Divine Intervention

” It’s not love unless you feel some sort of pain for a soul so lost in a world of despair, you choose to pray for the one who has hurt you just as much as they have hurt themselves.”

 

The text read ” I have smoke meth every day for the past year now, I am up to a 1/2 oz a of meth daily. I have never been to this place before. If I don’t get help, I realize I am signing my own death certificate.”  When I read this my eyes filled up with tears. It was so heart wrenching.   I had been praying for this man, but is praying all I should have been doing? Maybe I should have resolved to do more?  He admits he needs help yet still continues on this path of self-destruction. He has even been labeled as being a threat to himself.  He is definitely at his lowest point and continues to  believe I am getting exactly what I want. . I have prayed for this man and I continue to pray for this man. In deep prayer for him the holy spirit pulled at my heart-strings. The spirit prompted me to send him a message of love. I struggled with this for 2 days. I knew he had hurt me a lot in the past.  I was not in the mood to have confrontation with him. After praying and  careful consideration I sent him a text. The text read ” God loves you B___ and I am praying for you. Sorry you are hurting.”  It would take  12 hours before I would get a response. As suspected the response was a blatant character assassination. God gave me peace in reading the message and self control in replying.  I chose not  to engage him. He is sick and does not know what he is doing.  It would be one day later he checked himself into a 90 day rehabilitation  program. It was a divine intervention. It’s not love unless you feel some sort of pain for a soul so lost in a world of desperation you choose to pray for the one who has hurt you just as much as they have hurt themselves.  I continue to  pray for this man daily that he makes it through the program and finds himself and a new identity in Christ Jesus.

A Spiritual Battle

“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” – Ephesians 6:12

The battle rages around me. I know its Satan and his demons and I can feel the almighty God and his angels outstretched arms of protection. Why is the battle so intense that its hard to stand at times. I hear God saying “because chid you do not have to stand on your own but trust me and I will hold you.” Ever play the trust game when you were a child? One person stands behind you , you close your eyes,cross your arms ,and fall backwards. The expectation is for that person to catch you before you hit the ground. That is blind faith. You have faith the person behind you will open their arms and catch you. God is that person behind us waiting to catch us. We just have to close ours eyes and fall backwards. When we refuse to close our eyes and fall into the arms of our almighty Loving God we are choosing to fall prey to satan’s tactics. We are trying to do too much on our own. The past week I have been wrestling with putting all my trust and faith in God. I feel as if Satan is hard at work trying to discredit my faith and allegiance for God. Though this has been my experience  my faith has gotten stronger and I am believing God for some miracles in my life. Though I feel this season is getting out of control, God continues to tell me to Let it Go cause he has total control.Nothing is ever out of Gods control , Nothing!  I am a believer of the most high God. I know the power that is in his name. I know he has a plan for me and its a grand plan. We can not stand upon the mountain till we walk through the valley. I am in the valley believing I will be on top the mountain soon!