Believe That God Has Not Forgotten You

I seriously love how God has been speaking to me through my little chicks and everyday circumstances. Lucy and Ethel are on the road to recovery. Their feathers are coming back nicely after being pecked and exposed by the rest of the pack.

{Click Picture to Learn How Lucy and Ethel Lost their Feathers}

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They look happy again. They are best of buds AND they will even come to me! Have you ever been in a situation that was not good for you? Where it left you hurting and in great pain time and time again, but for whatever the reason you just didn't or couldn't remove yourself...Me! That's me! I've been there. More than once.

When I first removed these two from the rest of the pack I was worried. They wouldn't eat at first and they weren't too thrilled about being separated from the rest of their pack. Maybe they felt like they were being punished. They didn't understand that I was doing it all for their own good and protection. Giving them the time and space to grow and recover in a healthy environment from their past hurt and pain. I gave them extra of my attention when they needed it most.

Is this not just like our Heavenly Father? When I was nineteen, I was in a relationship that was not honoring to God. In this relationship I would find myself hurt, broken, and desperate for love that I was blind to the destruction it was bringing me. I knew I needed to remove myself from it, but couldn't. Wouldn't! But, God. God reminded me of the desperate prayer I'd pray during those moments of heartbreak and disappointments. Pleading for my Father's help. Enslaved to sin. I can't. I can't. He answered. God didn't remove me, he removed him.

I remember feeling like my chicks in that first initial moment of deliverance that God provided. I couldn't eat. I complained. Grieving for my sin, I cried countless tears feeling all alone. I wasn't alone though. God was with me the entire time. Giving me his extra attention. Giving me the space and time I needed to heal and grow from my mistake.

Friends, we make mistakes. We will find ourself wandering in destruction that we have chosen to enter on our own. If you are in that desert today, I encourage you to RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS FORGOTTEN YOU! He hasn't. No, He is with you. Call on Him today! He is ready to carry you into His deliverance today.

And how about those times He swoops in when we don't even ask?!? Thank you, Jesus!

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

Psalm 46:1

"Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by."

Psalm 57:1