Let us test and examine our way, and return to the LORD!
Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven.
Lamentations 3:40-41
I have experience the power of God in these past few weeks more than ever in my life. I want to share with you guys some personal experiences I have had. And dear one, when you read these things may you praise your heavenly Father above for the grace he has poured out on this daughter! I am nothing without my Lord!
I have been on a roller coaster of “emotions and feelings” for these past six months because my identity has been in finding the “right guy.” If we want to be completely honest, that is where I have been for the past 6 years. Relationship-broken heart, relationship-broken heart, relationship-broken heart. You think I would have gotten it after the first couple of times. Oh but friend, the amazing part is that God’s sovereign hand has been with me through all of these experiences. You see, I would give my my heart away, get it broken and then give it to another guy. For six years that has been what I have done. Not until this past month had I given my heart back to the Lord to mend back together. I just kept giving a broken, messed up heart to another guy. What good is that for a relationship? The Lord had been patiently waiting on me, His daughter, to just stop giving my heart away!
Listen closely to what I am about to say. God told me to never give my heart away again. NEVER. Not to a guy, not even to my husband! My heart belongs to MY Savior! Not to some fleshly person. I want to return to my first love, Jesus. Yes, I want people to see my heart for the Lord, but never do I ever want to give it away again.
When the Lord had brought me to my lowest, most desperate position of my life I found myself begging for confirmation to make some tough decisions. The same day I had written in my journal that I needed God to SPEAK to me. Later that night, I was at a restaurant with two of my close friends, Tara and Sloan, and I had just prayed for our meal, and even in that prayer I again just asked the Lord to confirm my decisions. Probably about 30 seconds later a sweet-spirited young lady came up to the table and simply said, “I wanted to tell you that the Lord is pleased with you and that you have favor with the Lord.” My friends, if that isn’t the Lord speaking confirmation to you, I don’t know what is! In that moment I knew that the Lord was calling me to higher things. I was settling for less than what the Lord wanted from me! It also showed me that his hand has been on me this whole time!
The Lord is definitely clearing my path for where he is taking me. It is an exhilarating feeling to know that absolutely no one or no thing is holding you back from where God wants to take you!
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