God Thinking LXVII - You Are That Person 6

"God said to me:

“Had it not been for the loss or your loved one, you would not understand the value of that loved one to Me.”

Psalms 116:15

 15.  Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

God said to me:

“Had you not believed a lie, you could never recognize the truth.”

1 John 2:21

21.  I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

God said to me:

“You had to go through it to bring you here.”

Romans 8:18

 18.  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Whatever you have been through doesn’t compare with what is ahead in Christ.

Whatever is behind, mustn’t be equated to what God has in mind for you - not after you are dead as some purport, but now as you relinquish yourself into God’s hands.

Whatever is behind you - can I say that despite how difficult or long it took - it was worth it - if what has happened is: that today, God has become your God and your friend.

If you think it wasn’t worth it, Hear this poem .

If every year without your wisdom

And every hour without your peace

And every moment of rejection

Was what I needed just to see

If every lie and broken promise

every sin and virtue lost

if every moment without Your presence

Is what had to be the cost

If all my sufferings that I have suffered

And all the loss that came my way

And all the bitterness and envy

Was what it took to find today     

         

Then I will gladly take my portion

Of all it took for you to show

All the riches and the glory

Of the One I’ve come to know "

Excerpt from God Thinking LXVII - You Are That Person by Keith C.                                          Powell Copyright 2014