Overcomer

Ok, so it's been one of those weeks.....my emotions have gone from mildly irritated and peevish to outright angry and bitter.  In between depression and hopelessness have made many an appearance!   The turmoil inside has been horrible, and of course the feeling of failure as a Christian and as "light in the darkness" is pervasive and overwhelming.  Last Saturday started with an expensive car repair that I can ill afford, and the week at work has been hectic and physically tiring and painful.  So you can see where all this is heading....MELTDOWN!!  

So I sat in my car at break time on Wens.  Once again, my Christian witness was not anything to be proud of.  I cried out to the Lord, "will it ever change, I'm such a flop at this!"  Turned on the radio and Overcomer by Mandisa was on!!  The words in this song brought such comfort.  Our God is so good.  I am so thankful, that He doesn't look at me as a failure.  He sees past the "me" to the "what I will be".  He sees the me in Jesus, the one He is making into a masterpiece, not the one who falls apart and falls down.  

That was God's ray of hope to me.  And I hope that He uses this song and this blog to let someone know that they too do not have to give up hope, because we are overcomers.  It may not take the shape we think it should, or look like we want it to, but that is the story of our life in Christ...OVERCOMER.  God knows what the fact looks like on and in us.  And that leads me to the next blog entry of Trust.  

Thank You Lord, that You have made us overcomers!!