“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and A time to die; A time to plant, and A time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, and A time to heal; A time to break down, and A time to build up; A time to weep, and A time to laugh; A time to mourn, and A time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and A time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and A time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, and A time to lose; A time to keep, and A time to throw away; A time to tear, and A time to sow; A time to keep silence, and A time to speak; A time to love, and A time to hate; A time of war, and A time of peace.” ~Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.

Is anyone else struggling at the moment just like I am? If the answer is yes, then please come and join with me as I go to write and pray about the experiences that I’m currently having.  I feel like I’m struggling because I am trying to start a whole new ministry and a whole new young women’s group and I gotta tell ya that it has been incredibly difficult for me to do thus far, especially because I’m not one to go out and talk to complete strangers about this new group that I intend to start at my church.  I’m what you would call, “anti-social” and “Socially Awkward.”  Lately, I have been getting the word out about this new group, and I’m also in a lot of prayer about it recently.  It seems like every time a person from the church, asks me about the Young Women’s Group, I tend to get aggravated and annoyed.  Then in my own head, I’m questioning if I should even bother doing this thing in the first place.  I’m trying pretty hard to get this group up and running, and soon.  I don’t really know what’s going on at this moment and especially in regards to this group.  Maybe I’m just not ready for this yet.  But I am hopeful and optimistic about it in the near future.

The reason why I wanted to start this group in the first place is because I feel in my heart that God is calling me to do this for Him and I cannot disobey Him.  Another reason for starting this new group is because I was a teenager once and I know how life was like back then.  It was never easy for me because I’ve always tried to fit in with the others and it just never worked out that way for me.  I want to be a good, strong, Christian role model for all of those girls out there who were not really raised in a Christian home like I always was.  These young women need to know that God loves them and that they are not alone in this fight.  They need to feel accepted, loved, and empowered in this otherwise challenging and unforgiving world.

Both God and I do not want any one of them to suffer like I did in the past.  These young women could be the ones who make a really big difference in this world, just like God wants them to do.  The smallest act of kindness can instantly change this world around and reach out to those who are lost and unsaved.  How great would it be to see the lost come to God? There are times when I just want to give all of this up, but I know and trust that in God, all of this struggling, will be worth all of the fighting for what is right in the end.  But we need to get to that point first and foremost before anything else can happen.

Yes, it is a monumental task, but you just need to remember that, “With God all things are possible.”  Amen? Let’s join together and say a prayer to conclude this blog entry.

“Father, how grateful I am for Your Holy Spirit’s work and Your precious Word, both of which You use to set me free from my pain and suffering.  Thank You for always loving me and never giving up on me.  It is a great comfort to know You will never leave or forsake me.  You know the wounds of rejection that have marred my heart.  You know how useless, helpless, and worthless I feel when yet another person casts me away.  So many of these feelings originated long ago and have deep roots.  But I am grateful for how You have set me free from these feelings; how You have given me a sense of belonging in Your eternal, heavenly, family as Your own child; how You have blessed me with a sense of worth through Jesus’ death on the cross and resurrection, and how You have empowered me to accomplish all You call me to through Your indwelling Holy Spirit.

“Father, I know I must make a decision-either I can believe what others have spoken about me, or I can trust what You say about my character and future.  I know what You say counts in eternity, Lord, so I choose to listen to You.  Thank You for Your unfailing love and for creating me with a good plan and purpose.  Help me to keep my eyes on You.  In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”  (This prayer in this blog was written by Charles Stanley on His prayer cards).

“Confess your trespasses (sins) to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed.  The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” ~James 5:16.

These are my thoughts and reflections on the above Bible Passage: I believe that what God is trying to teach us in James 5:16 is this: He wants us to come to Him humbly and boldly to confess our sins to Him and to one another, so that we can pray with each other and for each other and for all of our separate needs and desires, so that we can be healed from whatever it is that might be holding us back from something that The Lord desperately needs us to do for Him and with Him.  He doesn’t want us to hold back anymore, He wants us to go out of our comfort zones and do all of this for Him whatever this particular thing may be.  He needs us to be persistent with Him for all of our prayer needs; This is so that He can mold us and make us into something more beautiful than we currently are.  For example, we are each on the verge of something big and we may not know what that is at the moment, but we do know and feel lead to pray to God about this, “Next Big Thing” that is about to take place in each of our lives.  Whatever it is, we know that it’s going to be great because God has already carefully planned it out and He knows exactly when He wants it to actually start happening in our lives.

When it is the appointed time, God will obey His Father and He will make it so.  The question here is this: Are you fully ready to listen and to obey His commands? I sure am! I can’t wait to see what God has planned next for me! At this point in time though, I’m just waiting on The Lord to tell me what He needs me to do next for His Kingdom.  “Lord, I’m guilty of not praying as much as I used too, and I’m asking for your forgiveness and understanding on this subject, Lord, I’m not perfect, I’m far from it, I’m just human and we still make mistakes.  Please come into my life and into my heart and change me and make me into a new creation in and through you, Lord.  Lord, only You can change me and nobody else can.  Lord, I pray, need, and want to have a closer relationship with you, please make this so, Lord.  Thank You, Lord, I love You, in Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

I think that at some point in our lives, we all need healing and restoration, and only The Lord, His Word, and the power of prayer can make this happen.  But first, we need to let go and give up all of our control to The One that is Higher than us, and this is even before anything else can start to take place in each of our personal lives and spiritual lives as well.  The sooner that we give it all up, the better off we’ll all be.  Can I get an Amen? Thank You, Lord! Now, let’s move on from here and let God show us what to do next in our relationships with Him.  Before I conclude this entry let me ask each of you to pray and to ask God what is needed to make these changes happen in both of your spiritual, and personal lives, so that He will be able to turn each of these imperfections into something beautiful to help Him to grow and to further His Eternal Kingdom.  As soon as you know what needs to be changed, I ask that you will bring to Him your prayers of praise and thanksgiving because in all honesty, that is all that He asks of us to do for Him.

When you finish all of that, I’m going to encourage each one of you to try to help one another to change these things for the better and to just grow closer to Him because once again that is all He ever wants us to do through Him and with Him.  He hears our prayers and He will make them happen, but it has to be all in His good timing.  The more time that you spend with God the much happier and more content that you’ll be because He will speak and reveal to you what His plan is for your own lives.  But as I’ve said before, it Has to be in His perfect timing, and not on our timing.  We have to be patient and wait on The Lord because that is what the Bible says and as Christians we must obey His Law and not on our own laws.  He has spiritual gifts to give you, and He wants you to use them for His good.  Depending on how well you use these God-given gifts, they will be your gift that you will be giving back to The Lord ten-fold, and He will reward you in the end.

I would like to close this entry by saying this: Please do not hold back anything from The Lord because He already knows what you are going to ask Him before you just come out and say it to Him.  “Do not be afraid, for He is always with us.”  He’s not mad at you, He loves you and He always wants what is best for us, and that’s all.  “God is good all the time, and all the time, God is good.” Amen and praise The Lord!

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” ~Psalm 46:10.

What is God trying to show me in this verse?

I think that what God is trying to show me in this verse will be this: He wants and needs me to learn how to let go of everything and let Him take care of it.  He wants me to stop trying to control things in my own life because if I don’t let go and I don’t let Him take control, then these things that I’m trying to do alone, will not work out because it is not in His will for my life.  The sooner I let go of these issues and give them all to God, good things will start to take place in my life because it is in God’s plan for my life.

I think that God also wants those that are unsaved to let go and let  Him take control of their lives as well.  The sooner that we do that, the better off we’ll all be and with that comes a big revival.  A big awakening and a big revival is exactly what God wants and is what we are all praying, trusting, believing, and hoping for.  I look forward to when that day of a big revival comes, it will be remarkable, astonishing, and a major relief to those churches that are greatly struggling right now.  God wants to put a stop to that as soon as He possibly can and I know that now because this is the message that He is trying to share with me through this specific Bible Passage and I intend to listen to Him and then I intend to go out in this world and share this Word with those that are willing to listen.  That is God’s Christian Mission for my life and I intend to obey Him and trust Him with this mission for my Christian life through Him.

How does God want me to apply this verse to my life?

In order to apply this verse to my life through God will have to be this: I believe that God wants me to start living my life without any fear of what the future holds because God is already there and He will help me through it.  God never gives any of us more than we can handle and that is for darn sure.  Throughout my years of being a born-again Christian, God has taught me these lessons especially with the two jobs that He has blessed me abundantly with over time.  He’s going to continue teaching me these lessons as I grow and mature in my relationship with Him.  It will not be easy, but with God all things are possible and that is God’s honest truth no matter what.  God doesn’t care if we don’t want to hear what He has to say to us because if it is in His will and in His perfect timing, He will make it happen; So, we always need to be ready for Him at any given moment.  We make our own plans and God just laughs because as I’ve said before, it has to be what God wants and not what we want.  At the end of our lives and when God calls us home, we need to be able to say that we used all that He gave us for His glory.

He will be exalted among all of the nations, He will be exalted in all the earth! Amen? The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

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