Talk about humility… I just had an amazing conversation with one of my friends who is in the Filipino prison here….and we are going through exactly the same thing! I went in today and one of my favorite girls was sitting there crying. I climbed up on the bunk with her and she opened up to me about some struggles she’s having. We have talked before and I’ve always been impressed with her strength and relationship with God, even though she could choose to be bitter due to her circumstances.
She shared her frustrations and I had to keep from laughing at the Lord’s sense of humor! The issues she was talking about are the same issues I have been dealing with this last week! I actually had to swallow pride just last night and deal with some of my actions of late, and feel like I can breathe easier now. So what does the Lord do? He sends me to prison the very next day and plops me down on a bunk bed with my sister in the Lord who is going through the same stuff! It’s like this whole 13 second turn around rate with me and God! I guess He doesn’t want pride to be a problem, so He sends me to talk to people either while I’m still going through that same issue in my life, or directly after I feel like I have finally gotten a grip on it myself!
At least I can take absolutely no credit for what the Lord spoke through me today! I told her honestly that I only stopped being immature about certain things and started acting the way I know I should within the last 24 hours, which is how I know certain things to be true. I think the Lord will always have me speak from my experience…but does it still count as experience if it’s something I learned just a few minutes earlier?!? I think it still counts….!
Keep changing me from the inside out, Father, so that others may be freed up as well. There’s more at stake here than just my growth. Thank God it’s not all about me.
