The Joy of the Lord

Joy Complete...no crutches

As I sit and process the past week, my soul is joyed with the way I see God that has intervened without me even knowing.  He has taken a situation that seemed stressful and uncertain and He has turned it into a wonderful growing and developing experience; taking me and the others involved further and deeper into relationship with Him.  Our trust has had to grow.  Our prayer has had to go deep and our praise has had to rise.  But through all of that, His faithfulness has been proven once again.  Oh, how I love Him!

A crutch is something you lean on that stabilizes you when you might be weak or unsteady. It is something you use to prevent you from falling.  It can also be something you use while you get stronger.  

There might be times when we all have needed a crutch or something to stabilize us until we get a little stronger.  When the times comes, that we need to get rid of the crutch and stand on our own, it can be very scary.  That is when I know that I must trust in God...more!   My faith in Him must rise.  I know that I am doing something that in and of just myself, I can not do.  It is in that time of giving up my crutch, that I must lean on Him. Allow Him to help me take the first steps towards my freedom from the crutch.  It is those times that I see my wings spread and I soar on His love, mercy and strength.  When I am weak, He is strong.  This is exactly what I have seen over this couple of weeks.  The situation was tough, we all needed the crutch removed so that we could soar the way God wanted us to.  We all needed to step out in faith, trusting Him to bring us home safely.....and standing on our own two feet.  

He has made us to be dependent on him only.  Nothing else matters! no crutches... and through Him, our Joy is complete.  It is pure Joy to sit here on this bright shinning Monday morning and know that because we trusted in Him, He was faithful...as always.  

That makes my Joy complete....no crutches.   I am in complete awe of Him. 


Lord,
You have shown me your ways once again.  That in you we can trust and all things will work for good.  I understand that my strength is nothing. My ways are not your ways.

Thank you for being who you are...
because of who you are, we give you glory. 
because of who you are, we give you praise.
because of who you are, I will lift my voice and say,
Lord I worship you because of who you are......

Be blessing and honor to Him who sits on the throne.

In Jesus Name,
Amen.

Carla