God is teaching me so much! This past week I was way humbled as I struggled with stuff that I never knew was present in my life. A sense of abandonment overwhelmed me...which led to hurt and loneliness...which in turn led to me struggling to offer forgiveness! This process was huge...maybe because I know what forgiveness looks like...I have received it and given it...but may we never forget...even though this basic principle is foundational to our faith...at times it is still a process that is difficult to walk through!
That being said..I have surrendered those things to the Lord and have forgiven the people and the junk that caused such a road block...but that led me to this amazing word from Gods word in the latter part of Romans 8:31...if God is for us who can be against us?
This word reminded me not only does God believe in me..but he won't abandon me! He also wants us to share that hope with others! To speak life!
That brings me to my last point..
A 6 year old boy named Josiah in our B&G Club seems to be drawn to me! He is always trying to sneak into my office, I have caught him on many occasions standing in my office with a bass guitar in his hands. 1 thing about him is he is always in trouble! He is usually sitting at a desk by himself because of something he did! But 1 thing I aim to do in volunteering and working with our B&G Club director is to be a positive impact in the lives of these young people!
For whatever reason Josiah seems to be drawn to me! I hope I can be an encouragement to him! A person that is consistent and that can listen. I showed him in 2 Chronicles 34:1 where he is listed in the Bible! Verse 1 says Josiah became king at 8 years old. He couldn't believe that this Josiah was only 2 years older then him when he became a king! What we did not get to yet is verse 2! I pray Josiah and you and I would come to a place to understand that someone believes in us..and that there is a verse 2! After I showed him the verse we did our secret handshake..and as he walked out I told him...if Josiah in the Bible could be King at 8..you-Josiah can be good and become somebody great and do great things and stay out of trouble! I then said..'I believe in you!' 1 day I pray we would all come to truly understand..that God believes in us! And if he is for us..it doesn't matter who is against us! Jesus showed us how much he believed in us when he died on a cross for our sins!
Be encouraged! God is mindful of you! The best is yet to come! God is for you!
-p.jimmy akers
