Thank you everyone who has ordered your copy of my new book. It seems like I have been to the post office almost everyday filling orders. The other day I left the house with a checklist of things that I needed to have done, and I only gave myself two hours to finish. I blew it. I either spent too much time on each errand or picked the wrong line in the grocery store. When I got to the post office, the parking lot was pretty full. I found a tight space and pulled in. I put my car in park and started gathering my books to mail. All of sudden, the car started moving. It was going so fast! I realized that the parking lot overlooked the street. I was so scared that I started hitting the brakes and trying to figure out what happened to the gears. I whipped my neck to the left and saw the car next to me backing out. I wasn’t moving! It was all them! My car was still parked safely on the cliff.
Once I could breathe again, this got me thinking.
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Don’t be ashamed of feeling. I was wondering how many people saw me panicking. Your emotions are simply evidence that you can still feel. What you’ve been through has not turned you to stone. In other words, what you have endured has not killed you!
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Don’t let what you feel override what you know. I knew that I had parked my car. How many times do you allow what you feel to make you doubt what you know? If God has made you a promise, trust what he said. Not what you feel. Faith is not a feeling. It’s a decision to believe God!
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Don’t let the movement of others make you doubt where God has you. Where you are today, right now this minute, may feel awkward and even scary, but God has a purpose. Although I was sitting still, I was exactly where I needed to be to do what I needed to do!
I was so tickled and relieved when this was over. I went inside and took care of the books, but I laughed at myself when I came back out. My car was still right where I parked it. Where else would it be?
Strengthen. Heal. Empower.
Image: Wynand VanNiekerk
