♕ Today's Promise: “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid.” John 14:27
Hello Brides, I hope that you’re all Living the Abundant Life He gave us!!! I want to thank my Beloved for His love, patience, grace, and strength that He gives me daily to live the good and the difficult things of this life, because as He says “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. In HIM we have peace!!
In my last PR (Praise Report) I said that I was returning to my hometown in Turkey, where I lived while I was married. I returned because He was sending me to help my friend in her first weeks of motherhood. I got here so afraid of so many things, but He is helping me overcome all of them!!! But before I continue, I want to share that the enemy is always scheming against those who belong to Him, against His brides. Days before I left home, I received an email that shocked me for days. If you know my BIO and have read the Praise Reports I sent, you will see that I am divorced and don’t have a child, so since the day, I signed the paper I never saw, heard or talked with my FH again. From the beginning of my RJ (Restoration Journey), the Lord protected me from seeing anything and from hearing bad reports. For a while, I struggled because I didn’t know if he had remarried, so my Heavenly Husband use a difficult situation when I lost my ID to show me that he was still divorced.
The day I received the email, I remembered that I got upset with something that happened with my family, but He didn’t let me do anything, so I spend most of my afternoon crying in His arms, seeking His face and His comfort for the wrongdoings, looking back I believe that He used that to prepare me for what would happen during the night. After He calmed me with His word and promises, I was journaling the thoughts and what I’ve learned from Him in these two years of journey when I heard a sound notifying me that I received an email. It took me a while to understand that the email I received was not work-related but from the enemy.
At the beginning I had no idea what I was reading, but then I looked who sent me the email and I was able to immediately stop reading and deleted the email. Unfortunately, I read the first lines where a woman who studied with me said that she had news about my “husband” and wanted my phone number so she could report what she saw. Thanks to the Ministry and what I learned here from Erin and all of you ladies who send Praise Reports and from the many Restore Testimonies I read, I was able to not fall in the trap set for me. Thank you, Lord!!! He also led me to be on alert and find an old email when we did projects together and block her contact from my email’s list. The interesting thing was the email she sent was in the day that my FH asked for the divorce exactly two years ago.
I have no idea how I was able to sleep that night, but I believe that He gave me His peace. He is so good He cares about everything \o/ So, you see that the fear that I already had about being back to my hometown just increased. I was so reluctant to come, but each and every day He gave me the strength to keep walking, serving with love, He gives me the faith to smile at the future knowing that he is in control of everything, every situation, encounter, everything!!! I can rest in peace knowing that He is working everything for good.
Proverbs 31:25 "Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come."
I don’t have a child, and this is one of the things that I struggle with, but He gave me many spiritual children that I can’t count, from newborns to teenagers, and I am able to be light to them and guide them in His way by His grace. This is also a prayer that He answered. I have no idea what He will do next, I still have two more weeks to go, then I will return home.
Brides, if anyone who is reading struggles with a similar situation or any other difficult thing or trial in your life, I want to encourage you to look at His beautiful face, He is the most incredible person in your life, If we could contemplate how precious He is or even a glimpse of what will be when we see Him face to face, we would stop complaining about the things that we don’t have, and we would enjoy each and every moment building and pursuing a relationship with Him.
“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Matthew 28:20
~ Sara
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