God is our refuge and strength,
an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way
and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam
and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.
Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall;
He lifts his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord Almighty is within us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Come and see what the Lord has done,
the desolations he has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease
to the ends of the earth.
He breaks the bow and shatters the spear;
he burns the shields with fire.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted amongst the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
The Lord Almighty is with us;
the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Psalm 46
I was sitting at my desk just looking at how things seem to be piling up so and feelings of fatigue, frustration, and other emotions I feel I am not controlling very well came out. I’m working as hard as I possibly can and have been intentional not to take work home but I feel like I am drowning. Just as I held my head down feeling overwhelmed and anxious, I heard a knock at the door. God sent an Angel!
The mail carrier came with her light and bubbly personality. She always wears the most beautiful smile you could ever see! A definite glow and peace about her that is so captivating.
After discovering the mail she had come to deliver wasn’t mine, she turned to walk away. Before her final farewell for the day, she turned to me and said, “be still and know that He is God!” I looked at her with a puzzling look, just speechless at what prompted her to say that. So I thought to myself, “have I let myself go that bad?” I know I need to get my hair done but did I look that “rough?”
It wasn’t about how I looked or anything about my body language, it simply was a child of God sent to me to deliver a message from God. I thank God for the Messenger and the message.
So as I sat listening to this beautiful child of God talk boldly about our Heavenly Father, I could help but smile and pause to thank God in that moment. Tears began to come down my cheek as I beared witness to her beautiful testimony.
Time had passed and she had to get back to her job but before she left I asked her if I could give her a hug, it’s as if I was hugging a cloud. She’ll never know how much I needed that, she’ll never know I will cherish her kind words and her warm embrace, she’ll never know just how much I needed to hear from God in that moment. THANK YOU LORD!
Sitting alone in the peace of my dark office I began to sing the lyrics to Give Me You by Shana Wilson-Williams.
Give me you.
Everything else can wait.
Give me you.
I hope I’m not too late.
Lord, give me you. X4
We never know what a person is going through. We never know just how heavy the burden is that they carry. We never know when someone is feeling so helpless, so low, so distraught that they aren’t thinking clearly. Everyone doesn’t seek God in those dark moments and those of us that do, it doesn’t mean we don’t struggle. I ask God for the peace that surpasses all understanding but being transparent my peace is uprooted when I feel like there is no end in site.
For those who may care, you may be wondering “what end is Whitnee’ talking about, but unfortunately everyone is not genuine in their approach or concern so I take that to God in prayer.
As I was talking to Rico, I told him that everyone expects you to be strong all the time but even the strong get weak, even the strong get weary, even the strong cry, even the strong struggle, even the strongest feel small when you do, do, do, do and it’s still not good enough. So you find yourself saying, Lord give me you. I am on my knees crying out to you. Lord everything else can wait. Lord give me You, I hope I’m not too late.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but I’ll tell you just because you feel helpless right now, know you aren’t hopeless. Just because you feel under water, thank God you aren’t drowning. Just because it’s raining now, the sun will shine tomorrow!
God will put someone in your path to encourage you. Again, I bless God for the Messenger and the Message.
Let’s encourage each other to know that the best is yet to come. Everything we are facing right now won’t last forever. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. The morning is coming y’all, hold on, don’t give up, keep the faith, stand strong, keep on believing, keep on trusting the Lord, He will not fail us.
I stop by to tell you that I serve a mighty good God and although my heart is heavy and my burdens are many, I’m thankful that I serve a God who will take my load and give me a lighter one. He knows just how much we can bear. I’m at a point where I’m crying out to the Lord and I know this too shall pass but while I’m in the midst of it, I have to praise Him anyhow and thank Him in advance for what He is doing and is about to do.
To my sisters and brothers, I love you and God loves you more. We going to be okay. Everything is going to be alright. Better days are coming.
Psalm 46:10, Be still and know that I Am God.
Listen to this… that’s the verse Malachi and I said over & over last night as he was dealing with “the night before school starts back” nerves… !!! Psalm 46:10!
This story is beautiful, dear sister.
We can know GOD in our stillness. I’m just amazed at how God always shows up…
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Can’t wait to hear how Malachi and Kami’s first day of school went!!
Yes I take my burdens to God in prayer. Just like the Lord sent you a messenger this morning. My messenger called me. She always makes me smile because I am her sunshine. What she really did to me this morning was give me a sermon that reached down in my soul that cried Holy. I started off by sharing my burdens to her because that what Galatians 6:2 says… She started off by given me some knowledge on my situation that she gave long before I moved on my home…at the time I heard her but I wasn’t listening. You see if I had listened like so many of us should, our circumstances and choices would be very different. Like she said, we live and we learn. Moving on so I told her one burden that was really bothering me and my family, she gave me the best wisdom that I could have ever learned. Limit the access a person has to you. That’s the only thing you can control. You wouldn’t have all the disappointment, hurt, pain or struggle if you just do what limit the access. You have to do what’s best for you and your family. And there you go folks. It’s done. No more access. Oh and another thing. So God knows we are his children, we make mistakes right. Just like God knew that Annette and Clarence would produce Faith so God knew all my mistakes before ai would even make them, he knows my gains and accomplishment and how I will come up as well. Yes Folks that’s the part that got me going. And thanks my Sunshine. I needed that pick me upper. So I hope this encourages someone else because it shoo did encourage me. 👏🏿🙌🏾🫶🏾
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