I love when God uses His family. It never ceases to amaze
me, the timing of my King. The paths He leads me down, and the people He places
in my life at just the right moment. I went to chapel today because I just
needed to worship my beautiful King, and spend time in awe of Him. As I
continue to fall more in love with my true love, I find less and less I enjoy
more than worshipping Him, and the feeling that comes with feeling the presence
of the one I love as I sing to Him. And so I found hopeful anticipation as I
walked towards the place where I would sing with and to Him. What I didn’t
expect, was that I would be reminded of the brokenness of this world, and the
pain that is in the hearts of so many.
Lately God has been showing me the uniqueness of my heart.
It’s ability to feel the pain I see in others. At first I hated it, it was too
painful, but lately I have been seeing the beauty and the privilege of the
gift. Anyway, this gift is still under development, and I guess God choose
today’s chapel to work on my heart, and so my heart began to break, and the joy
I had as I walked over, was soon overcome with sadness. I thought of the pain
of those I love, but also existence of pain in this world. The pain so many
carry alone and how heartbreaking that is. He was teaching me how to open my
eyes and heart to the pains of the world, but since this is something He is
still developing in me, the sadness I was feeling soon turned into
discouragement. This is when He brought in some of His other children, and used
members of His family to help one of His daughters. As I stood in chapel,
trying to hold back the tears, a fellow sister of mine began to pray. She’s was
praying to God over all of us at chapel, but her words were exactly what I
needed to hear. She spoke of brokenness, but also of redemption. And I began to find both comfort and encouragement
from her words. She talked of the beauty that God is able to bring out of our
lives and then challenged us to let that beauty shine out of us today. To let
God use us in each other’s lives today, and be a part of the healing in others
lives. To be a loving face that encourages the brokenhearted, and I was
reminded of the purpose I can find in my pain. I was able to be renewed, and
motivated to go out and let God’s love, beauty, and hope shine through me
today. I soon reflected on one of the
songs playing on my radio earlier that morning, and was encouraged to take up
my position in God’s army and become part of the light that is coming for the
hearts that hold on. There’s a lot of darkness in this world, but there’s light
that is coming. And so as I have been encouraged and challenged, I also
challenge you to join the light, and shine in the lives of others. Bring
healing and hope. Live for Him, and let His love radiate out of your life.
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