Well, hello strangers! If any of you still remain.
It has been seven months since I have written a post, and to be frank, I was not sure if I would come back, but here I am. (Before writing anything else, however, I must warn you that I do not know if this is a permanent re-installment.)
God moves in mysterious ways.
This is really what caused me to jump back on here tonight. Isn't it ironic how God uses things in our lives to change us right when we least expect it? Today that thing was something I -myself- said. Yes, of course we should counsel our own souls and it is both healthy and profitable to do so, but today I was most moved by words spoken aloud to another person.
I was talking about things I knew to be true about God, but as soon as I was alone I was flooded with the recognition that those truths were EXACTLY what I needed right then. I marveled to think that this realization was also part of God's plan for me.
Think back to a time when something happened to you that you could not understand. An event that did or did not happen that you thought would have been good. Why was God withholding that good thing from you? It did not make sense, yet it was happening. Remember all the tearful prayers promising to love your God and submit to His kind plan for your life, even though you could not understand.
Those difficult times are worth every tear. Glass suddenly shatters! Possibly God planed that trial just for this moment. I have never had children, but I imagine this is in some small way like giving birth. Women have told me that all the pain is forgotten when they hold their little one for the first time. Well, the moment you catch a glimpse of how an event in your past fits into a better plan is kind of like childbirth. Our pain is forgotten in light of what God is currently doing through us!
God's ways truly are far above our own!
Today, I was the person in someone's life who reminded them of truths and encouraged them to hang on, but it was only because of a thing God allowed in my path some time back. That trial enabled me to bless someone in their trial. Maybe that is why we go through some of the things we do. And if so, isn't it worth it?
~ A Song of Joy
Post Script - I would most definitely be amiss if I did not refer to this quote from Sergent York, "The Lord sure do move in mistierious ways!" :) I really want to rewatch that movie!
