I need to say how good my God is and how much He cares about me (and you).

My heart has not been right the last couple of weeks.  I have been so content and thankful, but also know a new season is approaching … and I am in a rush.  God showed me a glimpse of what is to come and of course I want it now.

Whenever we stare at our circumstance they just seem to get bigger and bigger.  We don’t see how things could ever change.

It’s been building and this morning I had enough and knew it was not God’s problem.  He knows where I am.  It’s MY problem.  When He says to wait it’s for a reason.

I’ve been reading my Bible and praying with what appears to be for nothing, but it’s because I had a heart problem.

This morning before work I had enough and listened to another sermon, but this time “hearing”.  Charles Stanley talked about wavering faith.

Charles Stanley “Wavering Faith” Sermon

He mentioned when you’re going through something talk to God about it.  Don’t bring others in it.  God knows what’s best for you because He knows you more than anyone ever could.  You don’t need to talk to others when the only one you should be talking to is Him.

If you talk to others about how God is going to bless you if they are in a negative state their response would be “how is God going to bless you?  He hasn’t blessed me.”

Which the congregation all laughed.  We have all been there.

Just because something isn’t happening for you right now doesn’t mean it will never happen.

Then he mentioned Daniel in the lions den and how the Bible says Daniel slept.  Daniel wasn’t looking at the lions  otherwise he wouldn’t be sleeping.  His faith was in God’s protection and could only be focused on Him.

All of this was to say when I got to work I prayed for my heart to be softened and for Him to open my eyes and teach me something today.  I barely finished the sentence when one of my favorite members walked in who I hadn’t seen in a long time.  He is mentioned in this blog post Waiting on God and I have always called him one of my angels.

Anyway, I got so excited to see him and ran around the desk to give him a big hug.  Shortly after that a sweet lady taught me how to say ‘something’ in Spanish.

She didn’t initially say what it meant only “(Spanish phrase ) …it’s four words”

“Wait, that’s too advanced.”

She repeated it.  I gave her pen and paper.

“What’s it mean?!”

“God bless you”

”que dios Te bendiga”

I just laughed and now it’s hanging on my work computer.

This all happened within 15 minutes around 5 AM when we opened and knew this was only the beginning of how God would show up today.

I always look forward to 7 AM as that’s when my other favorite member comes in (I have several favorites but then there’s the really special ones) and everyone knows and he knows we are best friends.  I mentioned him in this post and explained how he’s the first person I never spoke a word to but always blessed my heart and we finally one day realized it was the Holy Spirit.

When he walked in this morning he said “people are either walking with me and tagging along or they’re not but I’m going to keep on walking” which is something I’ve been praying about too.  We talked about atheists and letting people go.  He mentioned talking to someone and telling them they’re just a mail man delivering.  God is who changes seasons and He knows exactly where you are and what you need in this season.  God is not in a rush and you need to learn what you need to learn before you get to the next one.  God knows what is in the next one and His timing to get to it is best.  Don’t rush God.

Obviously, I had no idea what he was talking about 😜.

I didn’t say anything I just laughed.  I talked to him for a while and it’s always refreshing to see him.

God was not finished there either.

Our cleaning lady was having a bad day and she came by the desk and quietly read a devotional.  I figured she needed space and didn’t say anything but just sat there.

“You need a time out?”

She was going back to clean and I called her back so we had a praise break to Mary Mary’s song ‘Shackles’ and I needed it just as much as she did.  She said “that’s why I call you my sunshine.  I needed that.”

We all need that because we all need Him.  He makes everything better.

After that another one of my favorites came in and she walked in hyped up ready to tell me a God experience she had.

it didn’t stop all day.

Did you notice all of my blessings today had one thing in common?  They all had to do with praising God.  We are all different people in different circumstances, but we all know Who to run to in a crisis.  None of us complained to the other about our problems, but we all praised the only One who is worthy.

To sum it all up God blesses a grateful heart and He does it in the smallest ways.  He knows the big things we want, but if we don’t appreciate the small things how will we appreciate the big things He gives us?  And if we aren’t grateful for the small things why would He want to give us the big things?

It’s so easy to look at the things we don’t have or the circumstances we are in.  We will always be looking for what’s next if we are not content with Him.  How could we ever be happy with anything if we are not satisfied with Him alone?  He is the only thing we could ever want and He wants to be our everything.

But, like Charles Stanley said, “If Daniel slept in the lion’s den then that means he wasn’t looking at the lions.  He was looking at God.”

If he was looking at the lions there is no way he would’ve been sleeping.  He would’ve been crouched in a corner somewhere trying to hide from the lions.  But he wasn’t.  He slept.

Our peace can only come from God and He provides it.  He knows what we need before we even ask, but we also sometimes need to ask.  We need to say, “I’m sorry for how my heart has been.  Please forgive me.  Soften my heart to you and teach me something today.”

That’s the greatest adventure you could ever go on.

Don’t look at those lions. Look at your God.