Just a thought by coppi

‭‭Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭2‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“ Let me see and hear what is really real, and let me have the courage to keep unmasking the endless unrealities, which disturb my life every day.”

One of my grateful prayers to Jesus is “Thank you for letting me live long enough to unmask my past experiences and allow me to untangle all the causes that crippled my joy then, so I could change my way 

today”.  I would label it “renewing my mind”.  I remember years ago attending a prayer group.  We had to draw scriptures out of the basket that the hostess put in a basket, and read the scripture out loud. The scripture we drew out of the basket was one which the hostess said was a directive for our lives.  Mine was Phiiipians 1:6 – “God’s not done with you.” That means that God has a purpose for me and my story is still being written. God is not done with me. My life is not over, and God sees and cares about all I am facing – even the hidden things. My story is not complete, so I should not give up when it’s only half written.  I wanted another scripture when I read it – something that uplifted me at that very moment.  I tucked the scripture in my heart and started my story that was not written. I look back at that scripture and its directive and cringe.  It was filled with deep valleys but also some mountain tops experiences.  In my now “young” life, I look back and am grateful for all my past experiences.  Jesus is still not finished with me.  My story is still being written, but my prayer is I have been a good student in unmasking the ending unrealties, which disturbed my life every day and hope the rest of my journey will be not as difficult.

Just a thought by coppi