but knowing that I am being stretched for His own glory has brought peace over me and I am consumed by the Holy Spirit knowing that I am but an instrument to further His kingdom. To all, I welcome humbly because I know I am nothing without my Lord, my Savior. I am humbled again and again when I catch myself being stripped apart for the glory of the Lord. I am but a mere being, but yet, He chooses me of all people to do my part. He believes in my ability when all I see in me is my inability. I am blessed to be here today.
Today during praise and worship, I was overcome with peace and joy...and even a little sadness. My tears kept falling and my husband must've thought I was going crazy, but in all honesty, I was just so overjoyed knowing that Jesus died for my sins that I may reunite with the Father. He kept saving me again and again and again and again. That is why I cried today. It's weird because I've gone to church and have a personal relationship with my Lord all my life, but for the first time in a long time, my eyes are finally opened it seems. Reading the Bible gives me such joy today. I am never going back to just being "okay". Sometimes, one really needs to be stripped. When there's nothing left, there's room for God. I really felt that the theme for my 2012 is "clean house". Today, I am stripped out and set apart for the Lord.
In service, we sang " Au, qee zag ua rua kuv ib ce tshee nyo, tshee nyo, tshee nyo... thaum puab ntsa Tswv Yexus, koj puas nyob ntawd?" and I cried because I know I was there, nailing Him to the cross again and again. Forgive me, Father for I have sinned. With that said, I rejoice knowing that I am not the same person that I was yesterday. I miss my family so much this Easter, but I know that they all must have been as overjoyed as I am knowing that our Lord and Savior is risen just as He said He would! I imagined dad singing his favorite Easter song and I can imagine mom sitting there nodding her head to the tune we all know so well. Even though I miss the presence of my biological family, I have a new family today and we celebrated the true meaning of Easter together for the first time in five years and know that I am full of peace and even a bad day tomorrow cannot break me today. Thank You, Jesus, for all that You've done and have yet to do in my life! :) I am encouraged today through the Words of Truth. Happy Easter, everyone!
Romans 5:2-5 (English Standard Version)
Through Him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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