King of My Heart ~ Steffany Gretzinger & Jeremy
Riddle
And we know that
all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to his purpose. ~ Romans 8:28 KJV
The enemy will use anything to crush us physically,
mentally, and emotionally. For the past 2 ½ months, it’s been with severe
migraines, vertigo, and huge drops in my blood pressure. Several tests and
doctor appointments haven’t explained it. Two weeks ago, I decided it wasn’t
going to beat me. Despite the pain, I began exercising. The first day, I paid
with even worse migraines. But I persevered. When the enemy saw I wasn’t going to
back down, he moved on to something else. This time, it was old lies that shake
me to the core.
I’ve been hiding my fears, afraid someone will tell me
they’re not lies, but truth. But I’m not
hiding any longer! The enemy likes to tell me I’m a bad mom and I’m going
to screw up my kids. Due to traumatic events from both childhood and in my late
teen years, I was in counseling a long time. Unfortunately, a counselor once
told me history would repeat itself and the ugliness that I experienced would
be felt by my kids. That’s a major factor in why we put off having kids for so
long. Even though I’ve battled the fear – the lie – of being a bad mom, and
often thought I’d put it to rest, it seems to rear its ugly head when I’ve been
weakened by something else (migraines and vertigo, in this case). But God is good! This morning, as I listened to King of My Heart, I heard Steffany
Gertzinger say, “The only thing in my entire life greater than my fears was my
conviction…I knew He was who He said He was… Sometimes we sing something
because we believe it, because we’re sure. And sometimes we sing it until we’re
sure, until we know.”
Good: excelling
in any aspect; distinguished.
The truth is, I’m a good mom because I have a good Heavenly Father, who is teaching
me, by example, how to be the best
mom to my girls. And I have a wonderful husband, who battles on my behalf,
against these lies and for me to walk in the truth. I also have wonderful
friends who pray for and remind me of God’s truth.
My prayer for you, is that whatever lies have been
plaguing your life will be squashed, today! That you’d battle on, reminding
yourself that God is good, and He
called you on purpose, for His
specific purposes. I pray you’d remember that your future in Him far outshines anything in your past, and
that even though the past may have been traumatic, He’ll use all things for your good and His glory.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
©Heather Potts 2018
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