Ooops! He did it again:)

Once again, He has changed my heart from bitterness to a forgiving fountain.  Real bad times this weekend.  

You just want to smack people when they keep doing the same things over and over to enrage you.  Its like how can they not know they are angering you, right?

Yet, Jesus instructs us to forgive them 70 x 7.  It seems so pointless because they never get it, right?

It is not about them getting it, folks.  It is about you freeing yourselves from the never ending anger and bitterness that these individuals inflict upon us.  Thus causing us so much torment, depression....instead of happiness and pure joy.

But these lessons are hard.  You lose faith and wonder "Is God really there?"  "Don't you hear me?"  "Don't you see what this person is doing to me and to them?"  "Why won't you stop them?"

For anyone that knows me, they would know that what took place this weekend is nothing short of a miraculous blessing from the Lord.  Why?  My name means sea of bitterness.  Believe me whether your parents gave serious thought to your name or not that name was given to you for a reason.  God is in control. 

I don't try to hold onto situations.  They sit there and fester.  Satan knows exactly how to peck at us to make us ineffective.  

So for me to come out of a traumatic circumstance within a 4-day period instead of it lingering into darkness for weeks or months - that is God working within me.  

So what was different?  I let God do the talking and spoke very little in rebuttal.   Believe me I had a lot to say, but the Lord, Thank goodness, took hold of that tongue and kept it still.  Did I give a lot of blank stares and probably look dumb in their eyes.  Yep.  But in the end it was they that looked foolish.

With kids to take care of and a long list of to-dos, I left the situation, went into my closet and shut the door on everyone.  I got down on my knees and cried liked nobody's business just saying "Lord, Lord, help me."  No more, no less. 

I was still angry and frustrated but knew that God had my back.  And it would be over shortly.  By today I was able to go to that person with compassion and grace even when I did not want to.  But God wanted me to and the obedience to Him gave me freedom.  Now I am singing and dancing.

This takes a lot of daily prayer for a forgiving heart, compassion, grace and mercy to be giving to me through His Holy Spirit.  A deep desire to be more like Him. That is what I have been praying for I don't know how long.  He does answer prayer.  We just need to keep faithful and know that He will answer when it is best for us.

Praise God:)

How awesome He is! All glory and honor be yours Almighty Father! Have a great and blessed day my brothers and sisters! Love, Mary Don't forget to post testimonies, encouragement stories, prayer request.......we are all family. Not a believer or follower. Read more about Jesus. Allow His amazing gift to free you in your life today! Not a believer or follower.  Read more about Jesus.  Allow His amazing gift to free you in your life today!