thegirltolove
Member
I just have something to share with all of you ladies. Be patient with me please. I am in the army and have been deployed to Iraq twice already. I am scheduled to return in about another week or so. I was having a lot of difficulty with this at first and I continued to pray against it, as did other family members and friends.
Now I remember when I told God that if He needed someone to to do His work to send me. I'm willing to go. I just find it to be a trip how reluctant and down-heartened we become when sometimes He takes us up on our offers.
Although God has since given me such a peace about this deployment, I can't help but to think about my initial reaction. I know that God has called me. I know that there is a mission that He has for me and my life. Yet, when the thought of being in an uncomfortable situation for His glory arose, I wanted to fight kicking and screaming. As soon as I accepted it and asked for His strength to make it through, I was immediately replenished and given a fresh anointing.
It's just amazing to me how sometimes we can tell the Lord things that we think we mean at the time, or make "conditional" vows that will break under the "wrong" circumstances. I love the Lord. I love Him so much, and I had to realize that not everything that He requires of us is going to feel good, but we gotta know that it is for our good. I decided to go. Not because I have no other choice, but because He desires it.
I just wanted to urge any of you other ladies to trust God and think about what your commitment to God is really about. It's not about your salvation. It's about being available for His purpose. I thank you ladies for taking the time to read this and allowing me to share. God bless you.
Now I remember when I told God that if He needed someone to to do His work to send me. I'm willing to go. I just find it to be a trip how reluctant and down-heartened we become when sometimes He takes us up on our offers.
Although God has since given me such a peace about this deployment, I can't help but to think about my initial reaction. I know that God has called me. I know that there is a mission that He has for me and my life. Yet, when the thought of being in an uncomfortable situation for His glory arose, I wanted to fight kicking and screaming. As soon as I accepted it and asked for His strength to make it through, I was immediately replenished and given a fresh anointing.
It's just amazing to me how sometimes we can tell the Lord things that we think we mean at the time, or make "conditional" vows that will break under the "wrong" circumstances. I love the Lord. I love Him so much, and I had to realize that not everything that He requires of us is going to feel good, but we gotta know that it is for our good. I decided to go. Not because I have no other choice, but because He desires it.
I just wanted to urge any of you other ladies to trust God and think about what your commitment to God is really about. It's not about your salvation. It's about being available for His purpose. I thank you ladies for taking the time to read this and allowing me to share. God bless you.