BEING BLESSED: PART 2

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU PRAYED FOR A PARTICULAR THING WITHOUT REALIZING HOW MUCH IT WOULD ULTIMATELY COST YOU? SUCCESS ALWAYS COMES WITH A PRICE TAG. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN GOD BLESSES YOU DON'T EXPECT EVERYBODY AROUND YOU TO REJOICE. SOME PEOPLE WILL FIGURE YOUR BLESSING CAME AT THEIR EXPENSE.THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO MOVE AHEAD FASTER THAN THEY DO. OR THEY WANT WHAT GOD'S GIVEN YOU, BUT THEY'ER NOT PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE YOU'VE PAID. JAMES SAYS, "WHERE YOU HAVE ENVY AND SELFISH AMBITION....YOU FIND.....EVERY EVIL PRACTICE" (JAS 3:16). AND IT'S NOT JUST YOUR ENEMIES YOU HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR; BETRAYAL OFTEN COMES FROM WITHIN YOUR OWN RANKS. HOWEVER, AS PAINFUL AS IT IS TO BE CRITICIZED BY PEOPLE YOU RESPECT AND TRUST, IT'S WORSE TO VEER FROM THE COURSE GOD'S CHARTED FOR YOU IN ORDER TO GAIN YOUR ACCEPTANCE. AS GOOD AS IT FEELS TO BE AFFIRMED AND APPLAUDED, AT SOME POINT YOU NEED TO STOP AND ASK, "HOW MUCH AM I WILLING TO SACRIFICE TO BE BLESSED?" YOUR ANSWER WILL DETERMINE YOU DESTINY!!

I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY FITTING FOR THE ADOPTION WORLD. WE AS ADOPTIVE PARENTS MUSH SACRIFICE A LOT BEFORE WE EVER BRING OUR BABIES HOME. I AM SO WILLING TO SACRIFICE WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO BRING MY LITTLE MAYA HOME. I MISS HER SO MUCH. MAYA, I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND YOU WILL BE IN MY ARMS AGAIN VERY SOON.