Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
As I reflect on the past “65years,” I saw good days, I saw days of innocence, happy days, bad days, ugly days, days of joy with uncontrollable rejoicing, celebrations, anniversaries, graduations, marriages, birth, spiritual encouragements and witnessing to self and others. I saw days of unbearable painful, sickness, heartache, ups and downs, days of laughing and crying, days of trouble, days of suffering, days of mountain top experiences, days of valley experiences, days of confusion, uncertainty, assurance, comfort and peace, days of joy unspeakable, and so many other kind of days and emotions.
As I reflect back, even right now, I can clearly see what I did not see back then. I saw where God’s unconditional “LOVE” never departed from me. God was there all the time. I can clearly see that it was Him carrying, me and keeping my mind in perfect peace. God’s Holy Spirit, His Word, prayer, His, presence, power, peace, assurance, comfort, hope, provision, salvation, restoration, spiritual and physical healing, and so many other evidence of His revealing presence with me, even at my highest and lowest points in life.
I can recall so many times when I heard the Holy speak to me saying, “I am with you, never will I leave, nor forsake you. I am your very present help in trouble, I have redeemed you, you are mine, and I call you by name, so I want you to trust me my child.”
Never, not once, was I left out at sea! Good God almighty!! Peace in the midst of life’s stormy seas proved it over and over again! I cried to God for mercy and His great love took the form of ”PEACE” in the midst of my storms. Hallelujah!!!
I am a living testament that when the high tides, rising winds, stormy and sometimes raging seas of life, hurricanes and blizzards showed up in my life, I had an anchor, name Jesus. If you remain anchored in in and out of the storms of life, He will make sure that you pass through them, and you will find safe passage through to your continued destiny in God.
If it had not been for the grace of God, I would have been a hopeless case, but thank God for His “AMAZING GRACE” and mercy that kept me.
But for the “Grace” of God, I am who I am! I got saved and baptized at the early age of 9 years old, but, at the age of 40 I heard a clarion call to salvation April 1998 in a different kind of way, and God’s call to me to the “Gospel of Jesus Christ” came February 16, 2003. it was no turning back. The rest was history!
Goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I WILL dwell in the house of the Lord forever” (Ps. 6:3, NIV).
Lord, I thank you for 65 years. I want to be more like you Lord!
I love you Lord Jesus! Thank you for new mercies I see even now!
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