I am one of those people who was glad to bid goodbye to 2018! Last year and the two before brought me much personal challenges. I have been tested to my maximum limit, but like King David, the Lord delivered me out of it all. I am grateful to be alive, that I am of sound mind, my needs are taken care of and above all, I am at peace with myself and the world.
This morning as I rolled over in bed after the alarm went off I surveyed my life and thought "this feels good, I am in a great place". If I was in the house by myself I would have danced around singing
" Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay
My, oh, my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine headin' my way
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay!…" and praising God alternately but I settled for quietly screening praises to the most High; it was 5am and I'm on vacation.
Three things worth noting here. I believe in miracles. When people pray for me I pay attention to the words they speak over my life; and I believe that God still speak to his people through prophecy. My entire adult life has been wrought with challenges, just one after another. I confess that at times I was bitter and angry. What did I do to deserve this I would ask. Why can't I have life easy just once? Why can't I get what I want like everyone else, I would ask out loud on occasion. I was not getting the answers to those questions so I did what every other Christian does after doing it their way - I turned to God as the spirit had instructed me to do, through his faithful servant and my dear friend Ruth. What an amazing and interesting process!
There have been a lot of twists and turns but I was hungry for change and I held fast to my faith. There is one particular instance worth mentioning as it is relevant to the topic. I did tax returns for this lovely couple for a number of years. In March of 2005 they came in to get their 2004 tax returns done. After the job was completed we did the usual chitchat then they asked if they could pray for me and I agreed. I remember the husband specifically asking God to restore me to my health and vitality of twenty years before. After they left I was speechless for a while. How would he have known to pray that unless the spirit directed him to? After all I didn't tell them or anyone else how I was feeling. Here's an interesting twist - the December before I had picked up a copy of O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey was pictured in a red dress and she exudes health and vitality. As soon as I saw the magazine cover I exclaimed to myself, "that's how I want to feel"!
For me, it's better than twenty years prior because I have never been this contented and at peace with myself and the world before. Praise God.
Grace & Peace,
Beverley
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