Any Given Sunday

Sunday mornings can be so tough for a Christian. it’s the one day you just want to be at rest and just take it easy. However it seems that the evil one is working over time by vigorously trying to tempt us and attack us all the more on Sunday mornings. Am I alone in this thinking? Last Sunday I was getting ready for our church service listening to a Christian radio station just enjoying the sermon that was playing. The sermon was on the subject of trials. So I thought wow this is great, because my heart was a bit troubled by a few things that had happened during the week and my spirit was looking for some encouragement and guidance regarding trials. All was going well until the preacher started talking about the trial of have an unexpected pregnancy. Mmmmmm………unless you are a dirty, starving, dirt poor women who has 12 kids and a husband who beats you, what right do you have to call an unplanned pregnancy a trial? Most of this preachers audience lives in nice big homes and drive nice big SUVs and have plenty of food in the fridge. Words can not express the outrage and the sinful anger this sparked in me, I fell into temptation and allowed my self to be mad! And sad. Instead of earnestly praying for all the men and women who seriously think this is an actual trial, I threw off self restraint and went off in my silly vain imaginations of what I would tell that preacher if I ever saw him. My Sunday morning was a loss at that point. Ugggg! Oh how I need God‘s grace to be slow to anger like He is.

I love the Lord God and I hope in Him alone. Its God’s will for my life to be given the blessing of this trial, I don’t mean to sound trite in saying that. Its true! It has wrought so many changes in my soul and brought me so much spiritual growth in the Lord. This trial has forced me to look at my identity as a woman in a different light. He has made me to find my happiness and joy in Him alone and not solely in His blessings. He has grown my understanding of marriage and family. In a sense Has destroyed my own foundation built of sand and He has picked up the pieces of my life and put them on the firm foundation of Christ, which is able to with stand the evil storms of this life. God is amazing! I don’t know if I’m alone in this but I have gained a more eternal perspective of things. He has made me to realize that this life has nothing for me I’m only a sojourner here on earth and a servant of the King of kings and my home is with Him in heaven.

Thank you Jesus!