Ladies, I need to share this praise with you. When I read Leah’s RJN Ch 4 (https://loveatlast.org/rjn-leah-c4) and was reminded of something that happened when my boy was born, before I really believed that God existed, I was sort of on the fence about Him, He knew me and love me still.
It made me think of someone that loves you from afar and they do things to try and woo you and get your attention, but you just sort of ignore them. That is what it was like for me and my Husband :):):)
He knew that one day my heart will be fully His so even in the years that I ignored Him and did not pay Him any attention, He still blessed and loved me so much because I was His already, I just did not know it yet.
I am not sure that I have thanked and praised Him yet for that, so I am doing so now!!!
“But then I will win her back once again. I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her there.”
Dear Yvonne this is such a touching praise. I am so happy that your heart is fully His. Just being in your presence let’s me feel His presence and that is why I always love talking to you.
Yes Yvonne if l look back before i gave my heart to Him l could also clearly see how He was trying to win my heart. For me it’s like I kind of knew… bcos l could see how happy some of my cousins were.. I heard them singing worship songs.. I could feel the call in my soul.. but l just said I’m young im enjoying my life.. how wrong l was…
Oh Yvonne, what a joy to have the opportunity to thank and praise Him for being loved and chosen to be by His side, isn’t it? I thought that my heart already belonged to Him, but when my journey began I noticed that I walked very far from Him, but now, I can say as property “I am my Beloved’s and my Beloved is mine”.
I am very grateful for your praise dear Yvonne, you encouraged me to remember my life before my Beloved and I can also recognize the moments when I felt that I was attracted to him, but I can also praise him because I always felt His care ❤️
This is a good reminder a how much He was trying to get our attention. As you, when I go back in time and I start counting so many blessing He gave in without me knowing Him in the way I know Him now.
There are so many times that we tried to take my attention since I was very young but the noise around me was so loud that I couldn´t listen nor see him.
I am thankful for all His love!
What a beautiful praise Yvonne, this has reminded me that time I got married with my EH I made a decision to follow him and know him but because I fail into the lies of the enemy I turned my back on him but through it all he was with me and now that he is with me he deserves my praise for everything in my life.
Yes, I can also look back over my life and see how He protected and provided for me and my children even if I didn’t ask or had a real relationship with Him. And if I did ask something in a quick prayer, I never actually looked to see if He answered my prayer to thank Him or praise Him. And all along He was standing there trying to allure me to let Him in and to built that relationship with Him that is so precious and life changing!
Totally identified with you, it’s as if now the jigsaw puzzle that was thrown on the ground in a disorderly way had come together in my life and put together the beautiful photo that it always was, Him and me together!! Now is when I can understand that the pain I was going through and the things that made me feel frustrated only wanted to push me to seek Him to find the peace and love that he so desired. That’s why every day I praise him for the marriage crisis he gave me, he blessed me SO MUCH with it, I don’t wish for a moment that I hadn’t experienced it because it was there that he made me fall in love 💗
It is only when you go through this journey that we realize that we forgot and turned on our first love.
Our love for our spouses, children, career and family came first for me that I would actually say thank or praise people and completely forget about Him.
I thank Him for this journey and I just want to share everything with Him and make Him first and praise Him every second, mintue and hour