Comfort- to soothe, console, or reassure;
bring cheer to
I have been praying since late 2012 for God to give me
vision and focus for the New Year. 2012 was a very emotional and challenging
year for me. As the New Year approached and came I still had no solid vision or
lead on where to begin the year. I found this frustrating and discouraging. Until
one day, on the way to work, I heard “comfort”.
Light bulb came on… this year is going to be all about comfort! Praise God
it is finally going to be an “easy” and “peaceful” year, or so I thought or at
least thought…
I have discovered over the last couple of years, in my
growing faith that God really does have a great sense of humor sometimes. A couple days after he spoke “comfort” to me,
I heard “you need to step out of you comfort zone”! I sat there in silence, in
a state of denial for what seemed like awhile (in reality it was only a couple
of minutes). At this point I began trying to bargain with God or talk him out
of it. Which now sitting here now, writing
this I find very comical. I mean what was I; expecting God to say…”Okay Amy, let’s
do this your way. Your way sounds like it will work out much better than mine.
Silly me… let’s just focus on your “comfort” this year!”
So here I am thirteen days into the year and God has challenged
me to “step out of my comfort zone”.
That in it’s self-scared me. So over
the next couple of days as my challenge sank, I became comfortable with my
mission. I can step out of my comfort zone, I’ll try new things, go new places,
meet new people… no big deal, right? Then once again I heard his voice “my
first task is for you to show mercy, not just mercy on anyone, but to those who
have challenged you and hurt you.” What?? Are you serious??
This time I didn't try to argue or reason with Him. I began
to pray, God I cannot do this without you. I feel so bruised and broken by
these particular people, how can I ever show them mercy? As I sit here now, I
still do not exactly how this is going to happen. But what I do know is; God would
not have asked me to do this if it were not possible. He asked me to do this;
because it is what is best for me and ultimately it is all part of his
beautiful plan for me.
So please pray for me as I tackle this first request….prayer
and the love of the Lord is the only way I am going to be victorious!
Much Love,
Amy
