You Kept my Heart Alive
I drive alone quite often in the beginning I never quit enjoyed it, now I find it therapeutic. In my drives I talk to my sister, if you have a sister or even a close friend who is like a sister... free therapy! When I’m not talking to her, I’m listening to worship music, praying and countless times, broken in the presence of God in my car. Those driving past me looking at me all weird clearly thinking I’m crazy but that’s ok.
Yesterday morning however, I was not driving alone I was driving to a very important doctor appointment with my mom, we couldn’t help but be broken in God's presence.
Mind you so many things were going through my mind. The enemy is attacking my mom ‘s body, but we are declaring healing, God has already given us the victory!
In in our human nature of course We get scared, fear grips us at times, we get ahead of ourselves and think of all these scenarios and without telling my mom what I was thinking as I was driving. Like every mom she knew exactly what I was thinking, I mean moms are genius! she gently put her hand on mine, and she said, “Mija Dios nunca nos a dejado.”
Tears coming down, we began to think of all those moments that broke us and all the reason why we should have given up then, but GOD NEVER had forsaken us. All those times in the valley that God carried us through. He didn’t leave us he kept us.
So why wouldn’t he do it all over again?
Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5
Gods promise is so real. I will never leave you I will NEVER forsake you.
In this scripture God is saying, I will never let go of you, or relax my hold on you, loosen my grip on you, give up on you, or desist from being around you. He is also saying, I will never leave you behind, abandon you, or desert you. This gives us a greater understanding of God’s faithfulness and commitment to us. We can have full confidence that God is with us and will always be.
In the valleys in the mountain tops, even when we don’t understand God is there.
There’s a song by maverick that has been on repeat, that my sister shared with me. Currently my battle song in this season For my God by Maverick City Music if you have not yet listened to it, please do, I hope it encourages you the way it has to me.
The entire song is amazing but there’s this part I absolutely love,
When pain tried to take my joy is when I found you more, I have to testify you kept my heart alive.
Is this not exactly what God has done? When pain has tried to take our joy, God kept our hearts alive!
I’m sure you also have had those moments when you thought you couldn’t make it. Where you thought it was over but GOD! Showed up every time. Maybe you are going through something right now, be encouraged that absolutely nothing is wasted in God's hands, and he will never forsake you he will keep our hearts alive through every season.