I am working, thinking, crying and fighting to have a better relationship with MY GOD. I want to know what has helped you with the good fight? Was it a book? A service? Something someone said? A situation? What? Please elaborate.
For me....
"Life"
Because if you live life long enough, you realize it cannot be lived without God in it. Period.
:Rose:
I think Shimmie said it best…..Life. I went through a trial 14 years ago that lasted about three and a half years. Those three and a half years were some REALLY tough times. I had to rely on God in every way imaginable. I had to rely on Him as my provider, to heal my body, to heal my mind, to be my friend and to be my mother and father. For a good chunk of those three and a half years God isolated me. I had very few friends and I didn’t hang out much. My entire life was school, work, my friend/prayer partner and church. To this day I’ll think about something that happened then and tear up. It was during that time that I learned just how good and how faithful God is. God worked some situations out for me that no one else could. He taught me how to rely on Him and only Him. I began to read His word as more than just a story or a guide, but I would read and say to myself, “Hey, this stuff really happened. God is real.” I’m going through a trial of faith right now and last night I pulled out my journals that I kept during those years. Reading those journals reminded me once more that if God could perform those miracles back then, He can do it now.
I was off from work yesterday and I was reading all day. I was reading books, scriptures and my journals. I believe I am doing what is right but sometimes I feel that I am not.
I am lonely, I know God is there, but I will say I don't think that is enough to physically comfort me. It isn't enough to physically comfort me. I got out of a marriage in 05 and while I have prospered professionally and in every other way. My love life is nil. I have had few false starts but nothing really panned out and I am not about to take in any ole thing. I have said I would rather be alone then to have a man for sake of having a man.
Thinking about it I have really made God an option. Basically saying since I don't have a man, I am going to put more time into GOD and I know that is not right. He does not love me like that. My time should always be with GOD and the rest will happen. I know this, I believe this but I am not living it. That is my problem, that is my issue and I know that is the reason why I am in the situation that I am in. I need to get out.
I was off from work yesterday and I was reading all day. I was reading books, scriptures and my journals. I believe I am doing what is right but sometimes I feel that I am not.
I am lonely, I know God is there, but I will say I don't think that is enough to physically comfort me. It isn't enough to physically comfort me. I got out of a marriage in 05 and while I have prospered professionally and in every other way. My love life is nil. I have had few false starts but nothing really panned out and I am not about to take in any ole thing. I have said I would rather be alone then to have a man for sake of having a man.
Thinking about it I have really made God an option. Basically saying since I don't have a man, I am going to put more time into GOD and I know that is not right. He does not love me like that. My time should always be with GOD and the rest will happen. I know this, I believe this but I am not living it. That is my problem, that is my issue and I know that is the reason why I am in the situation that I am in. I need to get out.
Some things take time. All the while God is working it out for us. We all must pass tests of patience/ endurance. It is not easy but one of the biggest lessons I had to learn was none of this is all about me. It is all about Him. Therefore, our feelings don't matter in the sense that we cannot allow feelings to move us. God gave us feelings to enhance our lives here but they have a proper place. For a while one of my daily confessions was saying "I'm not moved by what I see, hear, feel, taste, or touch. I am only moved by what comes out of the mouth of God." It is great you know some of what you need to allow God to work on and are not in denial. Ask God to continue to reveal you to you and then ask him to change your heart and renew your mind according to his word.
BTW- to answer your original question for me it has been a combination of things and life. We may not see God when he is coming but boy do we know it when he has been through...