The Mountain of God
"Even though the journey's long and i know the road is hard
you're the one who's gone before me you will help me carry on
and after all that I've been through now i realize the truth
that i must go through the valley to stand upon the mountain of God"
-Third Days' "Mountain of God" lyrics
This year has been the biggest valley of my life! I feel it everyday. Not a day goes by where I don't feel the sadness and the emptiness. But I'm so oftened reminded by so many wonderful things that life is about this, the ups and downs. God hasn't promised it will be easy, but He's promised He'll never leave us.
Today I was reminded of two wonderful things. First, I was reminded of my act of obedience and the awesomeness of the power of God. I saw someone who we've been praying for for a long time give their life to God and I cried. A thousand emotions were going through my mind, but mostly happiness. Happiness for this boy, for the family and for the body of Christ.
Secondly, I was reminded that how we choose to live our days here on earth is truly a reflection of our mindset. Satan is always going to send someone or something to us to bring us down. We have to be prepared to realize that we have the power, through Christ who has given us the Holy Spirit, to overcome it. I haven't had a good year. In fact, it doesn't seem to get better, but I need to realize that I have a promise from God.....and, as Caleb said in the Old Testament....that's all I need!
posted by Miranda at 9:59 PM
2 Comments:
It is so true that Satan is always looking for a way to bring us down! I have had a recent experience with that, I decided to try to praise God for this! It was extremely hard to do!!! But, I suddenly realized that if Satan was messing with me that hard I must be doing something right for God!!! And when Satan sends out the attacks God is always there to DEFEND!!! We know who wins!!! The things that have brought me down lately, I am really trying to use it For God.... This is truly a time we must be in prayer for one another....
God Bless You Miranda!
My family has been through a lot this year as well. The longer we can't see Gracie - the harder it is! (And don't even remind me of his foot on top of everything else, that happens)! I know we need to have patience and faith, but, I agree, it is a constant battle! Satan wants us to blame God and curse him and turn away from him. When we don't, Satan attacks us even more! I struggle myself with keeping the faith. I think your blog is going to inspire a lot of us! You are going to touch a lot of people!
I agree with Carleta - we need to be prayer warriors for one another! And what better than a prayer blog as a cool reminder!
Love ya, girl!!!! :))
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