LIFTED

JANIE (Janie shares how she triumphs over a painful situation)

Marriage is meant to be a covenant between you, your spouse and God. Not some other women who takes up your husband’s free time. I mean who wants to share their heart and body with someone else other than who God meant you to be with. I don’t. I hurt so bad that I can’t feel anything anymore. It feels like the world is moving around me and I’m just standing still. I don’t know how I should feel or what I should do…I read somewhere in the bible that love suffers long and is kind. It goes on to say how love bears all things, believes all things, hopes in all things and endures all things. How long can I endure. You know what really gets me about the whole thing. My husband is leaving it up to me to decide how things should play out. Lord knows I still love him and I even forgive him. It’s just hard to get his unfaithfulness out of my system when I gave him so much. Girl my grandmother told me to bless the Lord at all times. That’s what I’m doing. I prayed and cried so much my knees are bruised and my voice is strained. But after I prayed I was able to sleep for the first time in a week. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and told me to be still. I know it doesn’t mean sit in a corner and do nothing. It means for me to be even more aggressive about my walk and worship with Jesus. It means to stand on his Word and anticipate His blessings, His healing and His peace. I got to praise through the pain. So come on girl let’s go to bible study and be still. CHARLES (Charles proclaims how he chooses to make a joyful noise when he worships the Lord)

So here’s the point I’m trying to make. The Word of God says, and I know I might be paraphrasing when I say this, It says something like If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto me. So how can anyone ignore a mandate like this? How can anyone be quiet during a worship service when God wants us to be vocal in our worship? Remember the Word says that we should make a joyful noise unto the Lord. That way people can hear the joy as well as see it and then they will want to find out about it. That’s how I see it. He wants us all to worship him in spirit and truth. I don’t want rocks crying out for me when it’s so much easier to give Him my own praise. So I get real concerned when so called church folk try to judge me when I get my shout on or if I’m a little vocal with my “Yes Lord”, or my “Amen”. I even heard someone say it doesn’t take all that to worship. What? Please! It takes all that and more for me. So I just want to prepare you for my style of worship. I don’t want you holding back when you sit next to me tonight. I don’t want you giving me strange looks when I start to lift Him up. Pay attention to your own spiritual journey and let Him have His way with you.