Two little words, "yes, me." Often the hardest words to say.



The sun is shining in Kentucky this Labor Day weekend.  But it doesn't feel like it to some.  Do you see them?  Are you that person?

"Do you know someone who needs encouraging in their faith today?"  The reply  of  the unknown reader was "yes, me."   I froze for a moment.

I have been there, have you?  That place where you can't encourage your own heart?  You are too numb to think.  You pray to God, you read His Word, you listen to worship, and yet it's so dark.  You're screaming, but it's silent..., you feel no one would want to hear it.

It's just not true.  We care, there is someone ready to listen.  We are meant to be here for each other, to help share the load, better yet, to shift the load to God's shoulders.

"Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.  But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.  For we have come to share in Christ,"
Hebrews 3:13

I'm shouting in the way I know how to shout.  With the keyboard.  Someone had answered that question at the end of the study, with two little words.  "Yes, me."  Why did my heart break?  I was late joining the readings, 2 weeks late.  And I saw those two words.  I'm sure someone followed up, but do I just assume?

Friends, people are screaming "Yes, me" in a thousand ways that we miss every day.  I know I miss it.  So stuck in my own head sometimes, that I hear, but I don't hear.  I listen, but I don't interpret.  

So if you are that person saying, "yes, me" - "I need encouragement in my faith today, then hear my heart.  I've been there many times.  I've been there in a desperate way a few different seasons of my life.  One particular day I said it out loud to Steve.  "I know the truth, but why can't I KNOW it?  What if I never KNOW it again?"  This is my answer looking back.  Or looking into your heart maybe?

When you say “yes, me,” I long to give you encouragement.  We all need encouragement and I want to tell you that this morning I am praying for you, on August 31, 2019. Hebrews 3 definitely touched my heart because there have been seasons in my life that were very dark and lonely. 

 I knew during those times I had to keep the Word of God going in, even when I felt numb. I spent a lot of time reading Psalm chapter 119 over and over, because it’s truths are so repetitive and melodic and comforting to my soul. I often go back to Psalm 119 when I’m not sure what to read. I did find myself withdrawing from people, but there was always at least one person leaning into me. The grace of God, kept me clinging to the truth that I needed.  I knew deep in my heart, that when I came through the darkness, I would see the hand of God on my life during that season. 

Before one of the darkest seasons, John 1:4 had became amazing to me, 

“And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” 

I have truly seen God in every season of my life as I look back. I don’t like darkness at all, and I don’t like loneliness, and I hate grief. I will never minimize these things because they are an excruciatingly painful hard part of living in this fallen world. 

 But I will testify that I have sensed God in miraculous ways on the other side of these desert seasons. The personal touch of God is worth the waiting. 

Don’t wait alone, ask someone to pray for you don’t tell them what it’s about. And stay in God's Word, even if it’s the same chapter over and over. I’m praying for you.  I’m praying for the grace to walk through this season knowing that God is with you every step of the way.  Whether you see him or not,  God is writing a story on your heart.  It will unfold to bring him glory and encourage you.  Then you will encourage others in their faith.
God's. Promises. Are. True.

 Much love to you.

Songs that may meet you today:

Spirit Lead Me by Michael Ketterer



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