I have stated many times that I grew up in church. Sometimes growing up in church, things such as praying, reciting scriptures, the actual act of going to church become routine. Its not until something really shakes you that you realize you need to get out of the routine and form your own relationship with Christ. For me that time came when Emma was born, my world was SHOOK…I had a baby that was in the NICU for 50 days. There was nothing I could do, nothing Darrick could do…many times all we did was pray and give everything to God. We knew in due time she would be dis-charged but we just didn’t know when, or what would have to be done in order to get her eating on her own (issues due to her Cleft Lip and Palate).
Since then I have been through many things (some a little tougher than Emma being in the hospital) and I know that God is bigger than ANYTHING I am going through, and now I have faith and know that if I surrender it all to Him; I don’t have to worry! But once I give it to him I know He is working on my behalf!
Let me share a story…
Everyday when the mail comes I either ask did I get a package or a check…Being a blogger usually those are the things you have to look forward to. Its actually an ongoing joke with my family; when someone comes in with the mail I say what came today and they will say to me “no, you didn’t get a check or a package”…one day my mom asked me if I was supposed to receive a check and playing around I said “I live in expectancy” if you speak it then eventually that check or a nice package will come…they laughed at me, I laughed and we kept going (I’m the queen of playing and turning something into a sermon). Im known to say lots of crazy things to my family so we didn’t pay any attention to it and we kept going…
Fast Forward to last Week…
Last week I felt completely OVERWHELMED! Im blogging, working from home (I have a data entry job), Emma’s out of school for the Summer and goes to therapy twice a week, Douglass…well he is Busy Douglass! Well it all hit me like a ton of bricks, and I was talking to Darrick about being overwhelmed and I started crying because it seemed like its just too much going on. Darrick told me that everything would work out and not to worry, so I prayed for help! And just having a heart of expectancy that God will give me whatever I need to still handle everything I need to handle without taking anything away! The next day I received a call from the place that Emma attends therapy that said a spot opened up Emma can now go to both speech and physical therapy on the same day…I could’ve thrown the phone up in the air and hollered THANK YOU JESUS along with a few cartwheels!!! I knew I couldn’t take Emma out of therapy (that was never a thought) but having everything on one day worked well for her as well me!!!
I tell you a little Faith in God will take you far…
Believing in what God has done, and what He said he will do…we must EXPECT that!
Matthew 9:29…“According to your faith be it done to you.”
1 Peter 1:6-7 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you,whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Change your Expectations…God Can Do ANYTHING!
