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Wow! I sure am enjoying hearing from the rest of you that are reading Created To Be His Help Meet! I just felt I had to share what I was learning- as it is fairly bursting inside of me! I'm so glad you are all sharing too!I mentioned in the previous post that I have found such wonderful contentment in my life and then Mominpa reminded me of the chapter in CTBHHM about joy (ch 4)- that we must have more than contentment- we must have JOY! Let me share on this- I believe I am experiencing such an overwhelming delicious contentment because I have found real joy. I am content because I have found joy in going out of my way to please my husband, found joy in my daily service of house keeping, found joy in raising my children, found joy in homeschooling and so much more. I asked the Lord to show me the blessings in the midst of the bad, the painful, the despairing times and He has.
I see it like this- the roof leaks- praise God we have a roof and a home. The car needs repairs- praise God we have a car and the money to put gas in it! I try to see the good in a bad situation. I would be the first to admit that there are times that it is hard to see something good during a particularly trying time but I am reminded that though it seems bad God can use it for His good and His glory. So when I cannot really pinpoint a real blessing (in my heart) I remind myself to be content with the fact that God can use it!
When we lost our baby, our first child, I could not see one iota of good in it at the time. Well meaning people said things that they thought were comforting that cut me deeply- things like, "at least you know you can get pregnant" or "There was probably something wrong with the baby that God didn't think you could handle" and so on. Now, ten years later, I see the blessings- my marriage became so very much stronger because of it, our prayer life grew much deeper and God gave us a ministry of sharing our loss in order to help others thru such loss.
So I am content even when I cannot seem to find a real blessing because I am reminded that though I walk thru this valley I do not walk alone and the Lord beside me has only His best in mind for me.
This has brought me joy. Finding my place, my fit, in my family has brought me immeasurable joy. It was as if I was fighting against myself, my husband (and I know my Lord) for so long that it became the routine and I thought it to be the norm. It was not and so I am easily amazed at all the joy and contentment that is mine now as I learn to submit and follow the Lord's plan for me.
Debi Pearl states in CTBHHM "Joy is a result of a thankful heart. A thankful heart is the result of a person who decides to give thanks." I have decided to give thanks IN ALL THINGS- even when [especially when] I feel there is nothing to be thankful for. (That's when I need to be thankful the most!) I want to be like the 1 out of the 10 healed lepers who went back and thanked Jesus the healing him.
I'll post Part 3 in a little while . . . . .
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