Dear friends of my heart.... So many thoughts have been running through my mind and there is so much to be learned from them. Here is one thought I've been contemplating.… ~ If our life was like a painting, the strokes that are being added to the canvas today may not make much sense when viewed alone. However, God doesn't waste any strokes... for He sees the final picture... You may think the color being used today is too gray... but... the time will come when you will see that...the meaning of the painting would be weakened- if the gray strokes were not included in the exact places they appear.~ This thought encouraged my heart today. I often feel like a whole lot of gray is being added to my canvas lately. As I go on and on telling my Heavenly Father my sad story.... that He already knows about….He reminds me of Psalm 46:10a " Be still, and know that I am God:" Oh... man!!! I have such a loooooooooong way to go! I'm so thankful for the way God loves me and for His patience with me. Makes me love Him even more! Lord, I love being nothing, so that You can be my all in all. Just something I'm working on… Dianne
Because of my health, I wonder quite often if I'm useful to God at all anymore. I start feeling sorry for myself because of the things I can't do... that I used to do, not so long ago.
A note from The Beautiful For Thee Editor:
The thoughts presented from Dianne on Choice Silver, come from her personal experience from her bed of affliction. She lives with physical debilitation, every day. Pain and weakness are her constant companions. Her words of wisdom are not the empty babblings of pious Christianity, but truth learned first hand. Her faith is real. Most days, that is all she has to lean on. Because of adversity…she is growing strong in the Lord and she inspires me.
May all who read her thoughts, be blessed and challenged.
The Strokes of Our Lives
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This was just for me today.
Diane,
You may never know the hearts and lives you have touched because of your health. I have felt the same way at times. You have been such and encoragement to me more than you will ever know. Stay faithful my sister. We need each other. I love you!!
The Lord is using your writings here on the blog to encourage and strengthen me and to get me to think of what I have to work on also. He is really using your gray in life to help me. I love you Dianne. Sharry
THANK YOU Dianne - This truly is for me today and this week - Some days I feel so worthless and helpless and not up to exerting myself to even accomplish tasks that are simple, and get the feeling I used to get this done in a flash... God too reminds me, just keep trusting me and am reminded of HIS promises. Thanks for sharing this..
Thankyou Mom for the amazing example you have been to me. i know that the way your feeling now is hard for you I see you struggle, but no matter how hard the struggle you have remained completely faithful to God and have allowed Him to teach you through everything. i pray that God will allow me to become even half thee amazing person you are now. i love you very very much. love Krisen
God used you in my life just this week!! You were such a blessing to me in a time when it seems only gray is being added to my canvas! God is so faithful! He knows when we need each other. I love you!
I'm always amazed that our God would even want to use a lump of clay like us. I always appreciate your thoughts Dianne. Love you over the moon and back a kazillion times!
My sister. I was talking to a lady in my church about you. She said you must have some jewels in your crown when you get home. Thanks for letting the Lord use you. I am a life that's been changed. Destinee too !
I needed this reminder today.
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