My mother in love has challenged me to post my favorite
scriptures for 10 days and to challenge 10 of my friends. This passage is very
dear to me. In February 2001 I had a
major stroke. I thought that I was going to die. Even the nurses at my neurologist
thought I was dying. This was one of the most terrifying events in my life. One
day I was so grieved in my spirit I was crying
facedown begging God for answers. ( this was my Gethsemane ) I prayed that whatever
God’s will was , even if it was that I was dying, I would accept it. I closed
my eyes opened my Bible and let my finger rest on it. Still begging God that He
give me an answer do I live or am I dying.
I read this verse Psalm 30:3 O Lord, You brought my soul up
from the grave; You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Let me tell you when
I first saw this with blurring vision from my tears all that I saw the word
Grave. I cannot express the pain that I felt in that moment. Then I heard this soft
voice read it again and understand. I memorized the entire passage. As years
went by I had forgotten it. Last Sunday
my father in love gave a wonderful sermon on Psalm 30. It reawakened that
promise from my Abba to me and mine to Him. I just want to note that 16 years ago I had an
overwhelming fear and a gross misunderstanding of God. The reason that the
passage left me was because I was not in any relationship with God. I had
gotten to a point in my life that I had nearly stopped believing.
