I Can Say Yes

I stopped to consider my life and what has transpired and where I am today. The path has been littered with trials, pain, torment, heartaches, hardships; resulting in stubborness, self-centeredness and an "I can do it myself" attitude. Today I look at what I have come through and survived and I am in awe. Not in awe of me but in Him who has kept me safe. Him who has blessed me with the life I have today.

Yes, there are areas that still need his tender touch, yes, there are braches he will need to prune for the work in me is not yet completed. But he has faithfully shown me how beautiful and blessed my life is...He has provided the basic necessesities - food, clothing and shelter, I am guaranteed a place in Heaven, he is restoring to me family, friends, hope and most of all he has opened me up to trust.

A trust in him so strong that...
I can say yes to the struggles that I will yet have to face.
I can say yes to the direction and path he wishes me to go down.
I can say yes to stop signs and yields he will and has put in my life.

I can say yes, because he has said yes to me.
When I cried out to him and asked his forgiveness, he said yes. When I needed to scream and yell and question him, he said yes. When I asked him to come and live in my heart, he said yes. I can say yes, because when His father said you must die on the cross for his sins, her sins, their sins, he said yes...

~cl 2005~