Take a moment and think about how good God has been to you! It’s important that despite whatever we face that we acknowledge His goodness. Often we are busy from day to day and the challenges we face cause our memory to get cloudy by the sheer fact of what we see or by our current condition or position.

O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.- Psalms 34:8 KJV

Everyday I talk with people who are in a place of spiritual or mental darkness. God is so good that He has brought you to this point. I’ve been in that place; it might not have been your struggle but , just like He did it for me, I can tell you that He can do the very same thing for you.  God has the ability to meet you where you are. God is saying come here broken, come here bitter, come here lonely, come here torn and tattered, come here addicted, come here with your hang- ups, come here with your bad credit, come here with your light bill due, come here with here even if you have more month than money whatever your condition come here searching and He is waiting for you.

Lord, I call upon You; hurry to me. Listen to my voice when I call to You.² Let my prayer be counted as incense before You;The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering.- Psalms 141:1-2 AMP

Make the step and call on Him. I’ve come to know him as an on time God and just because He hasn’t come, it doesn’t mean that He isn’t listening and it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t care. Keep trusting in Him …

-Lady Mel

My husband shared a post that inspired me on yesterday. He talked about oiling the bicycle chain. The bicycle brought back so many memories because I grew up in the country and spent many hours riding around on my bicycle. I can remember hopping on that banana bike and how after the wear to that bicycle the chain would slip. They say so much tension and wear can cause the chain to slip but I didn’t have that explanation back then. I figured I would just jump off turn that bike over and put the chain on and off I went on my way. I think I didn’t have the explanation or understanding because I was a child and I didn’t realize the complexity of the challenge. As adults we make things harder and getting back on the saddle seems harder to the older that we become. Sometimes we face failure or we fall short and we wonder how could we ever get back to where God desires us to belong? John 10:10 says that

¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundant.

If you have fallen short refuse to let satan destroy reach make the connection so that you can continue in abundance. God cares about you and with His help you can overcome anything.  Remember 2 Corinthians 12:9

And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Get up and get back on that bicycle.  Keep going!

-Lady Mel