THE MIRACLE, BLESSINGS, AND GLORY OF GOD (FAITH)
My 2nd person out of 10 that I am thanking during this time of the Passover Season is my 14-year-old daughter Makayla. She is an example of how I built my faith to be able to see God’s miracle, blessings and glory in my life. When I began to go through a tough time in 2013, I could look back to 2003 when I had a “hysteroscopic myomectomy” on 2/21/2003. I was informed by the doctor on 3/13/2003 that they suspected I had “proximal tubal occlusion” and if I wanted to get pregnant in the future, I would probably need “In vitro fertilization (IVF)”. My mother was a force during this time to say to the doctors, “You don’t have the final say, God does!” My faith was not as strong during this time, so I was blindly trusting God for a child. While not having a child was disturbing to me, I remember the story about Hanna in 1 Samuel 1:1-26 and asked God for a child. He answered the prayer when I saw the seed planted in my womb on 12/7/2004 after I was married on 10/10/2004.
Makayla was the miracle delivered to the earth on 7/26/2005. She was the blessing, but in the same year I was diagnosed with the the curse of cancer on 11/11/2005 which the doctor's stated was incurable and I would be on medication for the rest of my life (Deuteronomy 11:26-28). The prognosis wasn’t good. The doctor stated it was aggressive, although I was asymptomatic. Their information was based in facts, but my faith was rooted in the Lord. I had no effects of the massive tumors that appeared to be metastasized to my liver. After many tests within a 6-month period, no source of the tumors were found. I still submitted myself to treatment, but I did not undergo chemotherapy, surgery or radiation. I had to receive a shot every 4 weeks at a cost averaging $5,000 per month. I had to receive scans every 3 months averaging $1,800. This was the opportunity for me to believe like never before, so I confessed the words in Matthew 17:20, So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you" NKJV. While visiting the doctor and receiving treatment from 11/11/2005 to 2/15/2015, I was believing in God's word stated in Matthew 17:20 no matter what battles I was facing during these ten years. I am grateful for the doctors at Winship Cancer Center, Emory Hospital, Piedmont Hospital and MD Anderson for their expertise and kindness during this time. I was also standing on the words from my sister Angela Solomon when she stated, “This disease is not unto death, but for the glory of God” (John 11:4). My daughter was a blessing in darkness and reflected God’s character. She corrected me when I was wrong. She constantly showed her love for me through her drawings, letters, words and her hugs. I showed her physical and emotional love, but the agape love couldn’t express itself until I went through the divorce in 2015. After the trials, I saw myself as the same mother with a different perspective about motherhood. I saw myself in her, and I realized that what I didn’t change within me would be a reflection in her life. I would be fighting my own enemy in her. I couldn’t harden my heart against what God was showing me. The job loss in 2013, the divorce in 2015 and every spiritual warfare that proceeded was to die to my flesh, bury my old way of life, dethrone myself and submit to Christ so I could help my daughter with her own emotional & mental struggles.
THE DIVORCE
The hardship I experienced was heart breaking. Despite the irreconcilable differences that broke the yoke and separated the marriage, it wasn’t about us. It was about the next generation and God’s glory being revealed in the earth. I can’t thank my daughter without thanking her father for being the support and help which created a place of refuge for 10 years. The marriage was the platform God used to elevate his presence. He was the Alpha at the wedding and the Omega at the divorce court. The storms that accompanied the divorce stripped my character, attitude, behaviors, emotions that I had adopted from the culture that was blocking me from the fullness of God’s blessings. The storm reminded me of the wrestling Jacob encountered during his battle with the angel that touched his heap in Genesis 32:22-31. I wrestled with angels through my emotions, mind and physical being, but God spared me through the struggle. I was in a Spiritual War, but God and the spirit of the Lord was present in the fight. I couldn’t give up without the blessings from the battle. The divorce was to move my flesh out the way so Christ could be revealed and rise in me. The divorce was rolling the stone away so I could resurrect with Christ during this season. I am grateful for my 1st marriage because the fruit from the blessing was the revelation of Christ, the blessing of my daughter, the words of my testimony, and the womb that opened the birthing canal to the Kingdom of God.
GOD’S GLORY
The past seven years, God stripped me of all the worldly things that I had attached myself to and took me back to the basics which was shelter for rest, fire, water, food and oxygen. These were the basic needs he revealed to me that he showed me he was supplying me these past seven years. He stated that he will add what I need as he orders my steps as I walk in obedience to his word. He showed me the scripture, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19). During this time of isolation, I have had my daughter visiting for the past 2 weeks and I have been able to help her with her school work, provide her with the wisdom God has shown me and to teach her the purpose of this Passover Season. My daughter was dedicated on 1/12/2006 by the late Bishop Eddie L. Long at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. She gave her life to Christ on 9/25/2016 at the Harvest Crusade at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth, Georgia. She was baptized on 11/20/2019 at Victory Hamilton Mill in Georgia. She is my angel that God sent to protect, correct and encourage me in the darkness and the light. She is the light that helped me arise and shine bright like a diamond. God uses people to fulfill his Will, His Promise, His Prayers and His Blessings. I thank God for the angel in my house. My daughter. My life had many signs that God was with me and to add those miracle pieces to my story to help me during hard times. He pointed me to the scriptures Matthew 14:20-32. The pieces of food that was in the boat with the disciples was the miracle, but they doubted when the storm pressed against the boat. I had to press into God's word for direction. I had to push through the darkness to the light. After the smoke settled in my life, every fire that I was stepping into was the blessing that God has extending to me in the past were miracles. Christ had to open my spiritual eyes to see God’s glory, and to realize that when I was walking through the fiery furnace of unemployment, divorce, child-support, car repossession, homelessness these past seven years, he was with me like he was with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3:16-28 he was with me.
THE SCRIPTURE OF THE DAY
Romans 1:7 “For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith” (NKJV).
DEDICATED SONGS
I Look to You by Whitney Houston - https://youtu.be/5Pze_mdbOK8
Miracle by Whitney Houston - https://youtu.be/ZAdi3LIW898
For Your Glory by Tasha Cobbs - https://youtu.be/7fixMYR1qYA
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Never Give Up!” cards by MotivatingU2Win
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