Sight
Breathe in,
Breath out.
The moment is here,
and what is creeping in,
is the familiar doubt.
You know the word,
You've read it so many times,
it's etched in your heart,
that is where you begin,
That is where you know to start.
"Let me focus on The Lord's promises."
Is what you say,
All the while the Devil,
is trying to have his way.
During the trial,
The enemy is adamant.
Focused on swaying you off your path,
Focused on telling you how The Lord can't.
The enemy continues to breath down your neck,
So much so, it's like you can smell his hot pungent breath.
The energy is thick,
you have no idea how The Lord is going to work,
So during the trial,
and the crushing,
You lift UP YOUR HANDS,
and begin to work.
Worship flows from your mouth.
Heavy laden Hands raised towards the sky,
Focused on The Lord promises,
while tears run down your eyes.
Everything in front of you says the outcome is bleak,
But your Lord knows you and your heart,
and hears your worship,
as the fruit of the spirit allows you to be meek.
The Devil knows exactly what can break you,
But your Lord gave his one and only son Jesus Christ to save you.
As long as their is air in your lungs,
There is work to be done.
The breaking of your heart, yes it did occur,
but Jesus Christ is the renewer,
He is the cure.
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Hi there! How is everyone doing out there? For those that read this blog, I continue to pray provision over you all and that The Lord's promises are true in your lives!
May is such a wonderful month. Does anyone remember the saying, "April's showers bring May's flowers?" Y'all it barely rained where I am in Florida in April and We are NOT seeing those flowers in May. The ground is thirsty!!
Anywho, this month I inquired with the Holy Spirit what to write about. The past month has been eventful to say the least. Throughout the past month so many trials and tribulations from all areas of my life that it all boiled down to Faith.
We spoke about Faith before, in the blog "Deeper Faith". This month, the Devil continued to "try my life" from all aspects it seemed like. Each time I needed to trust in The Lord's promises and what he wrote about me (and you!) in the Bible and not what I was physically seeing in front of my face.
The theme this month was a constant pull towards trusting that The Lord is working in ways that I do not see nor do I understand.
Tested and pushed to continue to let go of what I can not control and to hand it alllllllll over to Jesus.
Each time I was faced with a trial, I would take a deep breath, acknowledging how I am feeling (This is important, and allows me not to suppress my feelings) pretend I was putting it in a physical box and hand it over to Jesus.
Y'all, trials are going to come. The Devil will pop up out of left field to catch you off guard and off your game. As long as we are on this earth, life be lifing. But you know what? I thank The Lord every day for the Gift of Jesus because through him I am able to continue my walk towards God and not allow worldly situations to pull me away from a pursuit of righteousness.
The meaning of righteousness is: "acting in accordance with moral or divine law, characterized by virtue, integrity and uprightness."
Now please, do not take this out of context I am absolutely 1000000000% not perfect. What I am trying to do is to live life right. To not let any trial in my life pull me further from God. The continued goal is to honor my God by doing my very best to live towards righteousness.
I realized that sometimes living righteous means, pausing.
Pausing......
Worshiping.
Pausing.....
Listening.
Pausing.....
Reflecting.
Pausing to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you, and through you.
God's timing brings peace.
God's timing requires you to live life by "Faith and not by sight" -II Corinthians 5:7
This month there were times that I could physically see in front of me but emotionally I was operating in the world blind. I needed to lean on Faith that the Lord was doing works on my behalf. And like the amazing God he is, he was.
Each time we go through something, if we see it as an opportunity to strengthen our Faith, we get closer to God and we take one more step towards living life righteously.
Believer, I pray that any hard times you have gone through enable you to realize that on the other side, The Lord always makes a way for you to prosper as well as for those around you!
with warmth,
Crystal
Scriptures to ponder on:
II Corinthians 5:7
John 10:9
John 7:38
John 4:24