God’s course – My Grace Untold

There is No Waste In God’s Process – Part 2

“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.”

Isaiah 57:18

At 24, the hardships I have faced, still facing, and watched, and still watching others around me face, has honestly been challenging. I come from a place where abject poverty and hopelessness is a norm. Even after my move to America, I grew up in a community (suburb and all) that fell from grace each time a young life was gunned down or another young life turned to the path of destruction.

So, admittedly, I have asked inwardly and outwardly over the years, through my personal pain and my heartache over the world around me, ‘where was God?’

It took time, prayer, and more prayer to tap into the grace of God, to trust His Way above all other thoughts.

See, God’s Higher plan goes beyond what we see or how we feel even in the face of havoc and discomfort. And I know how hard it can be to keep that in mind sometimes. We have to remain grounded in faith and hope and trust God, and know and know and know that we serve a loving, merciful, and powerful father!

Friend, there is purpose in your pain.

Over 4000 homes were lost in this one tornado. 4000 lives halted, scattered, shattered with one event. I can’t begin to imagine the pain and tiredness from such a life-changing occurrence.

But God’s purpose for the community of Moore was greater than the material things that were demolished in the storm. God’s purpose proved powerful in love and togetherness that became greater than the anguish of losing loved ones. The community of Moore did not wallow in pain. They worshiped IN FAITH AND HOPE… How great is our God?!

Hearts were restored with the fullness of God’s mercy and grace as families drew nearer to one another to comfort and help carry each other’s burdens. Wounds (present and past) were healed as former addicts opened up to the Lord seeking forgiveness and a new start. Faith was strengthened as survivors who clung to the mercy of God in the eye of the storm, praised God for preserving their lives and loved ones…It wasn’t all good, but it was all God.

So I wonder today what parts of your journey the enemy has convinced you was a waste. What has the voices of doubts and hopelessness told you over and over again? What lies of worthlessness and inferiority have you succumbed to in the past? What tragedy has left you without solid grounds to stand or walk on?

Will you please bring it to God today? Will you please come into the arms of your Maker for the comfort you desperately need and has been seeking for in all the wrong places? Do you know that healing comes from God?

Friend, I cannot stress it enough that there is NO waste in God’s process. It is all for His glory!

May your heavenly Father in His tender-mercy, pull you close in your time of loss and despair. May your Almighty father restore your faith and hope today to behold the fullness of His glorious plan in Jesus name. Amen.

Erase The Gray Areas

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into every thought to the obedience of Christ.”

2 Corinthians 10:5

We are living through trying times. There is so much evil, chaos, confusion, and uncertainty all around. So we try to accept everything and nothing at the same time.

Some believe in a upper Being, but not in God. Scientists molded the theory of evolution to align with the knowledge of man, but refute the knowledge of God.

So much ideals that have obstructed our vision along the way. We stray from the Spirit but come back to its safety when it’s convenient. We walk into sins for the momentary pleasure and satisfaction, but return to the altar because God forgives. We worship God in the privacy of our homes, but do not stand up for His name amidst a crowd of unbelievers.

Friend, it is time to erase the gray area. Time to erase the ifs, buts, or maybes.

From corruption behind the pulpit, to uncleanliness inside the altar, the gray areas see to have grown among God’s people even in his House.

When you come before God, know that every shade of you has to bow at His throne of mercy. Your thoughts, your words, and your deeds. It is time to surrender all.

Perhaps you steal, lie, or keep malice sometimes. Perhaps you are sleeping with destruction, nurturing habits that make you feel unworthy to come to the Throne.

God still wants it all – every single part of you. The party animal, the promiscuous one, and the best-dressed church goer in you must all come together to erase that gray areas.

I can imagine how many ‘church folks’ have looked at you in disdain or disappointment because of the life choices you have made or are currently making, causing you to walk even further into temptations and away from the place of worship.

I also wonder what imaginations creep through your unguarded mind that tells you that you have strayed too far from grace to be welcomed again by the Most High.

Do you know that the power of God has stricken down imaginations and every high thing or person that exalt itself against the knowledge of God?! God knows you and He still wants you, so how can anything or anyone tell you different?

The Lord knows that the enemy is counting on your hopelessness and loneliness. The enemy wants you to shade in that gray area that makes it okay to accept everything but commit nothing.

But God says you are still His! And He still knows you by name!

May God in His infinite wisdom help us erase the false notions of man that we have long embraced, and may He that still sits on the Throne also grant us the will to bring every area of our lives to Him willingly in Jesus name. Amen.

The Last Leg – God Says Finish Strong (I)

“But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy…”

Acts 20:24

About a month ago, I was ready to move up in the company I had been with for about a year. Although the commission-paid position had its more arduous days than not, I enjoyed the work I did. I enjoyed the daily interactions with my diverse clients. And best of all, my managers respected me enough to entrust me with many responsibilities – safe to say my work ethic was exemplary.

So when I relocated from NY after graduation to heed the voice of God, it made sense to stay with the company. In truth, the transition was not as smooth as I would have liked but God, at the right time, moved the right people to put me where I needed and wanted to be to make ends meet.

So when the opportunity peeked, I began to consider a path up the ladder since I had all the qualifications and my supervisors’ support. A plausible plan came about and I was set to pursue the road to management, (unless God said “no.”)

Just a couple of weeks before things were set in motion, God did say “No.”

The week after that, the “No,” was delivered even stronger as the spirit told me it was time to leave the company.

You can imagine my tremor at the thought of not having a plan, but I thank God that my trust in him has matured so much more than before. So, I asked the Lord to show me the way.

Here I am now, heading into my last week at my current position, and I am so very tired.

I came home from a long day at work yesterday night and the ache in my body was almost paralyzing. Perhaps it was the 40-minute drive to work and the the 40-minute drive home, or the slow pace of my 8-hour shift on my feet, or the nervousness going through me as I wait on God to show me what is next.

All I know is, I feel really worn out. I mean Lord! My body feels really overwhelmed!

Then the vision was made clear to me – I feel the weight of all my work because it is the last leg of this particular race. KEEP READING HERE