Hebrews 11:1 - Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see. 

This verse has been in my heart over the past weekend. I ended up sharing it at church but even then all I kept hearing was…. HAVE YOU NOT SEEN?

Even as I shared it to help remind those in church but also it was a big reminder for me. Over the weekend read and reread the verse, I began to ask myself this very question:

HAVE YOU NOT SEEN?

I don’t know if anyone reading this at times struggles with having faith through whatever the situation, battle, or trial you are going through because to be honest sometimes it is a struggle for me. Its hard at times to believe for the things that you can’t see when everything in front of your eyes at the moment doesn’t look good at all, it looks like there is no hope, or even that no matter what you do things seem to be getting worse.

I want you to know God’s power is something we can’t always see in a physical sense like we want to and I want you to know, even as I can feel the joy of the Lord so strong and a smile so big over my face knowing nothing can take it away from me because even now God is still telling me:

HAVE YOU NOT SEEN?

Have I not seen that my heart was broken in a million pieces since about the time my mom passed away back in 2008. Receiving the news to come home from Germany because she doesn’t have much time and knowing the time that she was given was shorter than the flight home. I tell you that on top of this heartache, life happens and other things began to pile up on top. I began to ask myself, how can I not see that God has mended my heart and continues to heal the hurts of my heart through every circumstance and trial. I may have been a stubborn person and wanting to seem tough and as if nothing could hurt me but as I feel the love that God gave and continues to give as he picks up every broken piece of me and is forming me into a new creation. I pray that same love radiates through me and touches those that may not know this love.

HAVE I NOT SEEN?

Have I not seen, that as much as I ran away from God and the idea of coming to church and let alone changing my whole life to serve him. I did attend church as a kid but not consistent. I went with my aunt on an occasional Sunday and always wanted to go to the VBS. How was I missing the fact that I never wanted to come to church and now not wanting to miss church because I want to have an encounter with THE ONE that has never left me. He never left me, even during the times that I rejected him over and over. I am not saying I am a perfect Christian because I am far from it and because the bible says there is not one perfect person. Romans 3:10 – As the scriptures say, ” No one is righteous – not even one. I praise God for him finding me when he did because without him, there’s no way that the things I’ve gone through would I even still be standing, let alone sitting here typing the words to this blog for the person or persons that run across this blog. There are people out there thinking there is no God, God isn’t working, or that God has left them. I want you to know that you reading this blog is not a accident or coincidence. It is your appointed time to discover who he is and experience him and his power in a way you never thought possible.

Maybe you’re at a point where you just have been struggling to believe God’s word or his promises over your life, but…..

HAVE YOU NOT SEEN?

Have you not seen the evidence of his power working in your life? Have you not seen forgiveness given in circumstances where it wasn’t deserved? Have you not seen the healing power in a health situation that the only answer the doctor could give was that there was nothing left to be done and if you haven’t witnessed that power, can you believe for it if such a time should come? Have you not seen a healing of the heart in a time when it seemed as if there was no way for that heart to be mended back together. Then to realize that God has mended it to better and stronger. Have you not seen transformation and redemption where and in who you never thought possible? Have you not seen the power of God make the impossible possible? Have you not seen a love given when it is so undeserved because honestly we all fall short at times and realizing his love never ends and his mercy is new everyday. Lamentations 3:22-23 – The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. ²³Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.

I leave you with this thought:

WHY HAVE YOU NOT SEEN?