I had been debating on making a more personal, public blog… who knows who’ll read? But does it matter? I think the sermon today reminded me that being open with people is a good thing. (Obviously not to give them too much information, but in this case I’m simply saying you have a choice to read or not to, where the choice might not have been there before). Someone once told me I am too much of an open book… that person was the only one I know who told me that it is bad to be that way. I really respected their opinion, it meant the most to me… what a mistake. Anyway, remembering back to Week Of Hope , we learned that week to be real with people and live inside out. So that’ what I’ll do. This is a Blog, so anyone can leave a comment or ask questions, even anonymously. So hopefully where I might have put up a barrier before, where gates may have been locked, there now open. Now for the first post…
O Irony!
The other day I found a card at my moms house… it was pretty and pink. I thought to myself, this is such a cute birthday card (I was going threw a stack of old cards I had saved), it said happy birthday daughter, so I opened it, wondering if it were old enough to have both my parents signatures and perhaps my siblings too (because as I got older everyone gave me cards separately). I opened it, it read “I will always be here for you, Dad” …I could imagine this was my 15th birthday, but he gave me 18 dollars… I accidentally left it in the card. Isn’t that ironic, people usually give you $18 when you turn 18… so its so silly that I found it this year. I guess he’s still blessing me even now. He might not be here, but the card served as a reminder that God is, and will always be Here for me.
Rate now that is the most comforting thing that can be realized. Because more then ever do I see a need for God in my life. There are people who are getting sick or have been for a while all around me. Amy was telling me of her recent IV therapy… it scares me half to death. I don’t want to go there again… but I know that if I ever half to, God it by my side. I feel like I have so much to offer, but before I can give all I have to benefit others, I need to lift it all to God.
Thursday my devotional was about this guy who started the Salvation Army and blessed many lives… He got hit in the head by a brick and was incapacitated for 8 months the rest of his life he faced reoccurring depression and headaches. He spent the rest of his life writing books, books that touched many hearts and encouraged them. When people thanked him for his writings, he would reply, if there had been no brick, there would be no book. God takes the troubles we face in life, and uses them. He lets us walk through the fire of life, through pain and down times… all for His glory.
“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” Romans 8:28
That was a great thing to read after a doctors appointment (don’t ever doubt that God knows where you are in life and will meet you there)
“And though I can't understand why this happened
I know that I will when I look back someday
And see how You've brought beauty from ashes
And made me as gold purified through these flames” -clip from Beauty from pain, Super Chick
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