When your heart is broken… He calls you to ACT.
Most of us when our heart is hurting we pray and ask God to
fix it or stop the pain-just do something to make it go away. What if God is the one breaking your
heart? Have you ever consider it may be
Him causing you to feel the way you do? In
our next 2 Bible books, Ezra and Nehemiah, we are going to see how God moved
upon the heart of men in order to call them to Action.
I remember coming home from our first FCA Coaches’ Family
Camp and my husband got in the bed with his Bible. This was unusual for him so I asked him what
he was planning to read. He said, “A
coach recommended he read the book of Nehemiah.” I suggested, “Let’s read it together,” and he
agreed. We read a chapter a night and
discussed what we gleaned. By the 4th
night I began to pray, asking God what was He preparing us for as a couple that
we needed to read this book. As we
continued, I suggested we pray together because God was turning my heart. I became burden for my hometown. My husband
never shared what his burden was but I knew God was dealing with him. Since that time God opened doors for us to
live in my hometown and I’m serving as a missionary building ministries for
middle and high school girls and the women of my community. And my husband works at a Boys and Girls Club
as an Athletic Director and Healthy Lifestyle Coach. He is now the head coach
for every sport the Club offers. By the way it is the same club he attended as
a youth and so he is also serving his hometown community too.
I close with theses scripture from the book of Ezra and
Nehemiah, “The Lord moved the heart of
Cyrus king of Persia…” Ezra 1:1b
They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back
in the province are in great trouble and disgrace. The Wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its
gates have been burned with fire. When I
heard these things, I sat down and wept. Nehemiah 1:3-4
The words of Jesus from the book of ACTS. “But you will receive power when the Holy
Spirit comes on you; and you will be my
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of
the earth. Acts 1:8
Are you in your Jerusalem? Are you His witnesses? And what
has he called you there to do?
Father, as you speak to these ladies this week I pray they
are opened to You showing them their Jerusalem. I pray they are Your witnesses. I pray that they hear from You clearly and
they see what You are calling them to do.
In Jesus’s name, Amen.
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