iHeartHope

​We are blessed to have the beautiful Dr E writing to fill us with hope. Do enjoy. A couple of months ago I  read a story about the Israelites in 1Samuel 8:1-21.(Please take the time to read this.)  They wanted a king. End of story.What God had to say through Samuel didn't matter.They didn't care one skerrick  that a king would make them slaves and cause them a lot of grief.Here's exactly what they told God: we're mature enough to handle our issues. We want to be like the nations around us.  We want a tangible king.Someone we can see. Just give us a king!  As I  read further  on verses 4-20 it explained  that  their desire for a king wasn't the problem but the motive behind their desire for a king. .which was to be like the nations around them. These people were the apple of God's eye..His heartbeat.A people He brought up out of Egypt..parted the Red Sea to allow  them  waltz through while their adversaries were hot...

Sometimes,no most times our hearts are bruised by those we look up to for comfort. We find the hands we stretched ours to for support as the ones behind the knife that pierces us deep in our hearts. The shock of betrayal almost numbs the pain that stings us. It is in this moment that we lift our eyes up,to the light that shineth from above:remembering that there is no night in zion.Believing that it gets darkest before the dawn.

You remember the words the Lord spoke to you,You hadn't been dreaming then. You knew the prophets had told you,and you had heard it right. And you had told the world about what the Lord had shown you,even in dreams. But here you are in the pit now. Not a physical pit as Joseph had found himself in,but a pit nonetheless. A pit of what seems to be endless pain,unshakeable feel of heartbreak, unemployment that you just cant seem to get a break from. A pit of emptiness,loneliness and barreness. The world now looks on you with pity. It used to be amusement,for carrying yourself as if the whole world was yours to take,and then it turned to annoyance; they didn't understand who the heck you actually thought you were. They remind you,like Jesus, they are aware who your parents are,where you were born,the guys you had dated,the places you bought food,clothes and all things cheap from. And now it turns to pity.  You lift up your head, God,did you intentionally make me a laughing stock...

Psalm 27:10 reads :When my mother or father forsakes me,the Lord will take me up.KJV Sometimes we go through moments that we really need people to be there for us,but in those moments we realise how alone we are. People who we assumed would surely be there,would be nowhere to be found. For some of us,its not mother or father as in this verse,but a friend,a lover who turned their backs on us at our greatest moments of need.Who in the moments when their little demonstration of love would have made the biggest difference,they showed us none And for some of us their backs are still turned to us,but be reminded of the other words in this verse, The Lord Himself will take care of you.He will step in and do what nobody else can or will do.For some you probably are saying then why hasn't he: Yet just know He has always been with you,else you wouldn't even be alive.You may not have things as you wanted,but our God is a big sized God,and in His right moment for you,you would receive...