I sit here this morning with tears in my eyes. Just thinking about how good and faithful God is.
What I realized about my trials this past week, especially after talking to Ladylee (let me tell you just like I told her...EVERYTIME I talk to her I'm blessed. EVERYTIME. She has helped me so much spiritually it's crazy. God placed her in my life and me in hers and of this I am CERTAIN. She is nothing but a blessing) is that every trial is an opportunity to GROW. We just have to realize it.
Back around October/November (def before the holidays) I was having some issues. BIG issues lol.
The biggest thing I was dealing with and didn't realize it until God had to MAKE me sit down and realize it was idolatry.
I love dictionary.com definition : .
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 27:15 - Cursed [be] the man that maketh [any] graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth [it] in [a] secret [place]. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
I could go on and on and on but you get the point.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I believe EVERY word in the Bible. Not just those feel good scriptures. I believe the ones that step on my toes.
God is a jealous God, put someone before Him? Man, He ain't happy.
He got my attention. Big time.
What I had to realize about god's, it can be SO MANY THINGS OR PEOPLE.
ANYTHING that you give ALL your attention to when you should be giving that attention/time to God. That's how "I" define it.
If you give ALL your time and attention to tv, your spouse, work, clothes, shoes, money...that COULD be your god.
Y'all know I love shoes, clothes, phones, gadgets, etc but you can take all that away and I'm good. Those things I've NEVER put before God.
What I had in God's place was NOT good. ANYTHING in His place isn't good but this? Yeah.Nerp.
He literally had to show me that HE was in charge.
Sometimes we go through things because WE don't have God in the correct place. Please know when I say WE I mean "I". I was going through this same trial over, and over AND OVER again because I didn't have God in the right place. I THOUGHT I did, but I was oh so wrong, not to mention this was a weak area for me.
It didn't occur to me that I was trusting in other things/people and NOT Him until around mid-december. It was then that I decided that I would trust in HIM totally and even when my trials came up and I would cry, I STILL trusted Him.
He has proven himself to me.
I'm writing this entry more for myself. I want to be able to look back at this entry and remember that I am going to trust God no matter what. I want to always keep HIM in His place and not put anything where He should be.
If I've encouraged you in anyway, that is icing on the cake :)
I'm not perfect, just striving to be the woman God wants me to be. Keeping my life lined up with the WORD and Trusting Him every step of the way.
My favorite phrase is "and this too shall pass". Faith is the unshakeable belief that God will see you thru all trials and storms in your life. I always say that God has good jokes. Trials happen to remind you of where you belong.
Posted by: Towanda | January 12, 2014 at 08:46 AM
He certainly has a sense of humor lol
Posted by: Adrienne | January 12, 2014 at 09:17 AM
Adrienne, this is a good one. This was me when it came to my marriage. I was putting my faith in my husband instead of putting it in God. I learned quickly!
Posted by: Erica B. | January 12, 2014 at 10:55 AM
VERY WELL SAID! As always I admire your honesty and transparency. Truth be told this stepped on my toes a little. I know I'm a "go-getter" but have to be mindful not to get so wrapped up in the doing and maintain my time of just "being" with God. I love Ps. 46:10---Be still and know I'm God. I've got to get back to my times of stillness! Lastly, I'm just glad that God is jealous. He knows that whatever we try to rely on that isn't him won't fulfill us. He's so loving to try to steer us away from those things that won't fulfill us like He will.
Posted by: Victoria | January 12, 2014 at 03:12 PM
Love your food for thought posts.
Posted by: unityfalls | January 12, 2014 at 05:19 PM
:)
Posted by: LadyLee | January 13, 2014 at 12:47 AM
Very well put Adrienne, it hit home with me. Thank you for the post, its a wake-up call .gloria
Posted by: gloria | January 13, 2014 at 01:06 PM
This was a really good post!
Posted by: tj | January 14, 2014 at 02:42 PM
I've done that before too. Once you learn that lesson you NEVER have to learn it again lol
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM
:)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM
I'm so glad :)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM
Love you :)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM
So glad it helped :)
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM
Thanks!
Posted by: Adrienne | January 15, 2014 at 01:39 PM