"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16 KJV)."
My dear friend Annie has struggled with one issue in particular for so very long she probably cannot remember what her life was like without the issue. Nor can she probably imagine what her life would be like with freedom from it. She is a beautiful princess in my eyes, a precious friend with a heart of pure Godly gold, yet when she looks in the mirror she cannot see the princess like I can. She recently asked me to pray that she would be delivered from this challenge, and declared that she no longer wanted to carry the burden alone. She would tell her new women's Bible study group and ask the ladies to pray, she announced, and she asked me to pray that she would have the courage.
When I asked her how the women responded to her bearing her heart to them, she said she had decided not to go. But God had other plans. Within 24 hours, in a random store in a large city, she ran into the wife of her pastor - from a very large church. What a small world! Rather, what an awesome God!
Annie opened her heart to the pastor's wife, and together they prayed - right in the store. Annie's issue is no longer a secret, thereby allowing the devil to stomp all over her with condemnation. Instead, my dear friend who was created to be a princess has taken the first great step in being able to look in the mirror and see the lovely woman the Lord created. She has confessed the fault she did not want the world to see, she has been prayed for, and I believe with all my heart she soon will walk free.
Please, dear Princesses of God, do not hold your troubles in the dark. Bear them into the light, where your sisters will meet you and stand in faith with you, and the Lord will heal.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation: He is my defence; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is God. Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62 KJV
Once upon a time there was a princess who did not know she was a Princess. She lived her life buried in the sand where she felt safe. When she did try to come up for air and to survey the world around her, she struggled for breath at the sight of all the sin and sadness. She would tumble to the ground as she gasped for air, then re-bury herself into the sand. In the deep of her heart, she did not really believe she was a Princess, nor did she believe there was much more to life than grief and dismay. Most importantly, she knew nothing about the Prince who had given up His life so she could live in the world with the joy of the Lord.
For most of my life thus far, I was this Princess. First, I did not know about Jesus. Then, when I came to faith in Jesus, I did not know to follow Him. When at last I began to follow Him, I spent much of my time staring at the world and would dive back into the sand. I did not know my Prince was also my Rock - and in Him I could learn to not be moved by the world. Jesus is our Rock, our salvation, our refuge, our everything. He wants to lead us out of the places we have buried ourselves into His saving grace - and into His arms forever.
Come out from under the sand. Rise up and walk. Pour your heart out to Prince Jesus. Take His hand and follow Him to the places He wants to take you. Breathe in His love.
Once upon a time there was a princess who did not know she was a Princess. She lived her life buried in the sand where she felt safe. When she did try to come up for air and to survey the world around her, she struggled for breath at the sight of all the sin and sadness. She would tumble to the ground as she gasped for air, then re-bury herself into the sand. In the deep of her heart, she did not really believe she was a Princess, nor did she believe there was much more to life than grief and dismay. Most importantly, she knew nothing about the Prince who had given up His life so she could live in the world with the joy of the Lord.
For most of my life thus far, I was this Princess. First, I did not know about Jesus. Then, when I came to faith in Jesus, I did not know to follow Him. When at last I began to follow Him, I spent much of my time staring at the world and would dive back into the sand. I did not know my Prince was also my Rock - and in Him I could learn to not be moved by the world. Jesus is our Rock, our salvation, our refuge, our everything. He wants to lead us out of the places we have buried ourselves into His saving grace - and into His arms forever.
Come out from under the sand. Rise up and walk. Pour your heart out to Prince Jesus. Take His hand and follow Him to the places He wants to take you. Breathe in His love.
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