I Have No Voice!

Luke 1: 5-25

Thank you God! Seriously, all seems right in the world again.  Well, personally speaking. I mean in my world. What I'm thankfully trying to say is thank God I can communicate utilizing my voice again! I can talk!

Hold up.  There's no need to be too alarmed.  It's not like I had become drastically mute due to a medical thing or non-medical thing. No, that would break my heart into pieces, only God would be able to put back together again. :-) I was just really congested, and my throat, I don't know what was with my throat. It was a  mixture of headaches and coughing and I just took some DayQuil, some Halls Breezers, and eventually God had me talking again. :-) I don't know if that's a good thing for Joe. LOL I'm kidding. I think. 

During this period of silence,  I believe God had put some thoughts into my mind that I really needed. Well, lately I have really been struggling with "arguing" with Joe,  my husband especially.  I don't know.  I mean it was to the point of I didn't even know if I was or wasn't even arguing.  I mean I think we have two different definitions or something . I seriously don't know.  It got me thinking,  did I even know the meaning of arguing? 

So, anyway I really believed that the Lord put the story of Elizabeth and Zechariah in my mind.   Oh, let me give you a little bit about the story. Basically an angel of the Lord came to Zechariah and said his wife is going to conceive a child and they are to give him the name John. The thing is him and his wife were very old. Elizabeth was way beyond her child bearing years. So, Zechariah only showed doubt and disbelief in what the Lord said he was going to do.  So, basically because he didn't believe in what the Lord said he was going to do, the Lord made it that he couldn't talk. Zechariah kind of showed disobedience by doubting and not having faith in what the Lord had to say. So, the Lord decided that Zechariah really needed a wake-up call. 

When his wife was about to give birth, the people asked Zechariah what he wanted to name the boy. He wanted a piece of paper and wrote down the name John.  . Then, he was able to speak.

Wow.  I know my story personally is not that intense.  However, it did come to mind.  Friends, I see it like this. The Lord has a command he wants me to follow and just like the husband of Elizabeth. Now I see it as maybe I needed something to happen that would wake me up. I  myself, was not following the Lord's command. Does that make sense?

So,  now that I can talk again,  I really feel like I need to be more mindful and aware of whether I am in arguing mode. Other wives out there please take it from me. Do not argue with your husband about anything. Trust your husband! Let him lead you and trust that the Lord is leading him

Encouraging thought for the, night:

Jesus hears our cries even when we don't even have  a voice! 

SANCTUS  REAL

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