It’s hard
to climb up on
the operating
table and allow
things to get
cut out. But, I
am so glad I
did. I got
closer to God
and began to
know Him in a
new and fresh
way, He is my
provider, He
knows my name,
He created me
before the world
was formed and
He knows me, He
loves me and I
am His. God is a
God of
restoration and
He has restored
my job, my
retirement, He
gave me a
husband and a
home. I praise
Him for all of
His gifts and
blessings to me.
This world is
temporary and I
want to live an
intentional
life, choosing
th
e
right choices,
consistently
walking with my
Lord. God has
promised us in
the Bible that
there will be
another blink
for us and this
one is going to
be amazing. It’s
when Jesus comes
back for the
saints and we
meet Him in the
clouds…in the
blink of an eye.
November, 2005
One of my
favorite songs,
is “In the Blink
of an Eye” by
MercyMe. Lately
I’ve been
thinking about
how things
happen just that
way…in the blink
of an eye.
Hurricane
Katrina is so
fresh. I ponder
about how
drastically the
lives of the
people in that
area have
changed. How
drastically the
United States
has changed
because of
Katrina, we’ve
all been
impacted. Blink
of an
eye….Tsunami and
September 11th
are other
“blinks”. There
are so many
things that
happen so very
fast and the
impact is great,
and the recovery
is lengthy.
This led me to
thinking about
how each and
every one of us
have “blinks” in
our lives. The
death of a loved
one, divorce,
job loss,
diagnosis of a
deadly disease,
car crash, or
stroke
;
the list goes on
and on. Seems to
me “blinks” are
usually not
something we
would choose and
they
are not what we
consider
positive events
in our lives.
I’ve had my
share of blinks,
I just recovered
from a huge one.
I'm on the other
side of it now,
but I still carry
some remnants..
shrapnel if you will. It shows up every so often as a shadow of anger, bitterness and unforgiveness that I carry with me.
This blink was caused by me, just as many are. One bad decision, action or behavior can cause something to happen that will take years to recover from. My bad behavior led to the loss of my job. But God used it for my good and His Glory. He took a jack hammer and removed everything left in my life that I was counting, trusting, and depending on instead of Him: my boyfriend, money, security, and identity. I carried shame and was very isolated. This isolation worked for my good however, I had no one in my life but God, I was isolated with God.
During that
time, I made a
choice to allow
God to work with
me.
