Amanda’s Story
May 8, 2008 | faith, stories
My Story
by Amanda Grogan
Newlywed, Believer, Chi Alpha Ministries: NSU University
Today has been one of those days where I have done a lot of talking to my father in heaven in addition to those around me.
I am a firm believer that absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. So why is that every time something happens, the human part of me stops to think why is this happening?
Eventually, I realize that things occur because nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. So where am I going with this? Well, I believe that many years ago, my heavenly father began to write a story on the tablet of my heart. Throughout the course of my life, I have faced many obstacles. Some worse than others, some self-imposed, and some well…who knows but regardless, these obstacles have become a huge part of the woman I have become today.
Maybe it started when was a child and lived in a really disfunctional family that finally resulted in my parent’s divorce, losing loved ones in my life to death and/or distance, or maybe just the trials of everyday life, but I believe that the never-ending theme throughout my story is the idea of overcoming.
When I was a freshman in high school, I made a decision to trust in Jesus Christ to be the leader of my life. I was tired of facing obstacles on my own strength and I was ready to trust every part of my life/heart to the very one who created it. If it weren’t for this one decision, I would have run out of strength to overcome a long time ago. But Christ is my strength and he is the reason I have the ability to overcome. In those times where I feel weak, lonely, and scared these verses from the Bible are always quick to come forward in my mind.
Jeremiah 1:19 “They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 15:20 “I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to rescue and save you,” declares the LORD.”
John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Every one of those verses says that things will happen. You will have difficult times. But in those times, what are you going to do? I am going to be encouraged that the one who has all authority is in control. Many times, I feel like I really can’t take one more thing.
But I know that the other side to obstacles is the joy of overcoming! And if I don’t go through one more thing, I may never know the joy on the other side.
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I love this. I know that the only way I’ve stayed sane in the past few months is knowing God’s in control and that He has a plan for my life.
Deb
May 15th, 2008 at 10:44 pm