Tuesday, May 17, 2011

THEY DIDN'T GIVE UP

AS A CHILD, A TEENAGER, AND AS AN ADULT, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY NATURE TO BE VERY DETERMINED AND DRIVEN.  THIS WAS NOT ALWAYS A GOOD THING.  WHEN I GOT IT IN MY MIND TO DO SOMETHING, I DID IT ALL THE WAY.  WHEN I DID IT, I DID IT TO THE FULLEST.  I REALIZE TODAY HOW BLESSED I HAVE BEEN TO HAVE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE WHO LOVED ME AND NEVER GAVE UP ON ME, THROUGH GOOD TIMES AND BAD.  WHEN I DID THE RIGHT THING, I WAS ENCOURAGED.  WHEN I MESSED UP,  THESE SAME PEOPLE DIDNT LIKE MY ACTIONS.  THEY WERE FEARFUL FOR MY SAFETY AND PRAYED FOR ME FOR YEARS.  I WAS SO BLESSED.  THEY DIDNT GIVE UP.
  
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, I FEEL SURE YOU CAN RELATE TO WHAT I JUST SAID, WHETHER YOU BE THE ONE DOING THE PRAYING OR THE ONE RECEIVING THE PRAYER.  I CAN FINALLY SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN BOTH.  I AM STILL FAR FROM PERFECT, I HAVE PROBLEMS OF MY OWN, BUT TODAY, I CAN SEE THE BURDEN I PLACED ON THOSE WHO LOVED ME, WORRIED ABOUT ME AND PRAYED SO RELENTLESSLY IN MY BEHALF.  I CAN SAY THIS TODAY BECAUSE THEY DIDNT GIVE UP. 

SOMEONE VERY CLOSE TO ME IS GOING THROUGH A TOUGH TIME AT THIS VERY MOMENT.  HE HAS BEEN PRAYING AND HOPING FOR GODLY INTERVENTION IN THE LIFE OF A LOVED ONE.  I WANT TO ENCOURAGE HIM THIS MORNING.  I WANT TO LIFT HIM UP IN PRAYER.  I WANT HIM TO KNOW THAT HIS PRAYERS ARE BEING HEARD.   THE LORD SEES HIS STRUGGLE AND HEARS HIS CRIES.  OUR GOD IS AN ON TIME GOD.  HE ANSWERS OUR PRAYERS IN HIS TIME NOT OURS.  ASK ME LOVED ONES, THEY DIDNT GIVE UP.

IN REGARDS TO SCRIPTURE, THE LORD PLACED JOHN 10:10 ON MY HEART THIS MORNING.  IN IT, JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF SAID, "THE THEIF DOES NOT COME EXCEPT TO STEAL, AND TO KILL, AND TO DESTROY.  I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY."  IT IS ALSO ON MY HEART TO REMIND MY DEAR FRIEND OF 1 PETER 5:7, WHERE WE ARE TOLD TO CAST YOUR CARE UPON HIM, FOR HE CARES FOR YOU.  GOD HEARS OUR CRIES.  HE LOVES US ALL, EVEN WHEN WE CANNOT EVEN LOVE OURSELVES.  KEEP PRAYING.  TURST IN THE LORD.  HE IS PERSISTENT, HIS GLORY NEVER FAILS.  HE DOESNT EVER GIVE UP.
  
PLEASE KEEP MY FRIEND IN YOUR PRAYERS.  HE IS TRULY IN NEED OF A TOUCH FROM GOD.
  

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