Welcome to my friend, Melody Nobles Gibson, who will be my guest post this week. Melody walked through a difficult time recently but is wiser from the trials she faced.Grieving from the loss of her mother and also facing the possibility of a drastic change in her life and her future, she was overwhelmed with burdens. Yet our faithful God brought her through. I hope her words speak to you and encourage you.
“I am happy to be happy! Considering that I did not think I could come out of the darkness of grief and unbelievable sadness, I feel eternally grateful that I have. It has been in baby steps. God used friends, preaching and glimpses of Himself all along the way and I held on to His hand tightly. The journey was incredibly beautiful and equally sad. However, I learned many things that will hopefully stay with me forever. One of them was the steadfastness of God’s love. It is indescribable. It is not overwhelming. It is complete. A Presence. A Peace. A Purpose.
God has given me a clear message so my mind will stay focused on today. I asked Him honestly about a “direction” since it seems that I have lost a whole year. My mind wants to drift back into the past and relive some things which are detrimental and even deadly to the present.
“STAY!” was His immediate reply.
“Stay? Huh? What does that mean, Lord?” I asked.
“Command your mind to stay in the present whenever it wants to go back.” He replied.
“Command my mind like I would a dog? That sounds weird, but it does make sense,” I agreed.
“Yes. Stop Thinking About Yesterday!” He added.
STAY:Stop thinking about yesterday.
I understand now. I really understand. “WOW! That is awesome, Lord. That sounds like it will work. When do I start?”
“Right now!” 🙂
Thank you for posting that, Melody. It is true, especially when one is grieving. But it seems that the command, “Stay!” would be equally wise when our mind wants to worry and wander to the future. Don’t you think? God is the only one with the panoramic view of life and history, so abiding or “staying” in Him seems to be the only wise thing. Blessings on your venture as a writer!!
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Comment by Colleen Shine Phillips — March 10, 2012
Enjoy the blessing of happiness today, Melody. Dark emotions are not easy to break through, but God has something so much brighter and sweeter on the other side. Praying for you!
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Comment by Dora Hiers — March 10, 2012
Cynthia is an inspiration. She pulled this post out of an e-mail I sent her months ago. Re-reading it has helped me again. To answer Colleen: Yes,by all means, STAY! means STAY! whether it be tomorrow or yesterday. SIT! is another one: Stay In Today! It is not to be confused with mindfulness. SIT! and STAY! are actually verbal commands that get results. I use them alot! Also, tenderheartedness often comes at a great price, Dora, but the rewards are sweet. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you, Cynthia.
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Comment by Melody Nobles Gibson — March 11, 2012
STAY. I am going to add that to my mental command list. Thanks, Melody, for being transparent and sharing with us what God shared with you.
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Comment by Barbara Westberg — March 15, 2012
To God the glory and may God continue to lead you by his spirit and guide your path daily, you are a dear sister in the family of God, amen!
APT
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Comment by Steve B — March 18, 2012
What a beautiful website! V.Johnson asked me to view and I’m glad she did! I joined to receive upcoming blogs!
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Comment by dena — March 19, 2012
Sis. Melody!!! What a wonderful message to the Body of Christ in this season to “Stay” right here in the now. Sharing with you some difficult time in my life. I want to thank you for another weapon to guard my heart from pondering and my mind from wandering…God Bless you and Amen to the truth!!!!
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Comment by Veronica — March 19, 2012