If you are anything like me, your refrigerator is covered with magnets which hold all kinds of things; pictures, letters, calendars, bills, receipts and of course, those precious drawings from your children.
This morning, as I was scanning the fridge, something caught the corner of my eye. There it was - buried beneath last year's school schedule. A smile came across my face as I pulled it out to read it. It had been awhile and my eyes watered. "Thank you - whoever" came out of my mouth.
With all the heartbreak and financial hardships many of us are facing this season, I figured it wasn't an accident that this poem came to surface. It has blessed me time and time again- maybe it will bless you too!
Too Blessed To Be Stressed;
Too Anointed To Be Disappointed
I refuse to be discouraged, to be sad or to cry.
I refuse to be downhearted and here's the reason why:
I have a God who is Almighty; who is sovereign and supreme;
I have a God who loves me, and I am on His team.
He is all wise and powerful; Jesus is His name;
Though everything is changeable, my God remains the same.
I refuse to be defeated.
My eyes are on God.
He has promised to be with me, as through this life I trod.
I am looking past my circumstances, to heavens throne above.
My prayers have reached the heart of God.
I am resting in His love.
I give thanks to Him in everything.
My eyes are on His face.
The battle is His; the victory is mine;
He will help me win the race.
I repeat, "I'm too blessed to be stressed!"
(Author Unknown)
"But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
1 Corinthians 15:57 NIV
Once again I am blessed by this unknown author who led me to the face of God. Perhaps that was the plan all along. And so it goes back on the fridge - this time in front of last year's school schedule.
(c) 2007 Teresa Ortiz
(c) 2007 Teresa Ortiz
