It was an early morning fellowship and the women had gathered together to share and to pray. Pastor had barely made a call to prayer when the atmosphere changed….completely. All of a sudden, loud boo-hoos filled the room, carefully made up faces became badly smeared with mascara and hair was all over the place. The well-put together, LV bag carrying sister became unrecognizable in her new posture like many of her other sisters. Some of the women were wailing. The place was intense! These women had ISSUES and major ones too.
And everywhere you seem to turn, people have issues. The attacks are heavy. Reconciliation appears these days to be a curse word as marriages are breaking up by the minute. The Jezebels out there are especially wicked. The Delilah company has grown and they are bold…really bold. Delilah doesn’t care if she used to be your best friend and now you know she’s sleeping with your husband, the men are frustrated and many have become batterers, families are distraught because a loved one is ruining his life on drugs, people owe so much money and have lost their credibility, money has become so tight such that it is a struggle to fuel their cars, people are losing jobs, many are suffering from intense loneliness and others are battling a disease.
The list of issues is long and in my quiet moments, I have meditated and given thought to the things that seem to be happening around me. I am convinced that we are in a season that has been deliberately allowed by God. But I am able to hold my peace and walk through the storms of life when I read of Hannah and of Elizabeth and of Rebecca. These were women who went through anguish of soul and were in distress. However, when the blessing came these women gave their blessings back to God. This speaks to me of a process. At the end of the day it is not getting the miracle that matters…it’s the transformation that takes place while you are waiting that matters. These women were so transformed and their actions in the end seemed to say…Lord, all that matters is You and so we give everything back to You.
So today I walk with a new attitude knowing that since God has said it, it would come to pass. I also know that even though it does not look like it, He is working all things out for my good. I know that when the night is over joy comes and so I look forward to what is to come with gladness. I’m coming out of pain and shame, I’m coming out of depression and anger, I’m leaving behind those things that have held me back and when next you see me and wonder what makes me smile or why I haven’t been bowed down by the circumstances that surround me, I want you and the world to know that I am coming out, and I want the world to know and I’m gonna let it show…that my time has come and I’m stepping right into my destiny. How about you?
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