Proverbs 16:9, 33
“A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Most High directeth his steps.”
……”The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Most High.”
Good evening, ladies! I pray that your day has been blessed and touched by the “hand of the Most High,” in a way that expressed His great love for you! I know I sure have felt it.
Can I tell you a true story…?
During my childhood years, I had the chance of developing a friendship with this small orphan girl. She was an introvert; very quiet, petite looking, and did not allow herself to get close to many people. I made myself available to her, and slowly but surely, she starting being transparent with me. We became closer than imagined, and even though it took a few years to figure out why, I learned so much from her; you soon will too.
You see, she lived in a foster home, but this temporary place of living was unlike any other. Her foster mother abused her so much verbally that she did not even understand a parent’s love for a child at all. Daily she spoke of not wanting to go home just to see the result of her foster mother having been beaten over and over by this man that called himself her husband. The orphan girl had confused love with hate and defined her own worth as someone that had no value. She struggled to speak of the hurt and pain she felt. There were other kids in the home, yet she felt she received the worst of it.
“You will never become anyone of importance”, she was told.
“You are so stupid, can’t you do anything?”
“I really don’t even want you here,” her foster mother treated her as such all to often.
The words received had gotten harsher by the day. The physical abuse that she had gotten a daily view of placed her emotionally in a pit of fear and shame.
The little orphan girl had at some point been molested and raped. Her foster mother allowed the men she involved herself with to beat the orphan girl; yet the foster mom favored the other children. As I came to understand her and why she responded the way she did, it was just something a child should not have had to face. Burdens seemed too hard to carry. Obstacles seemed a bit much to walk through.
Many times she would even cry and wish that her real dad would come and get her. She felt as though she did not belong; an outcast. She felt unloved and unwanted. She said that she felt like she dying, which just seemed very uncommon for someone her age.
What happened to her parents you are probably thinking?
She had mentioned that she never knew her dad. She had snuck in the foster mom’s office one day, and found some pictures that could possibly have been of him. The name on the back of the pictures were what she had been told of this man, a while back. She said she wasn’t sure. She hurt so much from everything else already. She decided to place in her mind the imagination of her dad being dead. She said it was easier to look at him that way. She used that as the reason why she had been placed in the home in the first place.
Her mother, simply put, just did not want her. She was on drugs and possibly had been abused herself at a young age; according to some rumors that she had heard. She lacked the ability to give the orphan girl what she really needed growing up. She felt she had done the best she could have, yet when someone is one drugs that serious, when is there a good moment?
She may not have seen this about herself, as the years passed by and I grew to know her more and more, but I saw there was yet something special about her. Despite what she had went through in that home, she remained to be herself and hide the abuse from those few people who knew her as a friend. She really went through a lot, and I am sure there was more; but here is where the miraculous comes in.
Unexpectedly, her day had finally come and get this, she never thought of the fact of being adopted. She had faced the tragedy alone for so long and not once figured anyone would come to her rescue. But it happened one day. She had been welcomed into a family that had made her feel belonged. She had felt what it was like to truly be loved. She received help in healing from all her pain, from a Father that treated her like His own.
She was told that she was beautiful and there were plans for her future. She was given an understanding of the plan and wisdom on how to apply it to her life. She was given within herself strength and ability to walk out a better way when faced with adversities. She was given peace and a hope, in which she had never imagined to feel. She was totally changed and transformed. She had felt so much love, that she totally had transformed from what she once struggled from. Her Father had placed in her life…. what it meant to really live in happiness and not abuse. She felt as though she was able to finally breathe in something so fresh. A freshness in which she had never knew existed, and came to love so much.
In time, she also learned that even what she had been through could be used to help others. That was yet another reason of her joy.
If you haven’t already guess it…
YES! That little girl was me, and the Father in which I have been blessed to have is our Heavenly Elohim, the Creator of All! And I have been included in His family and removed from one in which did not see who the Most High sees in me. I have an example of how to love in spite of the struggles we face each day; how to love the unlovable no matter the hurt they once used to cause you so much pain. I won’t have to worry about getting into trouble for following His Ways!
I did spent time in the book of Ephesians this morning, and guess what!
I found this out about you and me; got excited and full of joy by reading it.
The beginning of this story is what I had felt like, in comparison to my life as a child. As though I was an orphan that had been through much, but suddenly adopted by THE ONE in which had chosen me even before I existed; before the foundations of the world.
The bible says:
Ephesians 1:5-6
He predestined us unto the adoption of children by Yeshua the Messiah to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved..
Now for further insight:
Predestined (G4309) means to limit in advance; to predetermine; determine before; ordain.
And adopt means placing as one’s child..
Synonym – embrace: implies a ready or happy acceptance…
THE MOST HIGH predestined ME for adoption!!!!
THE MOST HIGH predestined YOU for adoption!!
FATHER VOLUNTARILY CHOSE TO OPEN A WAY FOR US TO WILLINGLY ACCEPT THE WAY TO A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM, AND WAS READY AND HAPPY TO DO SO; AND ACCEPTED US, RIGHT AT THE POINT OF “HIS THOUGHT OF DOING IT.”
WE ARE LOVED, BLESSED, AND ACCEPTED CONDITIONALLY AND EMBRACED BY THE MOST HIGH, HIMSELF AND YESHUA!! NOW ISN’T THAT SOMETHING TO BE GRATEFUL ABOUT!!
We have an amazing way to freedom from all of our past hurts and the bondage it kept us in. It is my hope to show you through my experience that it’s possible. Father is surely “not a respecter of persons. My life may have started traumatic and HaSatan was surely trying to destroy me at a very young age. Yet we we serve an Elohim that is greater. Through my transparency, through my past pain, and through my transition you will see so much of how great He is!
Feel free to ask questions.
Share your thoughts.
Shalom.