Author Darlene J. Conard

No one that I’m aware of would casually drink a bottle of pure lemon juice. Not unless sugar is added, maybe, I thought. Cool evening breezes touched my face as I walked briskly to the store. My heavy heart’s hands refused to let go of the basket of questions. Why? Why do I allow myself to care so much? Why can’t I just learn? Silent dialogs such as these are not out of the ordinary for me.

Closeness with anyone is always a risk. Attachment is what it is. People take a piece of you with them when they walk away. What can you say, when God assigns you to get involved? Trust Him! 

God provided the necessities. Forfeiting the evidence of God’s power, they enthroned the precept of entitlement. Upon the moment of knowing the water was unfit to ingest they began to complain. Again, God was more than capable of doing the miraculous. Bitter water through Him was made sweet. Exodus 15:22-26

During the duration of my disclosure the Holy Ghost dropped something in my spirit. In the eyes of Israel their exile out of Egypt was bitter. God could have led them to their destination with ease, fast. Fast and easy is not necessary so great. Strategizing is what God does perfectly. He chose not to for several reasons. Number one would be entrapment. Fear would cause them to run back into Egypt. Secondly, the desert became a platform for trust, obedience and submission. (Exodus 13:17-18) Have you to questioned God in uncertainty? It only makes the process prolong. Speaking from my own experience it’s the same as walking in circles.

Conviction shot through me the moment revelation diminished the blinders of my spiritual eyes. Yes, He could answer prayer quickly. Yes, He feels our hurt. God sees and knows the danger before we even prayed about our situations. Don’t forget other people are involved. His patience and mercy are extended to them as well as it is to us.

“For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.” (Psalm 103:14 KJV) He is certainly aware of the weakness of our nature.

Jesus though He was God prayed, “Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” Filled with bitterness it was the cup’s time to come forth. The moment His frame buckled; He I believe remembered whom He was drinking it for.

Your circumstance is bitter fret not, He in time will make it sweet. Remember the bitter cup we are drinking from is a sacrifice for others.

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