Exposed In Light

Twisted. Warped. Mangled. 

This is the way in which Satan has been manipulating my mind these past few weeks.

Why? Why does he attack my thoughts so? How do I get this parasite away? 

I've found the answer is simple. Bring my problems into the light. I am notorious for shielding what is going on in my life to myself, and not surfacing the problems. I try and snuff them out like a candlewick aflame, in hopes that they will extinguish and not be a lingering issue on my life...a perfect magnet for the Deceiver to begin his work. Satan wants you to feel alone. He wants you to feel isolated. He relishes in your pain. Talk about them! Get them out! Expose them! Break them apart. 

Christ set me free. All I have to do is resist the devil, and he will flee (James 4:7). Christ is my light; my shining beacon of beauty. He reveals all my impurities, and washes me white as freshly fallen winter snow. There is no room to keep these thoughts inside. He makes me new. These shadows that try and suppress these dark feelings inside are soon blasted into pieces by the true source of Light himself. Let him be your rock. Let him be your compass. He can bring about one of the most beautiful things in all your life: a quiet, pure heart (if only you let Him in). He can do amazing things, and make your heart pump clean, and new again. You need only be still (Exodus 14:14). 

Another thing I have been given a hard lesson in: let go, and let God. My plan is imperfect. My plan is stupid. My plan is naive. His plan is perfect. His plan is necessary. His plan must be my plan. 

I have to submit. When I yield, and let God in, I experience His true joy in my life. I will let him work. He is changing my life, and I will go through whatever amount of pain necessary to experience to be in my Lord's presence fully. In continuous prayer must I go. 

"Learning to pray is learning to trust the wisdom, the power, and the love of our Heavenly Father, always so far beyond our dreams. He knows our need and knows ways to meet it that have never entered our heads. Things we feel sure we need for happiness may often lead to our ruin. Things we think will ruin us..., if we believe what the Father tells us and surrender ourselves into His strong arms, bring us deliverance and joy." --Elizabeth Elliot. 

Much Love,

Molly