I originally wrote this May 13, 2011...that was a time when satan had by all appearances destroyed my marriage but Praise God, he did not have the last word. We divorced December 27, 2010 and were remarried September 2, 2011 so this post was right in the middle of that time. It was a time of truly brokeness for me. One day I will post about all that...it will take a while. This post was before MS and Jacob's autism diagnosis so it was a great reminder for me as I found it today.
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Life is just so hard sometimes. It seems things are fine and progress is being made and then it all changes in a matter of seconds. As I ponder this and try to comprehend things, I realize there is really no way to make sense of it all. There is no way to make sense of it because it is a spiritual battle, one that can only be seen when looked at in light of eternity. The powers of darkness lay in wait for that moment when they can reek havoc in such a way to bewilder, wound and render ineffective those who are seeking God's will. If I can just take hold of the words from Romans 8, I will not allow any ground to the enemy. Just to be confident that even when I don't know what to pray, God has made provision is amazing. It would probably be better if I don't know what to pray more often because it says the Spirit intercedes for God's people in accordance with the will of God. Wow! If I can just recognize when it is a spiritual battle and not a fleshly one and say "Good try but here's what God's word says..." and replace lies with truth I will not be left bleeding but will be standing firm unshaken. That is my prayer. It is so important that I do this not only for me but for my children.
Romans 8
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.
31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”[j]
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[k] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Enjoy this song by Kari Jobe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbSMfL5LuSo
~Michelle
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