Earning God's Confidence

After the miracle of being given the words for the Eight Keys to Spiritual Growth post, I kept mulling over the significance of what happened.  Of course I felt honored that God had the confidence in me to pass on important messages of hope that are being given not only to me, but to many other believers.God knows the deepest desire of my heart is to help people and I love to see the smiles on their faces when that help arrives in the form of a Words from God meant just for them.

 

I have a little prayer I say everyday that goes like this, "Lord I will praise and honor you all the days of my life and in Jesus' name I pray, amen." I say this prayer several times a day. Why, I'm very thankful for so many blessings, in my life and the lives of my family members, from the smallest Godwinks (read my book) to the ultimate super miracles that have been overwhelming at times.

God has blessed me and in doing so has taught me so much about myself. Having come out of my difficult childhood brainwashed with the opposite message, just knowing that I am an intelligent human being with the capacity to amount to something, means the world to me. My book and my blog are constant reminders that using my gifts and skills I am capable of making a meaningful contribution to the greater good. But my gratitude doesn't just extend only to the good things in my life.

I also thank God for the trials and tribulations I have each day. I now realize that when you have problems, and everything seems to go wrong or not the way you'd expected, it's not God trying to punish you, rather you're being pushed forward, new doors are opening to give you new opportunities. The question is, are you willing to face such a challenge and walk through a portal for change when offered as a gift from your God?

Most people are afraid of change, but God wants you to grow and so there's always a good lesson that comes out of turmoil and in time usually abundant blessings will follow. Many make the mistake of blaming God for the things that go wrong when in reality they should thank God for teaching them to be patient and wait for the rewards that will be coming. 

I also feel very honored to be able to follow in my Grandma Carmella's footsteps. She had a gift to be able to pray for the answers to people's problems. I believe she planted the spiritual seed in me to carry on the Generational Blessing that was given to her. I plan on following every instruction the Lord gives me along with being thankful for both the good times and the challenges that come my way.