Most recently I was presented with a situation. One other time I was presented with a similar situation and I chose to not hear the forewarning and I decided at that point to take the matter into my own hands. Wrong decision on my part for it cost me a trip to the hospital to get stitches. You may be wondering what does that mean what she just shared. Well, let me tell you what happened. This was many years ago and at this point in my life I was already writing and probably near the end of my failing marriage. I had a bottle of the most beautiful scented almond oil (it could be used as a moisturizer or when drawing a bath.) It was so beautiful the scent that was released when you would draw a bath and add it to the water. The scent would just waft throughout the room once it was released into the water. I believe Victoria's Secret carried it back then. When I purchased it the last time I knew that I would no longer be able to purchase anymore because they discontinued it. So, the bottle I had was it, there would be no more.
I remember reaching for the bottle and it slipped right out of my hands and down to the floor it crashed and the oil spilled everywhere and glass was now scattered on the floor. In the moment that it happened I heard a warning that I would not heed. You may think to yourself what kind of warning is that but let me explain the fullness of the warning now. I was shown a brief image that there would be a piece of glass that would not be gathered from the floor and my former husband would step on it and get hurt. Now, you would think in the natural that I am with a man that I do not love anymore and just let it happen. Not so, even though we were living in a troubled marriage I would still not want to see any harm come to him. I do believe that I have mentioned on many occasions that he is a fabulous father to his children and that still remains to be the case. He truly loves his children and they love him. Now back to the story at hand. I began to say to the Lord in my mind "Oh No that will not happen I will scoop them all up and no one will be injured." No sooner did I say those words let me describe what happened next...I GENTLY found that I laid my leg on one of the chard's of glass and I was now bleeding. I had to go to the hospital. I drove myself and as I was driving I felt at peace if that makes sense. I was shown/told that it would not hurt at all any portion of this fix up to the problem that I took on myself. As God is my witness nothing at all hurt when they gave me the stitches. Nothing at all and there was such a calm in the room when it happened. You needed all of that knowledge beforehand before I tell you of my experience just the other day.
I was presented a situation and in the split moment when I was about to say these words "Oh no that will not happen." It was just before I could get the word out No of the Oh No Holy Spirit brought to my memory what happened to me years ago. This time I walked in wisdom and His grace saved me from making a second mistake and I took the brief warning and said "I will accept this challenge this time around." You see, sometimes you are shown things that you may not want to necessarily see and as a person with compassion in your heart you want to fix things for others so they do not have to experience pain. I know you are thinking that God does not bring bad into peoples lives and you are correct. People are the one's that allow it to come into their lives. God is there to use that bad situation as a learning tool that will bring glory to Him either in the now, or in my case, it could be years later. Does that make sense? So, you see I was shown something to come forth and this time around I cannot fix it because my job will now be to be the person in their time of need to reach out to me and then I can do what I am called to do in the moment. Not for me to do what I think I can do before it even happens. Not a comfortable place to be if you know what I mean. Let me give you an example...how many of you would not leap into a crowded street to save someone that is about to get hit by a car? I would feel comfortable in saying almost everyone would do that, at least I hope they would. Suppose now that the Holy Spirit showed you to not go forth for in the moving forth it would cause more damage than not leaping forward. You think to yourself that does not make sense. You see, in the person's heart that is about to get hit by the car they are crying out to God about something in their life and you come along and botch it up so to speak. For all along He knew that mighty angels would be released to save this person and that my friend would be the answer to that persons prayer. A huge tool to be used now to share with others. You see the angels would be released at the very moment needed to go and get the person. You and I do not have that power on our own and we could be off in timing and grab or throw them out of the way at the wrong time and now there is not only damage to the person but now you yourself are wounded too. Let me add this, I am not advocating to not reach out to others to help them just use wisdom when doing so.
Take it from me, I still have the scar on my leg today even though it has diminished throughout the years now but never the less it is still here. I still cannot get out of my mind the peace that was with me as I left my home and went to the hospital and throughout the mending process there. It did not hurt me at all and there was no fear at all too. I just knew ahead of time that this would be used as one of those learning experiences. I am so glad I had that so as to not botch it up for another at this time in my life. God is good all the time and all the time God is good. Be still and listen to the direction Holy Spirit gives to you. For when you do you are then able and prepared to reach out to others in their time of need at the right time.
As I conclude this I am reminded that the Lord can use your mistake to correct you in a gentle way, I am telling you the truth about when I cut myself with the glass. It was as though I just gently pressed upon the piece of glass and it broke the skin it did not even hurt when it was pressed into my skin. Think of it like this you have a piece of play dough and you press a stone into it. The play dough works with whatever is molded or pressed into it. It is not challenging or it does not stretch the material. The material molds to the object pressed into it.
As I just reviewed what I wrote I was reminded that this all happened just before our vacation and I was not able to go into the water on vacation because I now had stitches. If I am not mistaken the vacation was spending a few days in Vermilion by the water. See, your today mistake can cause you a consequence of your tomorrow. PEACE.
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