Dear Brides, open your heart when you read this Chapter 15 “Utterly Lovesick“. I felt very encouraged when I read it, we often don’t understand why some of us go through such difficult journeys, but the journey that Michele went through is the reason that you and I are here.
Sometimes, we look at people’s lives and the journey they go through and think that in our lives the same will happen. Reading what Michele said “No, and He’s not going to call you to take the same course He’s asked me (or others) to take”, brings a kind of peace in my heart, not because of Michele’s journey, but I was struggling to see close friends going through terrible situations and I was thinking I was the next.
Psalm 91:5-8— “You will not be afraid of the terror by night, or of the arrow that flies by day; of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not approach you.”
But spending time with Him shows me that even if I don’t understand many of the things that are happening, the journey that I am walking with Him is unique and the current trial that I am going through will bring me closer to Him, He is maturing me and that brings me excitement!
I believe as Michele said that “that a crisis of this magnitude has a way of changing its victim in incredible ways” is what is happening with me now. I just feel that I am going through the same season I went through two years ago when my journey began, but instead of being in despair, I want to let Him mature and change me as He already did before, I will always want more of Him, and if going through the heartbreaking and rejection over again is what will bring me closer to Him, I can just feel joy and rejoice and like Paul I want to say that “We are hard-pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.”
For now, I feel the pain and sorrow, but soon I will again have the joy that comes from Him. It is through our weakness that His power works, sometimes we think that is when the deliverance comes that He is only glorified, but we also need to remember that is during our most difficult moments that others see His power and working on us.
I want to continue to live the Abundant Life that He gave me, enjoying each and even moment with Him, and let His light shine over my face and life so others can see Who He is. I have no idea why He is allowing it, but I know He is in control, I will continue to trust Him.
Let’s pray laying down every burden: My Beloved, I am so ashamed for the way that I dealt with my current situation, in how I believe that you can’t do anything to save me. Oh Lord, how I doubt you. I need you and your help, help me in my unbelief, help me set my hope in you, let me find my joy and happiness in you alone, never leave me or forsake me, I want to get closer to you, to listen to your voice, be comforted by your word and arms. No one knows me as you do, you know what I need, and I need you.
“Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He WAITS on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him” (Isaiah 30:18).
Dear Brides, if you’re new and are afraid of what you read, I want to encourage you to bring your fears to Him. Remember, her journey is not your journey. Take heart and be encouraged to continue to pursue a closer relationship with Him.
Living the Abundant Life is a very exciting thing. This is a book that brings us closer to Him, teaching us that is during the hardest and difficult moments that we will see Him.
“God can do anything, you know—far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams!” (Ephesians 3:20 The Message).
~ Sara
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