June 7, 2010
Can I just start off by saying that God is good?! Oh my goodness, is He ever. To start off, a few days ago I was praying ever so fervently about life and guidance and direction and just..pretty much everything! God and I were really having a heart to heart. It was MUCH needed, to say that least! Towards the end of my time with Him, I found myself over and over again asking Him to grant me patience and strength. Those two words just kept flowing from my heart: Patience and Strength. To be quite honest I really lack those two things in my life these days. Well, fast forward to yesterday and today. Events upon events kept piling up that were filled with stress and uneasiness. I have felt like these past few days have really been a constant inner battle. I got to thinking though.... . When we ask God for things, in my case patience and strength, God's answer is probably going to require some action on our part. God puts us through situations to strengthen us and prepare us for what is to come. But when I asked for those two things, I did not have the right heart nor mind set. To be frank, I just wanted to wake up one day and be a stronger person, be a person with a whole lot more patience that I had the day before. Who was I kidding? Looking back on these few days involving trials, I have realized that God has given me the OPPORTUNITY to grow in the fields that I requested. He has a pretty cool sense of humor sometimes .... :) My Savior granted me the things that I asked for. He put me in situations that were tricky and tough because He knows that I will gain insight and strength from these experiences. Matthew 7:7 states, "Ask, Seek, Knock "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." I asked God and He gave it to me. So instead of being bitter over these past days, I need to be thanking and PRAISING my God who hears my cry, who listens to the very depths of my heart and who loves and cares about me enough to refine my souls every need.
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So Emily, I just read all of your blog posts...I am so encouraged and excited to see you are sincerely seeking after God with all of your heart. What a JOY to read all of the wisdom and truth here. I pray you will always SEEK after HIM with all of your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and HE will guide your path. I have been so blessed to sit here tonight and ponder all the hours I have prayed for my son and for the young lady in his future. I have prayed that he would find a godly young lady to share in his life and that he would be a god's man. I pray he will be bold for Christ and live it out radically...with no doubts! What a blessing to see that you are the kind of girl I have prayed for. What a blessing to know that he now has the opportunity to be influenced by you for the LORD and HIS precepts. Thank you for beautiful blog posts..I AMEN everything you have written and pray you continue to grow more in love with our Savior. I pray you will love Him with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength all the days of your life! You Go Girl!!!
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