God, You Are So Good

An early post wow...I just woke up...and God has really been speaking to me as of late...none more clearer than this morning, sitting in my bed going through my phone. I decided to finally go through the passage my friend recommended me to read...Hebrews 12...and that in itself was eye opening...mentally, emotionally and physically. I'd like to share it with you guys. The title is called God Disciplines His Children.

1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. 12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees. 13 “Make level paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

Hebrews 12:1-13

After waking up, the song Blessings by Laura Story came to mind...which brought me to this video that brought me to tears. She said so many things that hit me so hard...."there is something in your life that hasn't worked out the way you thought it would, something that you've prayed that God would fix and for some reason, He's seemed to have left it broken for now." Her words literally touched my heart...she mentions when God speaks to you in that little voice directly to your heart..."what if the healing is a process, what if it's a long road that involves more sleepless nights that you ever imagined, involves more faith that you ever thought yourself capable of, will you still give me all the glory?" Her response was that she's learning to say yes..and I guess I'm in the same boat...to understand that faith can really move mountains...her last words before the song starts is what brought me to tears after it all..."just because I don't understand God's plan doesn't mean he isn't a good and faithful God with a good and perfect plan.