I ACCIDENTALLY
lost all of
my files
for the upcoming Christmas Women's Event.
"They" all decided to go into the
trash bin
on my computer,
and I
ACCIDENTALLY
emptied the trash,
And if you know me,
there are a lot of words that just got erased!
Now what?
Where are all the WORDS that
GOD has been
pouring into me
for months?
Are they gone forever
or are they tucked so deep in my heart
that they have become a PART OF ME?
Hmm.
A PART OF ME,
as it is more about what HAPPENS to you
through the journey
on your way to the destination.
The PROCESS that HAPPENS in the journey,
is
where CHANGE happens.
Look at the caterpillar
who is cocooned in darkness,
and then one day it emerges
CHANGED.
From legs to wings.
A BUTTERFLY.
If you could interview a butterfly,
I bet it wouldn't even talk about its caterpillar days.
I bet it would tell you that the best thing that ever happened to it
was when it was cocooned
in the darkness,
in the unknown,
in the uncertainty,
in the struggle,
in the mess,
where it thought its world was coming to an end.
Well its world did come to an end,
as it was just a
TEMPORARY HOME
because
GOD had a better world
for it.
But it had to go into the darkness of the cocoon
where
GOD does HIS best work.
Think about the TOMB where JESUS was buried.
HE was cocooned in HIS burial cloths.
For THREE DAYS, the world stood still.
The THREE DAYS that were needed to
CHANGE the world,
When JESUS ROSE from the grave,
the scars from
HIS journey on the CROSS
remained on the palms of HIS hands,
as a reminder about those caterpillar days
before HIS grand entrance
to enter into
ALL HEARTS,
so that a
BUTTERFLY would be BIRTHED.
So were all those hours wasted,
while GOD was pouring into me
all HE had been preparing for me
to share at
the FRESH START CHRISTMAS EVENT?
Tears fill my being,
as not to the loss of so much work,
but because
GOD has given me a
FRESH START~
a
NEW HOPE
a
NEW PEACE
and a
NEW JOY
because
I will never be the same as I was
when I wrote my first word
for this event.
For there is no turning back the clock,
as what was was
because what is is,
BUT GOD works ALL things for the GOOD of those who
LOVE HIM
because
no weapon formed against you will prevail!
So maybe just maybe
GOD is holding all of my files hostage,
because my files were holding me hostage,
as
HE just wants little ole me
and
HE just wants little ole you
all to
HIMSELF,
so that
HE can do IMMEASURABLY MORE
than you could ever imagine in your life
that is beyond
the darkness and the uncertainty of
the cocoon.
Hmm.
So was this all really ACCIDENTAL?
Files lost. Me found.
Hmm.
For GOD does HIS best work in the dark.
Therefore,
I say THANK YOU GOD
for this PROCESS OF CHANGE,
for I will never be the same.
Not only did YOU give me the theme verse for this event,
but selfishly YOU wanted me to LIVE IT.
And guess what?
I get it.
I will never be the same,
because you said I would never be the same~
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
(2 Corinthians 5:17)
For ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS,
and I am speechless right now,
as
I have experienced
GOD'S WORD
like never before,
and now I get to
FLY higher as HIS NEW CREATION.
GOD never stops taking you where you have never been before,
to become who you have never been before,
but to become who HE has created you to be.
HIS ways are always way better than mine.
For nothing is by ACCIDENT with GOD.
"But those who wait for the LORD
[who expect, look for, and hope in HIM]will gain new strength and renew their power;They will lift up their wings
[and rise up close to GOD]
like eagles [rising toward the sun];They will run and not become weary,They will walk and not grow tired"
(Isaiah 40:30-31).
For the time is now
to
BE made NEW.
For JESUS was born to give you a
"BRAND NEW LIFE"
that lasts beyond the grave!
(listen to the song below)
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