"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me." S5110
While reading " From Prison to Praise " from the recommended resources, I was very excited to read what the Lord did in his life, the spiritual transformation that He made in the Chaplain and what He wants to do in me and in us as He allows each stage, each time in our life to speak to us, to teach us something that will change us on this journey, how to ask for His guidance even in the smallest things, because even there we need to see His guidance towards where He directs us and how to use everything to turn it into a blessing, we speak through testimonies of other people's experiences of how they went through their trials and how my Beloved helped them through each one. Also, how his life was an example for other people to choose to follow the Lord and it is something that I want in my life and from my life, it is something that I would like that when people look at me or when I speak to other people they feel called to follow the Lord.
I want to thank the Lord for giving me the words and the encouragement to speak to other women, my friends who have been going through difficult times or difficult crises, some marital, some health, some simply growth in their relationship with our Beloved and each situation has taught me where I also need to continue growing and feeding myself through His word. The Lord speaks to us in different ways, He leads each one of us exactly where we need to be to realize what He is telling us, there is nothing that is an exception where He does not answer us or direct us, we have to give Him the place that He deserves in our lives, which is first in everything, and be open to what He wants to teach us and how He will transform us.
Between yesterday and today, days after Christmas, I have had the opportunity, as the lessons say to embrace , I have had one to share with a friend who is having a somewhat serious health problem and talking to her about how to thank the Lord, and to focus on all the blessings that He has given her, on all the positive things that the Lord has had happened in her life. Don't think about the negatives, don't allow the enemy to play with your mind because that's where we have our biggest battle, but rather see it as a learning course , seeing and hearing how she accepted that and saying "it's true, 38 years and I'm still here" and going back to see everything she's already had instead of focusing on what she doesn't have right now. It also led me to look back and say Lord, thank you, thank you for absolutely everything; what I liked and what I didn't like, everything was for my good.
Beautiful brides, I want to encourage you to put everything in the hands of the Lord and let Him be the one who guides us, who transforms our hearts into hearts of flesh, clean hearts, hearts full of love, who shows us what He has planned for our lives and I share this promise that He gave me:
"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me." Psalm 51:10
Thank you for sharing precious Jewel. I really want to encourage other brides to read Prison to Praise.
I also want to live a life that other people look at me they are drawn to our Darling Lord.
What a beautiful verse, this verse is also for me today and this verse I am going to ask my Darling to do. I love it:
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.” Psalm 51:10
Dear Janine, I join with you to encourage others to read and be transformed by our Lord and HH and experience Him creating a clean heart in us.
Thank you for sharing Jewel. This was a beautiful of how He works in each of our lives. I too want others to look at me and see His Light that will lead them back to Him.
“I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.”
Ezekiel 36:26 NIRV
https://bible.com/bible/110/ezk.36.26.NIRV
Yes dear Elda may He use us for His will, thanks for that promise.
Putting the Lord first and trusting His plan is so important. It’s great how your friend stayed positive and saw her health issue as a learning experience. The Lord is always there for us, using every experience – good and bad – to shape us and bring us closer to Him.
Yes Hope and I am glad when He opens our heart and mind to accept our experiences as an opportunity to embrace in our shaping.
Thank you Jewel, I too, was so encouraged by reading that book! it’s such an honor to be used by Him and to have such a precious intimacy with Him that can overflow onto others!
Rasa I agree when we have that intimacy with Him His love overflows unto others.