Love the filters!! I don’t feel too bad with this pic 🙂 Honestly, I don’t feel bad when I look in the mirror. I know this will heal. But, I don’t care to see other people’s gory injury pictures online, so I won’t share mine.
Here’s the thing in all this, I have had peace. From the moment this happened, I have stayed pretty peaceful. There have been moments, of course; but overall, peace.
There is a verse in the Bible about counting trials for joy, James 1:2-4. That verse has been one of those that I’ve always taken as a stance that I would have to intentionally put myself in because, seriously, how could that be a natural reaction? Then came this year.
I believe it was March when I first was inspired with the idea for Escalate Love; it didn’t even have a name for months afterwards! My time in prayer with this led to the knowledge that this would take time and patience. A warning to keep my persistence and energy in check for this new path. God’s plan for this is much bigger than me.
With the events that have transpired while on this journey, it is evident that the devil is scared. Do you ever notice that in life? When these “trials” try to derail you from what God has planned? But no, not happening. I’m still plugging along, confident in the knowledge that this journey was meant to need patience and endurance. And I am counting the trials as joy, because this path is so great that the testing of faith builds patience. And patience leads to a work of being complete and wanting for nothing (paraphrasing that James 1:2-4 and circling this verse back to my warning to have patience 😉).
And this, my face? No, this was not God’s will. But guess what, God still kept me safe and gave me peace. I didn’t have any damage to my eye. I don’t have any damage that won’t heal. And these consistent attacks show how scared the devil is of the great things God has planned. It is almost comical, the desperation of the things being thrown at me to try to make me go off course. But no, not happening.
Tonight I am thankful that God is bigger than this. God’s plan is bigger. And God’s love is greater. I am thankful for healing. I am thankful for rest. And I am thankful for the perspective of faithful patience to get to where God is leading me. ❤
Momma's Silver Lining 