Lord, prepare me

 

 

 

 

 

I was listening to the song, "Sanctuary" earlier.

 

Raylea was singing along the best she could and I was crying just listening.

 

I am so thankful I am a Christian and that my child will be raised in a way to know God.

 

Pure and holy, tried and true...

 

 

I thank God I accepted Him early enough in life that I was a Christian when I married Grant and when I had my first child. I felt little Jack kick in my stomach when all this was going on in the car earlier and I felt so much gratitude I couldn't contain it.

 

I know there are some pretty sick people out there.

 

They don't care about God.

 

They curse Him.

 

They curse themselves.

 

And much worse..

 

I don't want to talk about them though.

 

 

I want to talk about God.

 

His holiness and His goodness.

 

 

We truly don't know, and we won't know the true holiness of God until we are in Heaven, I believe.

 

 

I do believe though that His Holy Spirit speaks to us when we are listening and close to Him and will cleanse us.

 

I am not perfect.

 

Neither are you.

 

I serve Someone Who is perfect, though.

 

I love Him.

 

I choose Him.

 

I will stand for Him no matter the cost.

 

I love His ways and I will follow Him always.

Lord, prepare me!

 



You're Not My Real Friend

This past week I have been trying to decide what the Lord would have me to write about.

Nothing came for days.

Finally, this morning, the phrase, "you're not my real friend," just popped in my head and I rushed over to my laptop. So, here goes.

First off, whether you are a follower of Christ, as I am, or you practice Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Wicca, or whatever... we all have ONE thing in common.

Satan is NOT our real friend.

So, I'm pretty positive there isn't a Satan worshipper reading my blog right now or any of the other false teachings' followers... so, I am going to get back to writing to those who are undecided and those who have decided to follow Christ, Who is the only way!

But let's be real for a minute.

There are plenty of people out in the world who are not you're real friend.

Even if they're a "Christian."

Even if they're your own family.

In Psalm 41:9 it reads,

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

My commentary explains that this is a prophecy of Christ's betrayal. Judas, spent three years learning from Jesus, traveling and eating with him. Eventually, Judas, who knew Jesus very well, betrays him.

Have you ever been betrayed?

Very likely.

It hurts. Doesn't it?

Right after this verse I read in Job 42:10,

And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

After being accused by these friends for a wrong doing, Job was still able to pray for these friends.

So, just because someone hurts you, maybe they hurt you physically. Emotionally. They ruined your reputation. They simply hurt you worse than anyone ever has.

That's a real pain, and I don't ever try to take away from real pain.

I met a girl once who was molested by her own blood father growing up as a little girl.

I met another girl who's husband cheated on her.

I know a woman who has been married to her high school sweet heart her whole life and has been lonely every minute of their marriage, which recently ended in divorce.

Those are all real pain.

Back to real friends, or the lack thereof...

Whether you're a real friend to others or maybe you just don't have a real friend, you can be assured that NO matter what... you have ONE true friend.

Jesus Christ.

You're friends can let you down, your parents can let you down, your spouse can even let you down and fail you, BUT... Jesus can't and won't. Not possible.

So, I leave you with the promise that even though we all suffer from hurt at some point and at different degrees in our lives, we all have another thing in common, and that is that Jesus loves us more than anyone ever will or ever could.

Don't be discouraged if someone has hurt you, don't be sad if you don't have a real friend, because Jesus is there when you're all alone, he will hold your hand when nobody else will.