Glenda's Story
Mark...As i read the story of Glenda...I find that I cannot seem to put the book down....in and amongst the familiar scripture that she has throughout the book...it is very oddly comforting...with every word..I have tears and at times my body racks with sobs..not for pity but ...I feel her terror,....the consistent uncertainty(which is the only thing consistent), her loneliness and her struggle to understand what part of the world she belongs....
As I put the book down tonight ..I finished with page 62...it was all i could take...
" Likewise, our dear Father is much more concerned with our eternal destiny than with giving us our temporal pleasures. And unlike earthly fathers, God knows precisely what we need of both pain and pleasure to draw us near to the ultimate good He has planned for us.. .....I know now God did not forsake me during my dark night of sorrow. All the time He was drawing me to Himself by peeling away, one by one, those objects of my longing, that if given, would have kept me from longing for Him. God was on my side. His strong arm, which, in His great wisdom, so sorely bruised me, would eventually , in merciful tenderness, gather me into His bosom."
It reminds me of these two scriptures...Deut 32:39 " See now that I myself am He! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand. and Ephesians 1:11-13 " In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit"
I desperately want to embrace these things that are in here....but I still have trouble with them...
Even as I penned this letter a few days ago...this morning in my devotions...God allowed me to find this and to lead to greater understanding..what do you think...?
2Corinthians 13:3-4..." He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power. " and then this came to me...Galatians 2:20.." I have been cruicified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.."
This puts an exclamation mark on .."For when I am weak, then I am strong.."...
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