There are a handful of people in this world who have been to some of it's darkest corners- I am one of these. Yet it is not something I ask for pity over, but rather rejoice in. Many may ask why? Well surely I must say, because through such things God has granted me strength and wisdom. I have become (through his sufficient grace) a conquering warrior for his message of redemption. My point is not to publicize these such scenarios, but to address gratitude for the good things. In a weary, broken, and fleshy world these said good things can come far and few between. It is not that we are victims of such circumstance- for we due to sin do not deserve good things. Yet God is a God of grace, and desires to (in his timing) gift us such things.
In the past year of 2014 there were a multitude of unwelcomed circumstances in my own life. This is oddly now becoming a major praise- for they compelled me to spend these days on worn knees in prayer. I am a slab of clay in which God is shaping, and surely (Lord willing) last year there was much progress in his handy work. I prayed that God would provide me with a job in the next year. Often we gaze over that sometimes the answer is no- yet this is not one of these. God did provide me with a job- better yet one that blesses me (though I do not deserve it). He provided such a job in his timing and not mine, and for such I am ever greatful! Due to his sovereign timing I have a job, that meets my field and encourages my weary spirit. Unfortunantly in the most delightful way I cannot end this on a final note- for the chapter continues. Simply I must praise my heavenly father.
"For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face." Psalm 11:7
