Deaf, Blind And Mute Was I Comments

Sometimes during our different places God has us in our lives, you occasionally meet a very difficult person. I have such a person that I see every once in a while. Their life is such a mess. Every statement they make is dripping with the words: “I am in great pain. Who can help me with my hurt”. They try to hide it behind a gruff exterior, or a life played out in drugs, alcohol, or some other perversion. But, the result is always the same, nothing covers up that kind of sin, no matter how deep you try to bury it. I once, and I quote, heard this lady say to someone: ” I wish all the children were dead. They just try to kill you or hurt you later on”. Bang, that hit me right in the parent part of my heart. What could have possibly happened to this person that would cause them to belch out such a terrible decree? Why would a mother wish death on their own child? How could you say this out loud, even in a public place? This is the kind of darkness that should never be spoken in any place, let alone a grocery store.
Now, just as I was crucifying her in my thoughts over and over, the gentle, convicting voice of the Lord spoke to me, and he said: “Is your sin any better? Have you forgotten what it was like for you before you were saved by my love? “. Oh, loving Lord, please forgive me for my ignorance and spiteful heart, were the next prayers I spoke. After begging, no pleading for the Lord’s forgiveness of my terrible sin of slander, I began to meditate on what God spoke to me at the grocery store. In my quiet time, He allowed me to remember how hard the times were before I was redeemed. How a troubled boy fought, punched, lashed out at others and secretly cried in my room wishing for a father who loved my brother and I. Those times were very painful. They were filled with such sorrow, pain and awkwardness. But, during the most terrible part of my life, I could always feel the direction and leading of the Lord; even though I was so young. He saved me from some horrible decisions and to a path of love and song. Again, over and over, day by day and minute by minute, I am awestruck by the power of God’s Son to save lives that we so terrible destroy by ourselves. Today, as a testimony of the Lord’s great change in your lives, simply remember what it was like, not dwell, or be stuck on, before Christ delivered you from yourself. Hey Great Plains Poet, what if I am still in the place of struggle and sorrow? Don’t despair! Please stop, where ever you are, and ask God to forgive you of your sins and save you from a life of deception, and a wrong choice to live apart from God. The bible says: “for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10: 13. He is there reaching out to you. Please grab His Mighty Hand and be delivered from yourself and your sin.
As I was reflecting about what it was like before I began to travel with Christ, I was filled with a love for my fellow-man I never had before. This poem is an obedient response to the question the Lord asked me. This week I have taken great comfort in this verse from Hosea that a brother shared with me. Hosea 11: 4 “I led them with cords of kindness, [fn] with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.”(ESV) It reminds me of how great the Lord’s provision is for me and my family. I am never in want, need, tatters and the Most High God has bent down to feed me. Wow, meditate on that a while folks!
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