It has been a very longed time since I blogged in this space. I will do another blog post to cover that soon. Here is my offering for this month.
I am beyond thankful
I am grateful
My gratitude is
overflowing in praise
Like a fountain jetting
heavenwards
October 2018 has been
amazing with memory-making moments
beyond my wildest
imaginations.
A month of growing deeper
roots
A month of intimate
communion and fellowship
A month of an increasing
revelation of the knowledge of God’s will
That has been my greatest
desire for the month;
the recompense and
restoration my soul desperately longed for.
October 2017 was
memorable,
but not in the way I could
have ever imagined
I watched dreams consumed
in fire
Expectations laid in
cinders of hurts and disappointment
I writhed in the pain of
false accusations and vilification
I groaned in voiceless cry
Many nights, my tears
flowed
Though I knew they were
stored up in a bottle before God
and recorded in His Book
of remembrance,
I didn’t want them, not in
October, not ever.
What was my crime?
What was my offence that I
should be cut down and shredded in tiny pieces?
My heart longed for an
answer as the pain I never knew possible
seared like a hot blade
through deep places within me.
That was when I knew
without any doubt that hurting people hurt others.
You run a risk of getting
hurt when you hug a porcupine.
The sharp edges of their
jagged broken pieces can inflict untold pain.
I had two option;
Heal, Arise and Shine
or Let offense fester and
become bitter.
I couldn’t afford to trade
my years in God’s sacred school of brokenness
for the emptiness of
self-vindication.
To let offense fester and
become bitter was too costly to be an option
I chose to heal, to arise
and to shine.
As months went by
I watched God’s gold of
grace infused into the lines of my brokenness
until it
shone with brilliance.
I learnt that God could make beautiful things from my broken
pieces.
He did so in a painstaking
way;
the healing was slow but
determined and definite.
He lifted my head like the
horn of the unicorn
He turned towards me and
smiled at me
He filled me with joy
beyond description
He gave me mighty deliverance and victory
in places I never imagined
When October 2018 showed up in the horizon
I had only one desire;
To experience God in a
brand new and refreshing way
unmarred with pain or
tears.
I wanted to be free to
share the testimony of His faithfulness
I desired to speak of His amazing
goodness to me unhindered.
He opened doors for me to
do that.
I can testify that God’s
finger reached down to deep places
only He could reach
His touch like soldering gun
joined together my broken pieces.
His beauty shone through
the lines of my healed brokenness
His fingers scripted a new
chapter in His story of my life
New Psalms flowed out of
my caves of solitude
You can never vindicate
yourself
Don’t bother to try
The only One who is
perfect and just in all His ways
is the only One who
vindicates
He fights the battle for
us in the places where we have no strength
He is the advocate who
defends the helpless and the hurting
I have
experienced the goodness of God in the
last 12 months,
in ways I
could never have imagined or foreseen.
I found
diamond along the shores beaten by fierce storms
I saw
hope glittering with unfading light in a dark tunnel
I heard
God’s favor speaking for me where I had no voice
I
experienced His mighty arm stretched out to carry me above mountains
Crushed,
hard pressed and squeezed,
I am
oozing with fragrant oil of hope and grace.
I will embrace the great fights for they produce great
faith
I will embrace the great
tests for they are the precursors of great testimonies
I will not run from great
trials for with them comes great triumphs.
I am full of testimonies
I am full of gratitude
My heart overflows with adoration
My praise is gushing like
a fountain
from a heart that has
experienced
the healing and
restoration only God can accomplish.
I will give thanks to God
for His goodness and
wonderful works to me,
His precious daughter.
Thank You, Lord, for an
amazing month.
I am Grace In Motion
I am Hope personified
I am a Living Proof of
promised made and promise fulfilled
I am the object of His
undying and faithful love.
I am sure you have also experienced the goodness of God in one sphere of your life or the other. Share with us in the comment and let us rejoice with you.
And if you are still waiting for God in a specific area of your life, stay the course of faith. Don't give up on God. Don't give up on hope. God is able to do for you just what He says He would do, in His own time and in His way.
