Author Archives: Matthew, Karen, and God

Songs of praises

Psalm 108:1, My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Singing is something that I love to do, usually throughout my work day or in the shower. I’m not very good at singing but for my Lord the songs just seem to roll off my lips. I stick to the saying,” God made crows and canaries, and He wants to hear from both of them.” If you are thankful for all that God has done for you today then feel free to let out a joyful song, praising Him for the gift of life. Amen

Unfailing love

We have all experienced failure at some point in time. Maybe your car fails you, always breaking down on the side of the road leaving you stranded. A marriage that hadn’t stood the test of time, leaving you heart broken without the strength to try again. Showing up at work only to find out that the doors are chained shut leaving you without money or security. I can keep going on with mountains of examples but I’m thinking you catch my drift. I will let you in on a little secret that I’ve learned over the past couple of years. There’s many things in life that can fail you and also many things that can leave you feeling like a failure. There is however one love that will never fail you and that is GOD’S LOVE!!!! If you get a chance please read through Psalms 136, you can take great comfort in knowing that the God of the entire universe has a love that is unfailing. “Spoiler alert”, the ending, Psalms 136:26 says, Praise God in heaven! God’s love never fails. If you feel like this world has failed you, or that you are a failure please read it over and over. You are loved so deeply, like you have been loved before.

Refurbished

Revelations 21 5 through 7 he who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said,” Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” He said to me:” I am the Alpha the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of Life. Those who are victorious will inherit all this, and I will be their God and they will be my children.

Refurbished

Being in construction is truly a blessing in my life. From making something out of nothing, to tearing down the old to make brand new. I like everything from getting my hands dirty to coming up with creative ideas to improve something. The same is the relationship built with God. He takes the broken hearted and mends them. He backfills the nothingness in your heart with faith and trust. Building a strong foundation for us to grow and stand firm on. Then branches out to create something sturdy that can withstand the tests of time.

Getting older

When I was in my 20’s and 30’s my body was at it’s personal best. Not a lot of people could match my physical strength and it made me feel great. Over the last couple of years however my body seems a bit tired and the drive to lift heavily is fading away. In the last 5 years, my mind has expanded as my walk with Christ has excelled. I do miss the physical strength and the whoa effect it had on people, but it’s nothing compared to the gift that God has given me in heart, mind, and soul. When I am tasked with something physical and it’s from God, He gives me the strength to accomplish that goal. Praise God.

Waiting

Waiting for God to answer our prayers can be quite taxing on the mind sometimes, having the patience and trust in God is what it takes to accomplish this. I was adopted at the age of 4 to a very kind and loving family, but the thousands of thoughts and questions on why I was put up for adoption plagued my mind growing up. Was I not good enough, was I the result of something bad, or just an unhappy accident? I never truly fit in anywhere and had little to no self -worth. Making friends was quite hard because it never felt like anyone could fully understand me. I would get so angry and yell at God with clenched fists wondering why I felt so unloved and abandoned. Other nights I would just pray that I could meet my biological father, just to know what I did to make him want to leave me. Getting into fights at school was a regular occurrence and drugs and alcohol helped to ease the pain or so I thought. When I was about 25 or so I ended up getting a hold of some of my biological father’s family and they had no idea where he was and that was the end of my searching for him. Fast forward to the age of 40, my current age, that same family that I had reached out to called me and asked if they could give me his phone number, that he wanted to get in touch with me. The range of emotions that went through me at that moment was a lot but I accepted the phone number and called him the next day. Come to find out he didn’t live all that far from me, about 40 minutes and after a little while of talking we agreed to meet. On my drive up to meet him and his family I prayed to God that this visit would be perfect, nothing would be brought up that didn’t need to be there. I wanted just to be reunited and to maybe establish a future friendship. The second part of my prayer was telling God that he forgave me for so many things and I want to be able to forgive as he does. We went out to lunch and I got to meet several of his family members it was like talking to myself when I spoke with him. Nothing was said out of anger or despair or with hurt feelings when he tried to explain I actually stopped him and said I forgive you, what’s done is done I just want to have a relationship with you now. We ended up having a perfect conversation both of us got closure and felt good with one another. I got to say again and again God is great, even though it felt like an eternity to have this closure it was worth every second. I do believe that if our reunion had been a number of years ago, the outcome would not have been great it probably would have been devastating and we never would have spoken again. I needed these last couple of years being in God’s word and trusting in our Lord and savior to get me through this hardship. In doing so victory was won on both sides praise God for that. Dear heavenly father thank you so much for standing by me through thick and thin for having a plan adjusted just for me. In Jesus name Amen