I am insignificant and despised, but I don't forget your commandments.
Psalm 119:141
Today the Lord used another Christian to help me get certain things into better perspective...
Psalm 119:141
Today the Lord used another Christian to help me get certain things into better perspective...
His words were like a double-edged sword, and they hurt. But the Lord was also quick to give him words of encouragement that came forth at the right time.
This brother knows how much I despise my criminal past, and how pained I am every time the “Son of Sam” moniker is mentioned. So this morning I was a little downcast. I shared how I felt about certain things concerning those former times of torment. Then God used this man to remind me that the Lord actually allows these “old things” to come forth in order to glorify Himself. For it is my past that the “world” is really interested in.
Society considers me insignificant. I am despised. Yet it is the dark and evil “Son of Sam” which creates a platform for the testimony of what Jesus Christ has since done in my life, to go out. I was lovingly reminded that, as much as I despise my past, it has become a tool in the Lord's hands. For only God can create light out of darkness. Only He can create order out of chaos. And it is these very things that God has done in my life which allows others to see His saving and delivering power clearly manifested.
Thus, while I long with all my heart for the past to go away (and one day it will), for now, the Lord is using the former evil for the present good.
D.B.
This brother knows how much I despise my criminal past, and how pained I am every time the “Son of Sam” moniker is mentioned. So this morning I was a little downcast. I shared how I felt about certain things concerning those former times of torment. Then God used this man to remind me that the Lord actually allows these “old things” to come forth in order to glorify Himself. For it is my past that the “world” is really interested in.
Society considers me insignificant. I am despised. Yet it is the dark and evil “Son of Sam” which creates a platform for the testimony of what Jesus Christ has since done in my life, to go out. I was lovingly reminded that, as much as I despise my past, it has become a tool in the Lord's hands. For only God can create light out of darkness. Only He can create order out of chaos. And it is these very things that God has done in my life which allows others to see His saving and delivering power clearly manifested.
Thus, while I long with all my heart for the past to go away (and one day it will), for now, the Lord is using the former evil for the present good.
D.B.