carlos.c304
July 6th, 2008, 08:01 PM
Yesterday while I was at church, I was flipping through my Bible and a verse literally jumped off the page at me.
2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
I will be the first to admit that there have been several times in my life when I was just plain weak. There have been times in my life that bad things had come upon me and I had no way of controling it or stopping it. In those dark times in my life, I wondered how I had even made it through. I have lived through poverty (still do), loss of friends and loved ones, divorce, sickness, and just about anything and everything you can imagine. There were times when I couldn't see tomarrow. So how is it that I am still here? How is it that no matter how much trouble I have had, I have never gone without food, shelter, clothing, or ever died from the things that came my way?
The answer is so simple, yet so hard to see when we are in the trials of life. It was the Lord Jesus that carried you through those times. When I am aflicted or suffer pain or loss, it is the Lord that carries me through those dark times. When I was young, I knew the day would come when I would lose my mother and the thought of it was so devastating that I would push it from my mind. She was always there for me, no matter what the crisis in my life with words of comfort and encouragment. There were times when I don't know what I would have done without her. She was there for me my whole life to love me and reassure me. She was the best friend I could have ever had. She was my mother and I loved her more than anything in this world. In July 2006 she was called home to the Lord. I will never forget the moment my Aunt Lucy told me she was gone. Everything in me shattered just as a window having a rock thrown through it. I broke in a way I had never known possible. I vaguely remember my Aunt hugging me and my cousin John praying for me. I was in the most hellish pain in my life. My mom was gone. I would never hear her voice aagain. I would never see her smiling face again. The one person who loved me in this life no matter what, was gone.
It was in that moment, in more pain and anguish than I could bear, that the still and gentle voice of the Lord spoke to my heart. He reminded me that to be absent from the flesh is to be present with God. He told my heart that she was standing before the throne of God worshipping and singing praises unto the Lord. Her every desire was being fulfilled as she bowed before the God of all creation and had to endure no more pain, no more sickness, no more suffering. He to me to take comfort in the knowlege that her race had been run and a crown of life was hers. She was in a place where the devil could not touch her anymore. She was safe. She was home and experiencing the joy of the Lord in a way that I cannot understand till I, myself, stand in His presence.
It was in that hard moment in my life that the verse of weakness came to life in me. At my weakest time, it was the strength of the Lord that carried me through. I stopped crying. Even though I missed my mom so bad, I couldn't cry anymore because I knew in my heart of hearts that every word the Lord spoke to me was true. I never had a doubt that she belonged to the Lord, but in that moment I was weak and could only think that she was gone. It was the strength of the Lord that gave me the courage and the will to endure.
There may be times in your life when you will suffer loss. There will be times when you will endure pain, physical and emotional. But if you have put your faith and trust in the Lord, He will carry you through all troubles in your life. He has been so good to me. I srill miss my mother, but I rest in assurance of the blessed hope that she is with the Lord and someday I will see her again. Our God is a great God in whom there is peace and strength and comfort. He didn't promise us an easy life without pain, but He promised us that , no matter what would come, He would carry us through it all.
If you don't know Him, I pray you do. Trouble will come in life, weather we are saint or sinner, but if you know Him and serve Him, he will ease your burden. He will comfort you when you are at your lowest time. He will carry you through.
2Co 12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.
I will be the first to admit that there have been several times in my life when I was just plain weak. There have been times in my life that bad things had come upon me and I had no way of controling it or stopping it. In those dark times in my life, I wondered how I had even made it through. I have lived through poverty (still do), loss of friends and loved ones, divorce, sickness, and just about anything and everything you can imagine. There were times when I couldn't see tomarrow. So how is it that I am still here? How is it that no matter how much trouble I have had, I have never gone without food, shelter, clothing, or ever died from the things that came my way?
The answer is so simple, yet so hard to see when we are in the trials of life. It was the Lord Jesus that carried you through those times. When I am aflicted or suffer pain or loss, it is the Lord that carries me through those dark times. When I was young, I knew the day would come when I would lose my mother and the thought of it was so devastating that I would push it from my mind. She was always there for me, no matter what the crisis in my life with words of comfort and encouragment. There were times when I don't know what I would have done without her. She was there for me my whole life to love me and reassure me. She was the best friend I could have ever had. She was my mother and I loved her more than anything in this world. In July 2006 she was called home to the Lord. I will never forget the moment my Aunt Lucy told me she was gone. Everything in me shattered just as a window having a rock thrown through it. I broke in a way I had never known possible. I vaguely remember my Aunt hugging me and my cousin John praying for me. I was in the most hellish pain in my life. My mom was gone. I would never hear her voice aagain. I would never see her smiling face again. The one person who loved me in this life no matter what, was gone.
It was in that moment, in more pain and anguish than I could bear, that the still and gentle voice of the Lord spoke to my heart. He reminded me that to be absent from the flesh is to be present with God. He told my heart that she was standing before the throne of God worshipping and singing praises unto the Lord. Her every desire was being fulfilled as she bowed before the God of all creation and had to endure no more pain, no more sickness, no more suffering. He to me to take comfort in the knowlege that her race had been run and a crown of life was hers. She was in a place where the devil could not touch her anymore. She was safe. She was home and experiencing the joy of the Lord in a way that I cannot understand till I, myself, stand in His presence.
It was in that hard moment in my life that the verse of weakness came to life in me. At my weakest time, it was the strength of the Lord that carried me through. I stopped crying. Even though I missed my mom so bad, I couldn't cry anymore because I knew in my heart of hearts that every word the Lord spoke to me was true. I never had a doubt that she belonged to the Lord, but in that moment I was weak and could only think that she was gone. It was the strength of the Lord that gave me the courage and the will to endure.
There may be times in your life when you will suffer loss. There will be times when you will endure pain, physical and emotional. But if you have put your faith and trust in the Lord, He will carry you through all troubles in your life. He has been so good to me. I srill miss my mother, but I rest in assurance of the blessed hope that she is with the Lord and someday I will see her again. Our God is a great God in whom there is peace and strength and comfort. He didn't promise us an easy life without pain, but He promised us that , no matter what would come, He would carry us through it all.
If you don't know Him, I pray you do. Trouble will come in life, weather we are saint or sinner, but if you know Him and serve Him, he will ease your burden. He will comfort you when you are at your lowest time. He will carry you through.