Yesterday you heard my heart. Looking outward. Seeing life on planet earth. Recognizing the sorrows and struggles. It's important to counter that with the further recognition of the constant war between good and evil in this life.
Hope approaches the heart with the distant satisfaction that there is a plan, there has always been a plan, and for us who have taken the opportunity to "come to Jesus", we have the privilege of following Him even as we repeatedly stumble and fail at it. We know the joy of being rescued from the heart-sickness, the demands of sin, the curse chosen by humanity.
So today I will tell you that the overall picture leaves no complaints. My life is blessed. God protected me early on. Through my self-induced drama and various struggles, He kept me from the evil one in spite of my sinful indulgences. He allowed me to play them out until the utter emptiness consumed my being and I looked for Him. Desperate in my search. He waited for the optimum moment to lead me to His heart, and I fell into His welcome, freed from my sins. Grateful. Relieved. Knowing that finally I had realized the Truth I'd always hungered for.
And so I tell you I am angry and sickened at the injustice, the corruption, the destruction upon this great nation under God, the turning from all things good to the wicked perversions of mankind. It is an unholy sight, and it grieves my soul. I will expose it with the breath of a prophet because the evil from authorities is no way to live. But I want you to know I'm thankful for my country, so grateful to God for allowing me to be born here, for the wonderful and full life He's given me, for the best parents ever, a precious brother, my beautiful family, terrific friends and loved ones, horses and dogs, and the Savior of the world.
I am thankful and blessed. No complaints.
Father, thank you is never enough. Never enough. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.