Help!!!! A distress call!!!!!

My dearest brides I promise this is a praise report and I hope this encourages you. I know the title may startle you…. it did me too , just I felt it’s what the Lord led me to use it while waking up at 3am Saturday morning.

It’s not the praise report I wanted to initially share with you either, ( I had something else in mind ) as the last few months have been wonderful ( I’ve felt my mind being so renewed with His Word and my heart feeling contentment and joy) and although I’ve been busier than ever with family and work responsibilities I’ve seen my life improving and how the Lord has been using my trials to minister to my sister and how My Heavenly Love (HH) has been restoring my relationship with my sister and with my earthly father as well. And yet….. I had to make a distress call yesterday to my HH and cry out to a Him ….. I have to confess I still have a weakness and hurts ( many in fact).

An incident occurred on Thursday evening and it stirred up so much anger and bitterness in me that I felt awful …. I wanted to bitterly lash out at my earthly father. I kept silent (win without words) but on Friday morning in my car ( my prayer closest ) I cried out to my HH and asked Him to please help me forgive and heal this wound that’s been festering for many years towards my earthly father. Then again the early hours of Saturday morning after a restless sleep having my heart and mind feeling so distressed. I had to cry out again to My love to please help me forgive and take this bitter pain.

Our HH is faithful and He led me to His word in Philippians….( a chapter I know well and I know He wanted me to renew my mind).

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say , rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of a God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally , brethren , whatever is true, whatever is honorable , whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely , whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things . The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:4-9)

So ladies to focus on the praise worthy and honorable things. And to honor my earthly father I do want to share that he has been a good father to me and has always worked hard to provide for our family and I know the Lord is working especially in this situation to heal my past hurts.

To briefly explain the incident ( and yet it’s a praiseworthy thing) – my father retired a year or so ago and moved to a coastal town about 7 hours away from our home. My father decided to take a short work contract to help support my sister and myself for the next few months and has moved back up to. He moved up this week although we have not seen him yet but he called us to let us know he arrived and this led to the ‘incident ‘ over the phone.

To explain the context that led to the bitterness My mother passed away when I was only 10 and my sister was 8. So my father decided to remarry soon after so we would have someone to take care of us (he traveled a lot) however this proved to be a disaster and my sister and I suffered greatly for it. My earthly father and us never really dealt with the loss of my mom ( his first wife) and so resentment grew over the years.

Then my relationship situation happened. My world fell apart and I found RMI and I have been on my restoration journey finding my HH and His love and peace. My HH has been healing all these hurts. So to rejoice again I see this as an opportunity that the Lord will turn around for my good and the good of my family as the Lord helps heal all these past wounds and administers Healing balm to my hurts. So ladies I encourage you to cry out to a Him – Your Heavenly love to help you forgive and remove any bitterness so that you can receive healing and live an abundant loving life, so we can all rejoice as we practice these things.