Revelation

I just love it when God reveals Himself, life, myself to me. He knows how to speak to each one of us if we'll just listen. Many times as I am going throughout my day, He'll use circumstances to help me better understand myself, Him and life. I think that it is good to go back periodically and remind yourself where you've been and what God has done in your life. Sometimes in these blogs, I will do just that. Tonight as I was cleaning, I came across something I had journaled on Aug 4, 2008. I decided to post it...

On August 3, 2008 after an incident with injustice at the church yet again and the problems arising out of that I was driving to go see my sister. As I drove down the street, I noticed a cop from another town in traffic going the other direction. At first, I wondered if I was speeding. Then a thought occurred to me. Even if I was speeding, that cop had no jurisdiction to do anything about it. The only thing he could do was to report it to one who did have authority. This works also with us. There are many things that we see &/or experience that we don't have the authority to do anything about. We need to go to one who does, either leadership or God (depending on what you think). Actually, should probably take it to God and then to leadership if He tells ya to. Now here I sit on Aug 4, 2008 writing these by candlelight. We had a tremendous storm tonight and our power is out. It is now 9:05 p.m. (Thank God for cell phones!) and it has been out since around 7:45 p.m. Anyways, the storm was a wild one. It poured like crazy and the lightning & thunder were boisterous. The interesting thing is that here I lay writing by candlelight and the storm is long since O-V-E-R. It is now pretty calm outside with a little rain and (oops! just heard a rumble) I still bear the effects of it. After the storm, sometimes things have to be undone or are affected altogether (such as the case of a tree being split. can't repair; must remove which means the tree is permanently gone). Our lives are the same in a sense. After a storm of our emotions and attitudes, sometimes things get damaged. Sometimes long after we're done with our fit, someone else is still feeling the consequences of it. The things that can be "undone", take work. Work that could be spent elsewhere. Obviously, the stuff that can't is lost completely. (there's more but I can't find the page. Just the last sentence that trails off).

I get these kinds of revelations periodically and I believe that it helps me to be a better person and to enjoy my life more. I know that by no means will I ever begin to understand even a fraction of The Truth, but every little bit I can gain I appreciate. God is sooooo good!