♕ Today's Promise: “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14
~ Ruby in California
There is something that has happened that is special to me. The enemy tried to steal this from me because he wants to steal, kill and destroy but I kept my focus on My Love and His Blessings to me.
My son recently graduated from his academy and is now a California Highway Patrol Officer. For his graduation ceremony, after receiving his badge, he chooses who will pin his badge on his uniform. Someone asked me who is pinning him and I said I didn’t know. I believe it will be his father or uncle which is also his Godfather because they are also officers and would be his role models as officers as well.
A few weeks before the end of his academy he asked me to go to breakfast with him as he did from time to time before. His long time girlfriend joined us this time and we had a great morning. Then my son looked me in the eyes and asked me if I would pin him at his graduation!! I was in shock!! I asked him- really? You want me to pin you? He said yes and his girlfriend said- of course there was no other choice for him. Well can you imagine how happy and surprised I was. Praise be to God. I did not expect this at all. My Love continues to bless me and shows me I’m loved. Especially because lately I had not been feeling so important and even felt unworthy.
Well then the enemy showed up. As I shared my exciting news with a few friends of mine, one friend said that she knew it already because it is usually the spouse that pins and if not married then it would be the mother. That made no sense to me but it made me feel not chosen by my son but that he was forced to ask me. All my feelings of being loved and chosen were gone. Then I remembered the words my son's girlfriend said- of course, there was no other choice for him. This could either mean I was the first choice above all else or as the enemy changed it to mean he had no choice but was forced to have me. I felt horrible, unworthy, unloved and like a burden. I asked others who were already in the department and these 2 people assured me that he chooses whoever he wants. But even then, the enemy spoke so loudly over them. I still felt unwanted. I stopped asking, I refrained from looking up this info online and I spoke to My Love about this and what I was feeling. My flesh was telling me to look it up and ask a few more people for the truth but after speaking to My Love He told me not to search for answers and just enjoy this moment, whether I knew it was true or not, just let it be.
For 3 weeks I did not look for the truth online or from others but I looked for it from My Love. After all He is The Only Truth! I surrendered it to Him and asked Him to take my insecurities away and replace it with the joy He meant for me to have. It was very tempting to try to find out for myself the info at that very moment. It took a lot of patience, trust and obedience not to.
Ladies!! I have to say this with such excitement that during the ceremony, right before the officers received their badges, My Love revealed His Truth not only to me but to all who were there and watching online. The Academy Commander stated that in the past it was always another officer in the family or not related, active or retired (which he has several to choose from including his father) or the spouse that would pin the new officers but as they realized the importance of this they were now allowed to choose whoever they wanted to pin their badge on their uniform.
My Son Did Indeed Choose Me From His Heart Above All Others In His Life!!
My Love spoke His Truth over the enemies lies, louder and clearer than any other-on a microphone and streamed online for all to hear, near and far!!! The voice of My Love is Thunderous!! He is Glorious!! He is Faithful to me!!
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord!
Wait on the Lord!
Lean not on your own understanding!
He is the way, the truth and the life!
He never fails to come through to us, ladies. Just trust and wait! He is so faithful to us. We must make sure we are doing things His way and in His timing, not our own. His love is perfect. His way is perfect. His timing is perfect. He Is Perfect!
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