One of the things we were taught today was to praise God and thank Him for a victory in advance of the battle even starting.
Well, one of the things I prayed about was that my brother be freed from his drug addiction. Well, this evening he was pulled over for speeding (or something) and had marijuana and drug paraphrenalia. I can't help but think that this is the beginning of a miracle that I asked for. He needs to be freed from the bondage of addiction, but he can't break it himself. He doesn't have the wherewithal to do it himself.
Lord, please let this time be the time You use to bring this change in his life. Please let this be the moment when you shake him to the core and bring him to his knees. Please use this time to break the addiction and show him the power of being free in you.
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Back from Broken
I've been broken for a long time...maybe all of my life. Or, rather, I have felt broken. The last few years have been exceptionally difficult and stressful, and it has felt like there was no end in sight.
Today, though, I attended a Priscilla Shirer simulcast that looked at the story of Gideon in the Bible, and how with us, just like with Gideon, God can take our weaknesses and turn them into a platform on which He can stand and show what He can do through us and in us.
My intent wasn't even to stay. I volunteered to take a few photos of the volunteers setting up for the event, then I was going to come home, go back to bed, play on the computer...but God had other plans.
And so today, in a way I didn't even know would be available, God showed me that even though I have felt so broken in recent months, He can help me ... even me. Not only can He help me heal from this broken feeling I've had for so long, He can and will use that for His glory and His purpose.
I'll do my best to chronicle this time in my life, because I expect great and wonderful things to happen, big changes to be made, and brokenness to become whole again.
Today, though, I attended a Priscilla Shirer simulcast that looked at the story of Gideon in the Bible, and how with us, just like with Gideon, God can take our weaknesses and turn them into a platform on which He can stand and show what He can do through us and in us.
My intent wasn't even to stay. I volunteered to take a few photos of the volunteers setting up for the event, then I was going to come home, go back to bed, play on the computer...but God had other plans.
And so today, in a way I didn't even know would be available, God showed me that even though I have felt so broken in recent months, He can help me ... even me. Not only can He help me heal from this broken feeling I've had for so long, He can and will use that for His glory and His purpose.
I'll do my best to chronicle this time in my life, because I expect great and wonderful things to happen, big changes to be made, and brokenness to become whole again.
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