First, let me say that this is my view on the message and any scriptures used! I am so excited to be back in the Word that I cannot contain it! THIS IS NOT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES! Please feel free to comment as long as it is positive and not argumentative! That being said here we go!
So, the first week of the Forgotten Virtues series, was in gratitude. It was a great sermon and really it home. I prayed that God would show me the ways that I was ungrateful. I prayed He'd open my eyes to see all the ways He has blessed me and I was taking it for granted! Monday I noticed that I was a more aware of the ways I was good at showing gratitude! I have to admit, I really thought that I was doing ok! I am so grateful that I am in pretty good health, that we have a church home, that my marriage worked out, etc. See, even sounds kinda grateful! I kept repeating in my mind the sentence that stuck Sunday! Every blessing that you aren't turing into praise becomes pride. The Bible tells us that the Lord despises proud people! I truly thought I had it!
I woke up on Tuesday in a horrible mood! I was stressed to the max! I can remember my exact thoughts as I walked through my house. "This house is a mess, these kids don't pick up anything, if only it was bigger, I need some help around here and I am sure Lance is working late"! Yup what a great way to start my morning! Later that day after that any many more similar thoughts ran through my head, I heard God speak to me, more boldly and clearer than ever before ( no there was no booming voice)! Me and the boys were out running errands and we passed several homeless people and I seem to notice them more. Then on the way home I saw a lady that looked to be my age, with 3 kids and one on the way, sitting at a buss stop! They looked hot, tired and dirty. None of there clothes fit and the mom looked so beaten! The light turned green and we went along and that's when it hit me! God was saying to me " I gave you that house that is too small and always messy, I blessed you with those 3 amazing kids that never pick up! It is Me that gave you Lance as your husband, I provided him that job and the over time! I blessed you with the huge gift of being at home with your kids and I am the one building your future!" I get chills every time I talk about it and even as I sit here alone tonight! What an ungrateful brat I was being! God doesn't want me to have it all yet! He wants me to trust Him and turn to Him to bless me with the things I desire! The Bible says He wants to give us the things we desire!
Needless to say my world was rocked a little! I was so embarrassed of the way I had been acting.... my whole life! I have so much to be grateful! Now, I can totally see so many ways HE had HIS hand in my situation! I praise Him for the things He has done and I am so excited to see what He is going to do! Stayed tuned for week 2....... humility! I will try an post on it tomorrow!!! Some more great stuff!!!!
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