This blog was first titled Two days. I was going to focus on what God had told me about two days in my past, but as He so lovingly does...He changed the title and the focus. I've written about these two days before in previous blogs, but until this year I let what the enemy did those two days have too much focus. I looked on the days with frustration, stress, and anxiety. Let's face it...those two days were days when I really wanted to just pull the covers over my head and stay hidden from the world every year. Until God stepped in....the anxiety that had taken root from stuffing way too much from those days had spilled over to a worry, anxiety, over-analyzing walk. I had learned how to put on the face and do what needed to be done. (Side note on this...give your friends permission to be real with you. So many times we push through things and put on the smile when deep inside we are pushing. We don't tell anyone because well what would they think. Enough of what people think...get real with yourself first, find freedom, and then give others the permission and the space to do the same. God didn't call you to be anyone but who He made you to be. Quit apologizing for it(period).
I got real this year with some feelings, took God back to some hurts, and left them in His hands. After all I had tried handling them on my own, but yeah well it didn't get me very far. I kept going around in circles around the same mountain that looked way too familiar. When we finally let God strip back the layers of our heart, take the band-aid off, and pour the peroxide in ..healing starts. Healing lets us see things that the enemy meant for evil through God's eyes. It lets God redeem days the enemy thought he was going to stamp as his, but God says no, these are mine. God doesn't waste a moment when we give the memories of that moment to Him.
It's not an easy process and yes there are A LOT of tears that come from it, but there is power in the testimony of what God can redeem from what the enemy threw your way. There is healing when you leave the previously stuffed emotions and feelings in the hands of the One who has wanted them all along. There is freedom in walking in the victory God has planned for you when He first thought of you. Don't let what the enemy has tried to take, taken, or is planning to take keep you from walking in that victory, Child of God. For me, it meant going back to the moments on days that rocked my world and letting God show me those days through His eyes. Yes there were hurts on both of those days, but there has been healing as well now. God has a plan and a purpose for your life. He initiated it from the moment you took your first breath. For me, it's been letting Him redeem those moments. It's been hearing that still small voice say I called you and anointed you. You are mine...moments and all.
I don't know what you are dealing with today, but God does. He knows your heart, those deep down feelings that you have stuffed and tucked away. He knows the hurt behind the smile. He knows the pain behind the praise. He knows what it took to get you to the moment you are in now. He knows what you have given to Him and what you are still holding on to at the moment. He knows all of this and still says...I love you. He loves you enough to speak healing to your heart. He loves you enough to redeem what the enemy has taken from you. He loves you enough to whisper His plans and purpose to your soul. He loves you enough that He died so that you could live in victory, in freedom. When He walked out of the grave, defeat lost and freedom won.
God I pray right now for the readers of this blog. I pray that you would speak to them right where they are in the moment they are in. God you know what they need. You know the ones that need mountains moved. You know the ones that need to let go so they can receive the healing you promised them. You know the ones that need to take that step in the victory that you said was theirs to have. God thank you now for what you are going to do. Thank you for taking the memories of moments that caused hurt, pain and working them for our good. Thank you for letting us look back on moments the enemy meant for evil and seeing them through Your eyes as you work them for Our good. We love you and praise you Jesus for being Our Everything. Thank you for redeeming us and calling us your own. Thank you for loving us like you do. In Jesus name...
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