{"id":11981,"date":"2005-07-27T06:36:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/todayslegacy.wordpress.com\/2005\/07\/27\/by-gods-mercy"},"modified":"2005-07-27T06:36:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-27T11:36:00","slug":"by-gods-mercy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/2005\/07\/27\/by-gods-mercy\/","title":{"rendered":"By God’s Mercy"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I was going to take a moment to complain about writting a check to WSU, but I feel really convicted about my complaining. Instead of complaining, which draws attention to myself, I have decided to state the facts.<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s by God’s mercy that I have a financial burden this summer.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I have a job that pays me slightly over my bill fees.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that a work situation has arose causing me to seek further employment.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I may be able to work at the factory.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I have youth girls who come to visit me on rough days.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I have big challenges in my faith life.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am learning to be satisfied in unsatisfyig situations.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that my car is falling apart.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that my car has not died yet.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I don’t know if I will be able to start classes in the fall.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I have a best friend who I get to call to encourage and to encourage me.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I have pets in my life to make me smile.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am fearful enough of the future few months that it creates change in the way I handle the present few.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am learning what it means to walk by faith and follow without sight.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am given another day to ty to make God smile.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am surrounded by mission fields here in Cincinnati.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy that I am given struggles, hurts and troubles.<\/span>
It’s by God’s mercy and NOTHING ELSE.<\/span><\/p>\n

So in the light of things that oppress me and lay heavy on my chest, I need to lift my eyes to the heavens and cry out,<\/span> “Thank You Lord! You bless me. Thank You!”<\/span><\/p>\n

For only then can I claim to rely on Christ and walk FAITHFULLY no matter what may come.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teach me to better give thanks in my troubles, hurts and struggles. And if that means bringing more troubles in order to teach me by example, then Lord, I pray for more hardships. Do whatever it takes to teach me to walk closer to You. I love You and I need You more than breath. Teach me to dwell on You and not me. <\/span><\/p>\n

You are worthy of my praise for eternity and I am determined to give you my praise through the struggles of this flesh. Teach me more eternal praise; that I may learn how precisely You would like to be and will be exhaulted for eternity. <\/span><\/p>\n

I love You and I need You. Please be glorified. And if that includes me in any way<\/span>, You know You have my devotion.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” (Revelation 7:12)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I was going to take a moment to complain about writting a check to WSU, but I feel really convicted about my complaining. Instead of complaining, which draws attention to myself, I have decided to state the facts. It’s by God’s mercy that I have a financial burden this summer.It’s by God’s mercy that… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11981\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todayslegacy.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}