I'm So Glad He Changed Me

God Don't Like Ugly
So for a long time He didn't like me

My mouth was so terrible
That it masked my inner beauty

I would say whatever came to mind
It didn't matter how crude

Cursing and shooting birds at people
And basically living life with a bad attitude

But it wore me out
Being on the defensive all the time

I couldn't remember what I was mad about no matter how hard I tried

One night I cried out to God and asked for my release
No more of this nonsense
Lord please grant me peace

He heard me and responded
By changing my entire life

Curse words hurt my ears now
And I can't stand to fight

My old habits are foreign to me
I can't believe the person I used to be
Thank you God for changing me
now it's you that they see.

Adayinthelife:-)

That Was Easy - Getting Rid of Ugly Behavior

Did you hear, there was a girl who was so scandalous that she married her sister's husband.  But that's not half as bad as the time when one brother killed the other because he was jealous. Then there was the man who had the audacity to have a man killed just to cover up the fact that he slept with his wife.

In case you didn't know, what I just shared wasn't ripped from the headlines of the local paper. It was straight from the bible. Jacob married Rachel even though he was already her sister Leah's husband. Cain killed his brother Able. And King David had Bathsheba's husband Uriah killed. Each of these stories represented something that the Lord hates.

Proverbs 6:16-19 NLT

There are six things the Lord hates— no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.

Jacob sowed discord between families by marrying two sisters. Cain shed innocent blood when he murdered Able. David lied, plotted evil, killed the innocent, and sowed discord when he tried to hide his affair with Bathsheba by killing her husband Uriah.

But I tell you none of these deeds went unnoticed because God does not like ugly. For a time Rachel was barren and the Lord allowed Leah to have sons one of which would be the earthly lineage of Jesus. Cain was cursed and cast out for his act against his brother. David and Bathsheba lost the child that resulted from their affair.

God found no pleasure in their actions so each lost something. I believe each of them also learned something. God would not allow their selfish acts to prevail. He pushed the restart button and made them start from scratch. Not one of us wants to experience the reality of loss when God pushes restart. So grab the that was easy button and push it yourself.

Adayinthelife:-)

Are You Willing To Wait?

Genesis 18:11-14 KJV

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the Lord ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

The story of Abraham and Sarah is one that is usually looked at from the perspective of the promise that God made to Abraham. Sarah is referenced, but only once have I heard someone expand on her experience. The title of that message was Sometimes You Have to Laugh to Keep From Crying.

God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. What did that promise mean to Sarah? Most messages separate them, but as husband and wife they are one. If a promise was made to one, that promise had the same power for the other.

God's promise meant that Sarah, who no doubt had resigned herself to never being a mother, would be the mother of nations. Unfortunately, Sarah didn't know how to hear that. She also didn't know how to wait. Sarah heard the promise, doubted, and took matters into her own hands.

It's so easy to say oh I would've believed the promise. I would have waited. I can't say I would have. I may have looked at my 90 year old self and saw impossibility. I may have done just like Sarah.

I might have acted like God spoke only to my husband and not the flesh of MY flesh. God spoke to Abraham but His promise was for Abraham & Sarah. The fulfillment of the promise required them to do 3 things: believe God, submit to His will, and wait. God is going to keep His promise to you. The questions are do you believe Him? Are you operating in His will? And are you willing to wait?

Adayinthelife:-)

Through His Eyes

He saw the best in me
when the rest were so focused on trying to use my yesterdays to get me down
they tried and tried but no matter what they said I would not turn around

God told me to never look back
look forward to Him
look to the sky and that is where I would find my help

His words
His confidence
His Faith and His love for me
are the things that helped me to find myself

Not the self you see
but the self that was actually He
His spirit that lived in me the entire time

So glad I put my stuff to the side
To allow Him to be my guide
My Daddy, Leader, Healer, Protector
The Love of my Life

He is the best
And if you cannot attest
to this
now is the best
Time
to open up your heart
And let the God in you
Be found

Adayinthelife:-)

He Saw The Best In Me

Jeremiah 31:3 NIV

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.


I thought about what I wanted to share this week. The story of Hosea and Gomer crossed my mind more than once. He saw the best in his wife despite the fact that she was a prostitute. I thought about King David and how God saw the best in him regardless of adultery and his life as a man of war. I thought also of Judas and how Jesus walked with him, talked with him, and even honored him by washing his feet. There were so many easy choices before me. How could I speak on the example that had happened to me?

It began when I decided to force him not to like me. I sat there thinking to myself "he is not who I thought he was. I have to get out of this date."

As I sat thinking of retreat because the person in front of me didn't match the image in my head, he just kept smiling. So I started talking. I told him every wrong thing that I had ever done. I didn't stop for commentary, questions, or air. I just kept talking because I wanted him to know that I was horrid. I wanted him to know that I was not worthy of that moment of his time.

He never tried to stop me or interrupt the barrage of information that kept flying at him. When I could not recall anything else (I had shared all the way back to the age of 15), I stopped talking and looked at him. On his face was the same smile that greeted me a couple of hours before. "Well, we all have a past." He said these words so matter of factly that I forgot what my purpose was.

He just kept smiling and proceeded to tell me that none of those things mattered because they were not who I was. They were just an amusing list of things that I'd done. I was annoyed because I had no idea why he was so calm. I couldn't fathom why he was still smiling and not the least bit phased by a word I said. But now I know that he saw the best in me. He opened his ears, listened to my truth, and decided to allow his eyes to look past Candy and rest on God.

Adayinthelife:-)