During these last several weeks I’ve so often wanted to sit and write my heart. However, sitting for any length of time has been a painful challenge, even with a laptop. I’ve come to the conclusion that for a woman ALL of our internal organs sit on top of our bladders!
So many of my family and friends have asked me to give them an update and I don’t like sending personal e-mails out in a mass mailing. I’ve done so, but I don’t prefer doing so. Today I have less discomfort and feel another level better…so here I am at the keyboard…and it feels very good and right to be able to type my heart again.
Out of much musing, prayer and remembering what God has done for me in the past (do you know God tells us to ‘remember’ 144 times in the Bible?) came another reason why it is so vital to KNOW God…Who He is…and to be so thankful that God nudged me into an on-going study of His names many years ago:
2Timothy 1:12 “….for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”
Know: Strong’s Concordance: to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know: – be aware, behold, consider, (have) known (-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand,
Day: Strong’s Concordance: Feminine…meaning tame, that is, gentle; day, that is, (literally) the time space between dawn and dark, or the whole 24 hours; figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context): – age, + alway, (mid-) day (by day, [-ly]), + for ever, (day) time, while, years.
I had never looked up the meaning of the word “day” before. I had always thought it meant a time of adversity, trauma, etc. I had always considered that I had better commit all I can to Who I knew God to be for troubling days will surely come. No, rather everyday…gentle day, 24 hours a day or day of adversity…the key to victory over the happenings we face each day is in knowing the God we have believed so we can be persuaded (rely (by inward certainty): agree, assure, have confidence, trust, yield) that He is able to keep that which I have committed to Him each day.
Some days have been difficult for me and I am so thankful that I have landmarks…a myriad of times when God specifically blessed me with an answered prayer, a passing wish or a special surprise blessing. I’m also thankful for the landmarks where He touched me with His healing Word and raised me up physically. I have found His peace a zillion times since December…every time I’ve uttered, “El Gomer, You are the God Who works for me…and I trust you Lord Jesus.”
At 2:10 a.m. one Monday morning early this month I was sitting on God’s lap in pain and very weary. Each day for two weeks I had felt weaker and sicker and, with Jesus and a son in Heaven, it had grown into a tug of war for me to want to stay here on earth. God flooded my heart with Psalm 118:17 “I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.” When I woke up in the morning I felt a level better and (excluding some bouts with kidney stones) have felt a little better each day. I give God all of the glory!!!
I know, like every other child of God, my days are numbered and I don’t know when I’ll graduate to Heaven. I only know that my heart’s desire is to make every day count for God’s Kingdom by being a blessing to others…by lifting the spirit of a discouraged heart…by standing in prayer for others…by wearing the smile and speaking the words of a blessed and joyful Christian!
Another verse has sat on my heart each day during these past two weeks: John 11:4 “When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”
I have asked God to make me quickly aware of all I need to commit to Him each day for He has promised to keep (watch, be on guard, preserve) it all each day.
2Timothy 1:12 “….for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”
