What a day it’s been. Thank You, Lord, for Your grace and for friends who are in my corner when I don’t make the wisest choices. I’m glad that You know more than I do and that even in my mix-ups You still work things out for Your good.
That’s all.
אָמַן (amen)
This morning was one of those mornings where if it could have gone wrong, then it did. Last night I wasn’t feeling too hot, as I was battling a bit of a stomach bug. I woke up this morning with my stomach still feeling a little uneasy with a headache to match. I get ready to iron my shirt for work (my black 116 Script tee), only to find out that my dryer had burned two large holes in the shirt (front and back). Throw on top of that my complete disappointment with my own web design abilities and how I feel like I wasted a week designing a new website only to go back to the old design a week later (because I ended up liking it better). Needless to say, this morning hasn’t been all that great.
I got to work feeling pretty bad, but the Lord quickly turned that around with some divine perspective. Last night at church, during our Pastor’s Ministry Workshop session we were discussing mental attitude, occupation with Christ, and prayer. Interestingly enough, it was each of these things that came to bring me out of my funk this morning. I first started to get my mental attitude in check by deciding that I wasn’t going to talk about the things that were bothering me, but try to focus my mind on things that are above. I figured, sure I feel bad, but I could be worse; even with all that was going on around me, I had to still recognize that God is still Lord of all. Once I got to thinking about the Lord, I decided to hop over to the TM forum and see if anything was going on. It just so happened that yshwa4life had commented on some items, all of which made me glory in the Lord all the more. First, I read his comment on one of my devotions; that served as a great bit of encouragement to me and put into perspective the purpose of my life: 1) to glorify Him and 2) to teach His Word.
From there, I moved on to his next posting, which was an update to one of his prayer requests. Long story short, he detailed how the Lord saved he and his son from major injury during an accident. That testimony echoed two more things in my mind. First, how the hand of the Lord is able to protect us, when situations could have been a lot worse. Secondly, it was a reminder to how fervently I need to be in prayer for each and every member that is a part of Trailblazin Ministries. I often think that I don’t have much to pray for, as I hardly ever pray for myself; but, this was a great reminder of who I need to keep at the forefront of my prayers and how much prayer needs to be a part of the ministry that I’m doing here.
So yeah, the lessons that I have learned in the past few days have been very timely and have served to put my life in the right perspective. I’ll have to keep this in mind the next time these kind of events happen, remembering that godliness with contentment is great gain (1 Timothy 6:6). And to think, I almost didn’t blog this, but I’m glad I did.
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