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As my birthday month
comes to a close, I am amazed yet thankful that I have been blessed to
celebrate 50 years of life. Twenty-five years ago my life was riddled with
depression, alcoholism, suicidal ideation, anger, rejection, unforgiveness,
hopelessness and fear. However, I can truly say that when I look back over the
years I see God's fingerprints and grace over my life, even as I simply existed
in a dark place. He protected and covered me when I was in an abusive relationship in
which the one who professed to love me held a knife to my throat and even when
I myself had a plan on how to take my own life and I was at my rock bottom--but
God. He began to reveal Himself to me and speak to me through sermons, His
Word, and even music reminding me that I was loved, forgiven, worthy and that I
had purpose. As I chose to trust him through faith, He took me on a journey
that has been life-changing and soul saving. A little over 10 years ago, I
prayed my desire to live out the purpose He has for my life, not realizing He
had been preparing me to do so all along. Though I become impatient at times I
believe that every job, experience, relationship has equipped me for the
vision/purpose He has chosen and revealed to me and as I continue to see the
vision unfolding, from counseling, ministry, and missions, I am both excited
and awe struck. God is.......
How long does it take?
How much time must pass before a change comes? This Facebook post quite poignantly portrays
the agony and struggle so commonly associated with the journey toward
wholeness. It was painful to watch this
suffering servant work through the darkness that was her life. At the time, I thought she knows the word;
she’s surrounded by saints who love her dearly so why is she still depressed? What is taking so long?
Ephesians 2:10
10 For we
are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
It took forty years for
Moses in Midian, forty years for the children of Israel in the wilderness, seventy
years in Babylonian captivity and the Jews taken away to Assyria are still
lost. Who am I to give one of God’s children a time table to manifest change? God is the Master Craftsman, well aware of
our frailties, wounds and hurts. Ephesians
2:1 begins with “And you made alive, who were dead in trespasses
and sin.” All of us began, lost in
darkness unable to change ourselves. But
by God’s grace, we were saved from sin and made holy. God is continuously at work creating in us a
new nature and preparing us for a new work.
How long it takes depends on Him.
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