Reflection and prompted reflection:

(referring to what I said on July 1st)
"I have a stronger faith in that statement today than I did then" —Me, today

God-will-unbreak-my-heart-in-His-time —Me, 07/01/11

God, you have shown Yourself and Your power to me in Your ways, and in Your time, but in OUR moments. Thank you for leading me gently and never letting me go—in this way, I was able to learn from you and trust in Your discipline, learn from my mistakes, and not walk on with (so much) malice and contempt toward people and things. I realize, in the moments I've overcome, how much of Your strength I actually use to make it through; how nothing I do is of my own power. Lord, I may have my own volition, but the judge of my heart is Your Word and the Holy Spirit that guides and instructs me. I've felt so blessed to be used as an instrument and in those instances when I stepped out in faith and just trusted You; when I did something without understanding it, but being okay with it and doing it anyway with the reassurance that everything's gonna be alright. Yes, God, this reflection was a good thing for me today, because as I look into the past, I see a God who never let me down, never let me drown, put me through the fire to purify the mire.