Today, I decided to have a guest writer on my blog. So I told Savvy to blog about the things that had changed in her life over the past forty days of fasting. So below you will find a testimony about one instance where God has been at work. I praise GOD I get to be a witness to these “moments” in the lives of the girls at CSU.
Savvy writes…
Over the past forty days a lot of things have happened in my life. As the summer began I realized that my relationship with the Lord wasn’t where it needed to be. I was struggling with having quiet time with God everyday and I wanted that to change. I was hungry for more of God because I knew I wasn’t where I needed to be spiritually. I was distracted by my friends and by my boyfriend at the time. I loved God but I wasn’t in love with him. So to help me in changing this way of life I started the devotional book, A Call to Die. At the beginning of the book the author asks you to pray and ask God what he would have you to fast from for the next forty days… I chose Facebook. Facebook had become something I checked constantly and just play on until I had something else to do. Instead of spending time with the Lord I would get on Facebook. So when I read that, Facebook came to my mind right away.
As my forty day jorney began I wasn’t opening my whole heart to God to allow him to do great things in me. I gave part of it to him and God started to showing me that i needed to give him everything. At the end of each day there is a verse to memorize. And it always seemed to be something that related to me or something I needed to hear. As I progressed I would relate more and more to the topic of that day. At the same time I made a real effort to just be still and listen to what God was saying to me. He started to stir in my heart that my ralationship with my boyfriend was not where God wanted it to be. I will be honest and say that God had moved from the focal point of our relationship to the back burner. I knew something was going to have to change. About a week later that boyfriend broke up with me. Of course it hurt… I really care about him and it still hurts from time to time. I had a few tough days just thinking about him, but in the midst I knew it was part of God’s plan to get my attention focused on him. I realized that I had to fall in love with the Lord before he would allow me to fall in love with this guy. It’s a difficult lesson to learn, but its worth it. Day after day I trusted God more and realized he could fill the emptiness that I felt. The next devotionals were awesome! They were about grace and forgiveness. Grace really stood out to me because I always forget God’s grace. I can’t fully wrap my mind around it, but I can tell you that it is awesome and we don’t deserve it! Everyday I wake up and I thank God for how amazing he is and how much he loves me! It’s a beautiful thing… God’s love and forgiveness! I also realized that God hears our cries! He may not answer them in our timing or the way we want him to, but he answers them.
I am so thankful that I have the freedom to worship God and that he has put Christian people in my life to encourage me! Please pray for me because there is bound to be another struggle on my journey! But God will use every struggle to pull me in closer to him as long as I look to him!
And there you have it my friends…Isn’t God so good? I can’t wait to see what else He will do in her heart and relationship with Him.
