"The Lord rewarded me for doing good. He restored me because of my innocence." [Psalm 18:20]
I woke up this morning with the most thankful heart. Thankful for God's active hand in my life, restoring and mending my heart. Humbled as ever, I have realized how undeserving I am of His healing power directed towards me.
"God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 'Make level paths for your feet,' so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed." [Hebrews 12:10-13]
"For this people's heart has become calloused...and I will heal them." [Matthew 13:15]
Jesus desires for His people to humbly turn to Him so that He could heal them. God wants to restore us. As Ephesians 1:4 says, God created us to be whole and holy through His love.
One thing I've especially learned through my healing process is that I cannot be truly happy until I am completely His and He is my everything. We are created to enjoy life. But sometimes we often worship the gift instead of the Giver. We seek for happiness and look to God as a crutch or assistant in the endeavor. John Eldredge explains this beautifully: "And so God must, from time to time, and sometimes very insistently, disrupt our lives so that we release our grasping of life here and now. Usually through pain. God is asking us to let go of the things we love and have given our hearts to, so that we can give our hearts even more fully to Him....Until we are holy, we cannot really be happy. Until God has become our all, and we are fully His, we will continue to make idols of the good things He gives us" ("Walking With God" by John Eldgrege).
"How pleasant to see a new day dawning." [Ecclesiastes 11:7]
Praise the Lord for restoration.
