Mom Heart Moments #260

He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

STORIES TOLD BY THE PRECIOUS MOMS who are part of my Bible study reveal a multitude of challenges and difficulties: autistic children, single parenthood, cancer, financial problems, marriage problems, exhaustion, anger, depression —the list goes on.

We must understand that this is the fallen place, the place of spiritual battle. Heroes are made in times of battle, and our lives will tell a story. Each of us has been granted a portion from God —our own circumstances, obstacles, and challenges, in which we are the only ones who can choose to be faithful and courageous.

There are brave, courageous women in my midst who, against formidable odds, have held fast to Jesus, and their stories are breathtaking and encouraging and cause me to want to trust Jesus more for my own problems.

However, there are also whiners, women who nurture the idea that they are being “picked on” by God, that somehow He has given them more than they can take, and that they are victims of life. I see and hear from sweet women who have become victims because they have not had the heart to accept life as God has given it, but have practiced complaining and shaking their fists at heaven so long it has become a habit and robbed them of the ability to have joy or to see God at work.

The eyes of our heart and the obedient choices we make when we are squeezed by life will determine the kind of women we become.

May God give you strength, in whatever you are facing. May you tell stories of His miracles and provisions in heaven as you celebrate what He was willing to accomplish through you in your lifetime.