The God Who Made Us

January 21, 2022

You are my champion! I woke up with this song on my mind and I’m thankful that in you, I can conquer it all.

I am tired this morning. Went to bed later than my usual, listening to the sermon. But it was totally worth it. Kind of weird though, that I’m having a slight back pain. In the gym yesterday, I had to ask the trainer for a hand to get up. It’s been a while. Not a constant ache or horrible pain. It’s almost like a tired pain. Yahweh, I’m writing all of this to truly wake up my brain because I’m still feeling sleeping (sleepy). 

Thank you for being such an awesome God! You are so worthy to be praised! Thank you for lifting me up. For taking care of me. It’s Friday. Today we have about six places to visit. I pray that we are able to visit all in a reasonable time. 

You can do all things but fail!! You’ve never lost a battle. You never will. (Happy dance). The truth and the sad part is when we don’t allow you to be our champion and we lose the battle ourselves. But I am so thankful that even in those times you are still willing to step up, once we humble ourselves and step back. 

2 Corinthians 2: 10, 11 –  If you forgive someone, so do I. Indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did in the presence of Christ for your benefits. I don’t want Satan to outwit us. After all, we are not ignorant about Satan’s scheming. 

We are not ignorant about Satan scheming. When there’s un-forgiveness in our hearts, we are giving dominion to Satan. But we know how he works and we need to put our trust in Yahweh so that we are not outsmarted. Satan has been around for a long time and he understands human nature better than we do. So he will try to outsmart us. But guess who has been around even longer? The God who made us. He doesn’t just understand us, he made us. When we hand over to Yahweh, we are guaranteed victory.

Hidden Bias

Yahweh, I have biases / prejudices, based on my environment. Some are so quiet that I’m not even fully aware of them until you showed them to me. Help me to move past these biases. Help me to see everyone as you see them and to love others the way you do.

Sigh. This was the moment I realised that I have a bias against blondes. And it’s funny (not funny haha, but funny strange), I know several natural blondes and don’t have anything against them. But in watching a video, I realised that I was having a similar reaction as I had to someone else in another video. The only thing they had in common was the hair and it made me examine myself. I’ve seen blondes as having things easy, while others seem to have it harder. And it’s just a perception and I need to actually work against it. (Why am I writing the specific moment that may have prompted a specific prayer? Because I am recognizing that while the emotions are evident when I reread my journal, I don’t always remember what triggered it. So I will write). 

I am also thankful for my change towards speaking in tongues. I realised that while listening to the worship session that I wasn’t turned off by it. I am thankful for you working in me.

Miracles keep coming! For a long time I was pretty much the only one who would call for family outings. As part of therapy, I was instructed to set boundaries (especially with the family because it was pretty much taken for granted). But today!! Shock/surprise runneth over. Another family member suggested the family getting together. I am thankful to see the evidence of prayers being answered.