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Picking Us Up?

I know it has been awhile since my last post. I have been very busy with my first semester of college. Now that it is complete, I hope to blog this winter and continue into the Spring semester.

Alot has happened since the beginning of September. God has shown me ALOT. And I have struggled with alot. But God is showing me that even now, I need to rely only on HIM. I cannot rely on people because they will fail me every time. I had to learn that the hard way this semester.

In this blog I want to talk about Ezekiel. I know that this is not often a book and is spoken of when people talk of what God has shown them. But a few weeks ago as I was reading through Ezekiel, I found something that God was just preparing my heart to hear (read).

Even at the time that I was reading it, I was not ready to hear it, but I knew that God wanted me to understand something in those verses, so I went ahead and wrote down the chapter to come back to later.

Well, that later happened last night. I was finishing up my reading of Ezekiel and decided it was time to go back to the verses that God had pointed out to me.

My stickie note that I had written on was not very helpful. It read, "Find other reference Ezekiel 3:24. God picks up our feet when we are too overwhelmed to do it ourselves."

Last night, as I was trying to find the reference that I referred to, I came across much more in this part of scripture. Ezekiel 2 and 3 held truths about God that He revealed through His Word.

Ezekiel 2:2 says, "As He spoke to me, the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet..."Chapter 3, verse 24 says the exact same thing, "The Spirit entered me and set me on my feet."

These are referring to two different occasions. Twice Ezekiel chooses to mention that the Spirit (of God; the Holy Spirit) puts him back on his feet, using the same words. This shows to me that God is there, no matter when we need Him. Over and over, God will pick us up, no matter how many pieces we may be in, and put us back on our feet.

Again, twice in chapter 3 (verses 12 and 14) Ezekiel says, "The Spirit lifted me up [and took me away]." (Bracketed words are from the second verse only.)

Again, this is God showing me that He will always be there to pick me up, whenever I need Him.

Even though these verses speak little in the way of words, they speak multitudes to me in the way of meaning. To know that God will be always be there (even though I already knew it) means much to me. The reassurance of God's love and presence has helped to accept some of the things that I have gone through recently.

I thank God that He uses His WORD, His living WORD, to speak to me and comfort me in my times of need. I thank Him for the many blessing He pours over me each and every day.

Thanks for reading. I hope it made sense (since I'm a bit out of practice).

In God, Emily

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