Those are the lyrics that begin the song ‘Girls Need Love’ and EXACTLY WHERE I AM IN MY LIFE!!! Focus is the new superpower, baby! Life will try its best to distract us and have us thinking and doing the WRONG things, but I want us with our FOCUS on God, asking Him to be the Guide of our lives continually asking:
‘God, what would make You happy for me to do here in my thoughts, words, and deeds.’
Yesterday, I found myself thinking back about all sorts of craziness. It was just one little comment that got me so sad and thinking about a hurtful situation from the past. I was back to beating my head with a stick saying, ‘Nik, let’s please stay focused on happier things!’
“I am stronger than my temporary painful thoughts. I will not let myself get trapped into a destructive cycle of thinking.” — Affirmation of the day.
And all day long, I kept trying not to go down that dark road of negative thinking. But then, a late night appointment with God encouraged me:
““I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 36:26
Before You Turn Out the Light
Trust Me to do what you cannot do: remove the little stones that mar the beauty of your heart.” – Jesus Calling
That made me so happy that God was there with me feeling my pain, but I must trust Him to take away those hurts from my heart. I wrote in my notes on my phone: “Don’t let difficulties from the past mar the beauty of your heart.” I went to bed happy.
Fast forward to today, I’m chatting with a customer, and he gives me his card and unbelievably, printed on the back are these words:
“Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh.” – Ezekiel 11:19
I started crying KNOWING this was a direct message from God to me confirming His message from the night before.. No coincident! This was His way of letting me know that He’s with me and He doesn’t want me focused on past hurts and disappointments, but on HIM. And that He does not want me sad. I asked the customer why did he pick that particular verse for his cards, and he showed me there are different verses, but he always asks God that he should give the right card to the right person. In this case, he got it correct!
Let’s keep our focus on God knowing that even the bad he can use for our good. He used my PAST hurts to reveal His intimate Presence with me TODAY! God is with us!!! Let’s give Him our very best – even a smile – let us do all for His glory. Our reward is with Him!