Happy Saturday! What a day already. First off, the Lord decides to wake me up super early and get ready and stuff like normal all because he wanted me to fix my writing from yesterday. Because then he put me straight back to sleep. And then I woke up at 10-ish, ate brunch that Joe made and now got to do my writing for today! Again, I have to put a speed on this because I got to get ready in less than an hour for my nephew's birthday party.
Here we go. You devoted readers out there of this blog of mine pretty much know the ins and outs of my life. I mean, I share whatever it is God wants me to share because he knows that there are people out there who need some encouragment. So that's that. And, of course, glad to help, God! Anytime!
Okay, do you all think that if given the choice I would want to be where I am now? I mean health-wise. Of course I'll keep my loving husband family and friends, and, other good stuff in my life. However, what about the bad stuff? To that I say, "No, thank you!"
You know what? I can complain, yell, swear, and all that nasty stuff. From my lips to God's ears. However, I shouldn't do that. I should just be thankful for where I am now and how I am now because that's the way God wants it to be. And, most importantly I have to trust that no matter what, he's going to help! What I mean is there is no bargaining with God. It's either a yes or a no. Kind of like when it comes to believing in God. It's either yes or no. It reminds me of coffee. We either want our coffee hot or cold. It's gross when it's lukewarm. Stay away from being lukewarm when it comes to believing in God.
Remember in the Bible story with Joseph when he was in jail? He interpreted the dreams of both the cup bearer and the baker. Remember the interpretation of the baker's dream was that he was supposed to die? Joseph asked the cup bearer when he gets out to tell Pharaoh to let him out. You know, as a favor because Joseph had interpreted his dream.
Shame! Shame! the cupbearer forgot to tell Pharaoh to let poor Joseph out. After some time when the cupbearer was asked by Pharaoh who was able to interpret his dream, the cupbearer then remembered Joseph. I can imagine maybe he tilted down his head and whispered to himself, "my bad." Then, he told Pharaoh, "Oh some Hebrew man that was with me in jail is the one who interpreted my dream."
So, really after Joseph spoke with the cupbearer about his dream, he never spoke to him again. Even though the cupbearer forgot to tell Pharaoh about Joseph, Joseph never complained. I mean there's no mention of him in the Bible saying that he approached Pharaoh and told him what he did for the cupbearer. I can imagine he probably complained a lot to God within himself. It's not like he concocted a plan to find the cupbearer so he can like hunt him down and kill him when he gets out of jail.
Wow! Joseph just kept quiet, paid his time in jail and just kept trusting in God. Now that's something I can learn from. Yesterday I was thinking to myself it's so hard not to worry! Then a friend reminded me that we are still learning and another friend reminded me why would you when we can't control the end result!
TBC...........
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