I was just playing solitaire. I love to play pyramid. It is quite difficult to win, and I like the challenge. It usually takes like ten attempts before I read YOU WIN on the screen. Sometimes more.
When I see those words they breathe new life into me and I am raring to go again. I am elated. All because of a solitaire game.
Then suddenly I hear whispered across my heart,
“Why don’t you experience that joy by the victory you have in Me?”
Then I smile and ponder over it. Suddenly the words count it all joy (James 1:2), and choose joy (Habakkuk 3:18) mean so much more.
I may be experiencing trials and temptations. It may look as though I have lost and/or I’m losing, but in reality,
I WON! I became a winner when I said yes to Jesus.
If you are on your umpteenth try in your walk with Christ, and it looks like there is no win in sight. Hear this:
YOU WON! You are a winner:)
When all is said and done we win has been written in the book of Revelation for thousands of years.
Choose joy, and count all you are facing as joy. These are light and momentary afflictions. Beloved,winning is eternal. The world is giving away medals for performance, but Jesus says we get a crown not a medal because of His!
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Really y’all I’m just another Samaritan woman seeking living water and pouring out where I see need for encouragement. I am 48, mother to four girls ages 16-26, Gigi to the most handsome 2-year-old little boy, Fibromyalgia warrior, minister, writer, and a lifetime learner.
I am writing my first book, slowly but surely, six chapters in, as our blessed first love has called me to share His glory in my story. I feel lost in that familiar desert place, and thankful for the manna that is there miraculously every day. I am overcoming hour by hour the condemning voices of the enemy and learning to love myself. It has been an arduous journey. This wordsmith journey, but so worth it.
I became a licensed minister in 2010. However, I do not currently work in the ministry. I share Christ's love through devotional blogging. I have a degree in Church Ministry, was pursuing my degree in Christian Care and Counseling at Oral Roberts University, but now am pursuing Life Coaching, and Neurolinguistic Programming Master Practioner Certifications and a business license.
I am a certified women’s biblical counselor through the Extraordinary Women's program at Light University. I am working on their Addiction and Recovery program now too. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment with a wealth of life experiences with which I can minister comfort to others.
I'm a lover of a good book, writing, singing, and music, and my nemesis is the perpetual laundry pile.
Blessings to you and yours,
<3Melinda
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