On My Way To A Better Country!

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Hebrews 11:13-16 reads:
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

One night, I was praying about the divorce and saying "WHY? Why did this happen Lord?" and the Lord gave this verse above to me. When I read this verse, I was overwhelmed with a peace that could only have come from The Spirit. I think that giving me this verse was His way of saying "I have something better for you, daughter...Trust in me." Isn't is strange how we know that things were bad, we know that something was wrong and that our marriage(s) were not the way God intended it to be, and yet it was all we knew so we look back to "Egypt" and think we were better off there, starving and dying? But God says to us - You can go back to that world if you want to - you can return to "Egypt" if that is what you really desire - BUT - if you are willing to walk by faith and not by sight, if you are willing to hold on and pass through the desert with me, walk through the waters with me, brave the storm, then I will lead you out of this season into something better. Hold on. Let me raise you up and deliver you because I HAVE prepared something better for you - let's go there together!
I have said many times that I know now that as hard as divorce has been, I am not going back to Egypt - I am going to keep stepping forward with my Lord, knowing that He has prepared a place for me and that it is a place of blessing, honor and favor. I am His precious child and He WILL provide for me! Amen!

Lord, I trust in You and You alone. You are El Shaddai - God all mighty who is all sufficient, who nourishes, who supplies, and who satisfies. Lord, you are Jehovah Jireh, my Provider, and your grace is sufficient for me (Gen 22:14, 2 Cor 12:9). Lord, I trust in you that YOU ARE MY DELIVERER (2 Sam 22:2, Ps 18:2, Ps 50:15, 40:17, 70:5).
Lord, "for those who suffer You deliver in their suffering; You speak to them in their affliction.
You woo them to you from the jaws of distress, to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food" (from Job 36:15-16).
Thank You, Lord, that I have been delivered from a life of distress, of bondage, of pain, of slavery. Forgive me Lord that like the children of Israel, there are times I think it would be better to enter back into those times of slavery than to walk into the NEW country you have prepared for me (Num 14:2-4). Lord, I believe that YOU determine the times set for me and the exact places where I will live (Acts 17:26) and I know that You alone can heal me and that NO ONE can deliver me from Your Hand (Deut 32:39). I will walk with you, Lord, and trust in Your plan for me - a plan to PROSPER me and to bring GOOD to me, plans for HOPE and a FUTURE - in Jesus name, Amen!!!!