Take It or Fake It

You are going to love this post....IT"S SHORT!  I have a wonderful Friday and Saturday planned with my husband...all to myself!!!!  It is our 22nd Wedding Anniversary tomorrow.  We are giving the gift of TIME!  A love language I truly enjoy.  A quick funny:  We both confessed that we didn't buy each other cards this year.  Kevin always picks out cards that make me cry.  Now the king of thrifty says "Let's go pick out cards and let each other read them and put them back".  I laughed, and he wasn't serious...I think, hmm!  I will write some wedding history funnies tomorrow if time allows.  

Anyways back to the SHORT post.

Last night a friend called me confessing her "sin".  Now I thought her anger was justified but in actually we must remember to be angry and sin not.  This morning she called.  She had done her Bible study...so proud of her.  She had done the Esther study that taught us through Mordecai that one must not depend on mood but a mindset.  She was freed and repentant.  She rectified her situation.  It was such a testimony for me to learn from.

So this morning I am listening to my Christian radio station and a "Quick Word with Beth Moore" comes on.  Ladies, she "slapped me right upside the head" (that's what my friend said to me this morning).  here's what she said in part (for the whole 2 minute word go to BethMoore.org) :

Let's admit it sometimes we don't like the method of getting closer to Jesus because He uses trials and pain to drive us closer to His heart.
But, I want to tell you something it works.  Those trials and that pain is never wasted.  Never without divine purpose.
 Each one is instrumental in getting us past
the FAKE.

Girlfriends, our trials sift us and reveal who we are in Jesus!  Are we "Fake" Christians?  I don't know about you but I have no toes.  I am a "real" Christian but the way I handle trials might be exposing a character that isn't true to who Jesus is....like patient and loving, not loud and demanding.  Ouch!  Ladies, let's TAKE the trials and not "Fake" it.  You can do it and so can I...thank God for GRACE.  His precious Grace.

OKAY SO THE POST WASN'T SO SHORT.  GOTTA GO! Woo Hoo!!