It had been a time of betrayal and hurt. Many tears were shed but through it all I knew God was with me! I thanked Him for Deuteronomy 31:6, “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” I knew I was growing. 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.” I didn’t ask “why”, even though I didn’t understand, but I trusted. Romans 8: 28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
I believe the Holy Spirit woke me up at 3 a.m. - wide awake. God gave the three examples that were given in the sermon, "Sometimes the bad boys bring the blessings". The judge was a bad boy but the blessing was the widow ran into Jesus. A blessing was brought to Moses by a bad boy, Pharaoh. Jesus is our blessing brought by a bad boy, Herod. Then I had a vision. A huge white gift box with a beautiful gold bow on it and God said, "this is a blessing"! I knew in my heart exactly what He meant and I could not stop crying tears of joy.
We don't understand God's ways and scripture tells us this. Isaiah 55: 8-9, "'For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,' declares the Lord. 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.'" I cannot lean on my own understanding. Proverbs 3: 5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Now I know why God let this happen and I thank Him for it. What a blessing it has been - exceedingly abundantly above anything I could have asked or imagined! Thanks be to God!
"I had to make you uncomfortable, otherwise you never would've moved." God
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