Under the Knife

 Last week was a week that I am thankful for.....and never ever want to experience again!

God showed me a blind spot that I have been living with my entire life. I truly never recognized it as a problem, but rather saw it as a quirk, something that made me unique.

This week, God put me under the knife and hit the very root of my issue. It was excruciating! He showed me how it affected those closest to me, how damaging it was, and how it stole glory from Him. Ouch!! 

After showing me my blind spot, He completely changed and rearranged me...He did not leave me to figure out how to be different. He actually changed my heart!! I will never be the same again.

God gave me His Word which soothed my bleeding heart. He reminded me how deep, how high, how wide His love for me is. He gave me Isaiah 54:10, " Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

I said that I would not want to repeat a week like I just had....but I take that back. If God can exchange ashes for beauty, what kind of fool would I be to keep such a large pile of ashes around? God brought me to a safe place to put me under the knife, and although it was painful, His work is beautiful. I am more like my sweet Saviour than I was a week ago, and isn't that just what I signed up for? More of Him and less of me?

So if you find yourself under the knife, receive His sweet and painful attention. Your Physician is FOR you, and takes you seriously when you say you want to be more like Him!!

 by: Rosie Wagner