Defining Moments

Immediately, I was aware that *El Roi (El raw-EE) “the God who sees” me had a special message for me today. My pulse quickened in anticipation!

The speaker continued, “Often we find ourselves in an ‘unlikable’ space.” That’s an understatement I thought. Humph! I’m in an unlikable space that’s for sure! Not one I would have chosen nor expected nor thought was even likely! But never-the-less, I was in an unexpected, unlikable space! The issue – what was I to learn from it? So I could move on!

I mused as I listened… So far, God had already revealed to me that I am a “Certified Card Carrying Caregiver!” And while that is one of my strengths, it also has become a very definite weakness in my relational life. I have also come to understand that I do not always set safe boundaries for myself and that undoubtedly leads to pain and disappointment.

Knowing these things about me is all so very enlightening! Allowing God to manifest His power through me ~ to make me into the person He has called me to be, causes me joyful angst! Joy, because Ephesians Chapter 1: Promises that God has blessed me with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus! Angst, because I’m impatient to grasp what He has for me right now! My soul finds comfort in remembering what Donald Lawrence says on one of his CD’s “God will hold together until I get it together.”

I turned my full attention back to the speaker. I knew something powerful was coming because he prefaced by saying, “I heard Mark Chronna say this years ago, I wrote it down and when the words fade I recopy it.” This is going to be awesome, I thought. He continued…

“In the pursuit of one’s life purpose there strategically occurs a defining moment in the form of a refining crisis…enabling one to be set free from a confining limitation…thus empowering that one to step into greatness!”