Soul Sister Time

            If God wants what is best for me, then why do I have a hard time wanting it too?   Our minds have definitely been damaged by the fall.   Even though I know better than to want what I want, I can’t stop myself.   I find it difficult to transform my mind from wanting what I want into wanting what God wants.             Wanting God isn’t easy.   It’s only the seasoned saints who truly breaks through to fully wanting God more than their selfish desires.   They don’t want God on their own.   They need help just like I do.   To want God is to want His will. In the Christmas story the Virgin Mary seemed so prepared to do God’s will, more than Zachariah.   Eventually they both wanted God’s best; it just took a few months of speechlessness for Zachariah to come around.   This means there is hope for me.    ...

            Of the over 1,000,000 prayers that were prayed on behalf of my husband, I don’t know of one prayer that asked God to take him home to heaven.   Selfishly, none of us wanted to let go.   I felt these prayers as they bombarded heaven along with mine.   I asked God to miraculously heal my husband right up until the very end.   I know that God could have done that for me.   I believe that He has the power.   I know He has done that for others (albeit rarely).   Brian was always one to get the remarkable blessing.             As Peter is quoted in Acts 11:17, Who was I to think that I could stand in God’s way?   Peter was dealing with a spiritual reformation that included bringing the Gentiles into God’s love and plan of salvation for the world, long promised in the Abrahamic Covenant.   Yet the same principle applies...