Friday, December 08, 2006

Re – digging Her Well

Don’t you find when you feel that you’ve been blessed, there seem to be problem looming. People trying to take your joy away on a mission known as “undercover joy burst”.

She has come so far. You should have seen her back when it all started.

In spite of all that was going on in her personal life, the Lord had blessed her indeed. But now it appears difficulties, that was about to accumulate to a nervous breakdown seems to be knocking on her door. People has started to cover up, what she had done, had quarrelled and opposed her in every opportunity possible, and now she was facing ruin. Each time she faced a difficulty she attributed it to her past mistakes and maybe she didn’t deserve to be happy. She didn’t realise that all she needed was to re-dig her “well” this last time. She needed to remember that the first time she asked God to forgive her of her past He did and He said He would remember them no more (Isa. 38 vs. 17; Isa 43 vs. 25). The Lord Jesus was shamed as he lay on that cross so her guilt and shame had been removed (Isa. 25 vs. 8), the plans her enemies had for her was not going to succeed (Isa. 19 vs. 3). He wanted her to draw closer to Him, push and pray harder than she had ever done, for her breakthrough was but moments away. He wanted to bless her just as He did Isaac when he encountered oppositions (Gen. 26 vs.12 -25). Just as Isaac dug another well, No one quarrelled with him anymore and the Lord gave him room to flourish in the land. Finally the guilt scales that had blinded her eyes were lifted. She dug and pushed one last time and no one quarrelled with her anymore. She was finally settled by God in every area of her life. She now has a family and a very good job with room to flourish. She had atlast found happiness, happiness she never felt worthy of. But alas she was happy. The other forms of happiness she sort had sorrow in it, but the one the Lord had given her had no sorrow (Prov. 10 vs. 22; Isa. 60 vs. 20; John 16 vs. 22)

What is holding you back? Don’t let the guilt of the past have an impact on your future. It did in this case, but the Lord said NO. She didn’t deserve God’s grace, but He still forgave her and blessed her. I also need to re-dig my wells – I think you all need an update on my pastor friend. I will post on it the next time. Stay blessed all.

98 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow - interesting - deep and thought provocating - who would have thought. if He came through for her, then He will will come through for me. My life mirros the lady in question. And Im no reconsiling with the thought that I really Im free. I might have made mistakes, but I've learnt from them. Thank you for the post. I will cherish it.

Anonymous said...

LOASCM, I really enjoy your stories -- they're uplifting, very satisfying.

I'm curious though - is the 'her', you?

The Life of a Stranger called me said...

azuka - trust you to ask the question. I thought it was obvious who the story was about. You this person.

Anonymous said...

wow...nice post..very though provoking as anon said. I'm wondering o...who is person this time?
on...God will com through for yo! I Fact...he has already come through..all you have to do is believe it!

Anonymous said...

Very very very inspiring...I really enjoyed ur blog...I'll def be checking it out!!!

Anonymous said...

LOASCM,

I never knew you had a url, just linked you from Luminus blog. I have read ur comments on other blogs, so I am not suprised about what I see here.... :)

...what i'll like to add to this post is, What I love about God is His Mercy..I know about His Love and His Grace, But when you remember His mercy you know, no matter how far or deep you fall, His mercy is never ending...so you run right back...Never let the evil-one tell you your Father will never receive you, cos His mercy is always avaiable when you ask it.

Stay bless.

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOD....you have just put into words,painted a picture perfectly of the story of so many many many many many many women!and men
WOW is all i can say.i have been down some of the roads you mentioned in this story,thinking anything gone wrong is because of a "sin" from my past,etc..i wont go into stories.BUT DAMN...NICE..VERY NICE

Anonymous said...

This is a deep one and kinda encouraging.

God will come thriugh for the lady in question.

Biodun said...

I love this post, its so true, I know i'm guilty of thinking I dont deserve somethings cos of mistakes I made in the past. I need to Re-dig my well!

Anonymous said...

Forgive me, LOASCM,

I've gotten into trouble before from making assumptions.

The Life of a Stranger called me said...

@azuka - no problem - LOL.

Anonymous said...

Babe,
Thanks for all the loving over on my spot.

I'm so happy that you've allowed his light to shine on you and speak healing and comfort to your soul.

The proof of this healing is the fact that you can use your experience to counsel other who are hurting and going through it all like they're all alone in the world and nobody's got it as bad as them.

I don't need to tell you how much HE loves you, you've figured it out by yourself, I'm so darn proud of you sister.

Uzo said...

Very interesting....I need to reflect on this one

Anonymous said...

Mercy!

We all need mercy; it's an obvious fact and you reitirated it very succinctly, very very succinctly, I must add.

This your new style of writing is wonderful o; I really love it for it's depth and inspiration.

Kip it up dear.

Please, we need you to release more; we need MORE, MORE and MORE!

Thanx dear!

Anonymous said...

Why are you always soul-inspiring? Always a deep challenging post that makes you re-direct your path with God?
You are blessed, you are a blessing, you are a saint, keep shining!!!

Have a blessed week

Anonymous said...

Really deep and thought-provoking, LOASCM, thank you. God is real o.

Discombobulated Diva said...

what else can I say, but this was a great post... very unlifting... sometimes its nice to hear a reminder like this... you can't let your past mistakes hold you down... one of my favorite quotes:
"Waste not fresh tears over old griefs…"

I'm slowly learning to leave the past in past and to learn from those mistakes while not letting them direct my future...

~DD

NaijaBloke said...

Thx a lot for this post ..

U have a lovely week dear

SapphireAster said...

Where did my comment go? I'm sure i posed a comment right after Azuka.....I was third!

Demi said...

Wow! I'm speechless!

The Life of a Stranger called me said...

@Saph - girly since I move to beta many of the headings of my commentators have disappered. Im still working on it - your comment is still there - but its annon number 2. So hows it going??

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