Waiting............

I bet everyone could list at least 10 different things they are waiting for at this present moment, from the smallest thing to waiting for a bus to something as intense as waiting for a child or a spouse etc. The list is incredibly long and personal to each individual.
Why is waiting so hard and why is it so easy to despise the waiting time?
The story and faith of Hannah really encourages me and is a great example of waiting. Married to the love of her life, Hannah was desperately eager to add to her family as she waited to have a child. Not only did she have to endure the pain of waiting on this miracle but she also had to undergo the constant mocking and chastisement from Peninnah.
I can not imagine what Hannah went through, but she did NOT stop waiting, she did not stop trusting, she did not stop praying and pouring out her heart to the one who knew it all- her Father!
The Lord Remembered her!!!! Her waiting was not in vain and at the proper time she gave birth to an amazing son. The birth of Samuel was right on time, he was born in a time when Eli’s sons were not doing what they should have been and in a time when the Philistines were vehemently overtaking Israelite land. The Israelites needed a man of God who would intercede for them and remind them of the amazing God they served!
Hannahs faith and waiting was not in vain she learnt to trust and rely on God more and the promise was not too late but in God’s perfect timing!!!
My prayer as we wait on him is that we will not despise the waiting time and the opportunity to learn and draw closer to him. Also to really trust that his timing is more amazing then we could imagine!

Nothing BUT A Number!

On my way home from prayer last week I was thinking just a few more months of enjoying life in the 20’s, how a decade or two flies by.... After battling all the things and plans I had envisioned for such an age I have come to the conclusion that the prospect of turning 30 really is nothing BUT a number!!! However it is incredibly tempting to get caught up with where Society & the Masses think I should be or what I should have attained etc, and I know personally their are many things I thought I would have accomplished, seen and experienced by now.
Is there really a scale one can measure their life by? I know everyone has their own scale and expectations, however I know I am NOT living for everyone else. Each path is hand crafted by the maker, and He has the perfect plan, NOT me!! So day by day I continue to trust that I am where He would have me, the one who knit me together in my mothers womb, the one who opens doors and closes them. The one who makes a way when their seems to be no way! The one with whom a day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day. So instead of counting down my days, or reliving what should have been, I choose to embrace each one and know that with him each day can only get better. Moving forward in HIM, for HIM and with HIM!!! 

The Broken Yoke!

What an incredible time of fasting it has been.. Giving up (whatever it is you have fasted) and in exchange received moreeee of HIM!!! WOW!
Isaiah 58 has been a wonderful time to learn more about his fast rather then our own notion of fasting! Something that really encouraged me this week was:
Verse 6:“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?

How amazing is our God, he unties the yokes!!! So that we can be set free! Wahoo finally, freedom from those things that have held us bound. Free from the lies, free from sin, free from the past, free from those nagging things that keep trying to attack! I know sometimes though we can grow very acquainted to those yokes, especially when they have been a part of us for so long, maybe a particular lie you believed or a habit you became very accustomed too? Sometimes it can even be tempting to go back to those yokes and become best friends again, BUT not only does he untie us from those yokes, HE BREAKS THEM!!!! Once he has untied them we do not have to go back, we are free and can move forward and embrace true freedom!

I pray today that what ever yoke you have bee untied from, allow him to BREAK it, when its untied it not meant to be hung in the closet so we can come back to put it on later. He wants to untie it and break it! Today as he continues to untie may you enjoy seeing him break it too pieces, and as you give him those ashes enjoy his beauty!!!

Like the song says “He is here, he is here, to break the yoke and lift the heavy burden”.

Lessons I learnt from the guy with the long name (Mephibosheth)- You Are Not Forgotten.

In 2 Samuel 4:4 we are told that Jonathan had a son, he was only 5 when Saul and Jonathan died. He was already lame, then he was dropped by his nurse and became crippled in both feet, his name was Mephibosheth. That was all that was mentioned about him and then the next chapter goes on to another story, I was wondering why was this chapter with this unfortunate information put there, I thought it was quite sad, a crippled orphan. But then I remembered God always has a plan and when we read on a few chapter later we get to see that amazing plan in 2 Samuel 9:1.
It’s amazing that David was so adamant on finding someone from Sauls house to show kindness too for Jonathan's sake. When the servant tells Kind David about Mephibosheth, David wanted to see him at once, and at that moment Mephibosheth went from being FORGOTTEN to REMEMBERED and KNOWN

God had NOT Forgot Mephibosheth and  used David to remember him,  

In verse 7- David told Mephibosheth he would:
1. RESTORE- All the land that belonged to his Grandfather Saul.
2. ALWAYS SIT at the Kings Table.
3. His Sons & Servants WILL BE BLESSED.
Mephibosheth had called himself a dead dog because this is how he felt and could not believe he had been remembered!!!

Maybe today it seems like you have been forgotten, maybe it seems like a situation has gone from bad to worse. But I pray and believe today:
1. You will be remembered
2. It will get better
3. You will be restored
4. It will go from great to excellent

Sometimes it may seem like family, friends & people left you behind and went ahead of you. Or maybe you just feel forgotten and like you don’t matter or your dreams and hopes don’t have a future. Maybe there has been a particular on going struggle or situation. It means Gods victory is going to be greater. I pray today someone will look for you to show you kindness and remember with God you are NEVER FORGOTTEN!