I awoke with the sun beaming through my bedroom window. I drag my body to get up in the bed while avoiding looking into the mirror. First, I thank God for shining upon me. Most wake up trying to avoid the sun rays, but I see the sun rays as God smiling upon me. I begin to pray the Lord’s Prayer, and I continue to make my confessions by praying God’s Word. I have learn to pray what God said that I am to say. God said to “put me in remembrance of my word.”
So, I pray:
“Lord as you order my steps on today,
Give me ears to hear your voice.
Give me eyes to see what you want me to see.
Let my heart and mind be on one accord in obedience to the hearing of your voice and your Word, for you said that those who hear and obey are mines, and I am of your Redeemed – I am of your righteous sake. I am a joint-heir in covenant with you.
Therefore, no weapon form against me shall prosper,
For the Lord is my Shepard, and I shall not be in want of anything;
For God shall supply all of my need according to his riches through Christ Jesus,
For eyes have not seen, nor ears heard, the things that God has prepared for them who love him;
For God you promise that you will not withhold any good thing for those who walk upright before you.
For All things work together for the good of them who love the Lord and are the called according to his purpose
Let my light so shine that it will overshadow the very forces of darkness.
Let all see You within me.
Let me walk in love, for you said, that they know my people by their love.
Lord, help me to walk in Your love today.
As you cheerfully give to me, I will cheerfully give to strangers;
For you said that if I give, it will be given back to me, pressed down and shaking together that men will give unto my bosom.”
I went on doing the normal routines of the day. In the late afternoon, my brother and I are traveling on the Brown line train to Western Avenue to the Lincoln Square area in Chicago. It was crowded, so I stand on the train. As I stand, I was listening to my Gospel music. I was once a member of Rev Clay Evans – Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Recording Choir. I was listening to a song we once recorded. Dorothy was the lead singer. I remembered the time that we recorded this song. As I listen to the lyrics, tears begin to flow from my eyes because I was meditating on the lyrics. “We will shout our victories over and how I Thank God for all that God has done for me.”
Then, I begin to think about all that God delivered our family from this year – not last year, but this year so far. Our father has been in a nursing home since January, for he has to have dialysis. In February, our father was transfer from the nursing home to an emergency room in critical condition because of nursing home neglect. Our father had to be on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. This may have been the eighth time that our father has been in the intensive care unit since July 4, 2008.
Our family and therapist worked hard to get our father off the ventilator and the removal of the trachea. Our father’s throat was beginning to close. Well, God delivered our father after two weeks, and he was transfer to another hospital. When it was time for his discharge, our father wanted to come home. We did not want our father enduring anymore-nursing homes, but the hospital fought me because our father needed dialysis.
This hospital declared that he would die within five days if he did not received dialysis. I told them “NO” he will not die. He shall live and not die.” God has the last Word for He is the Word. There is no sickness in heaven therefore, Daddy is made whole.” Of course, they thought that I have lost my mind and that I was one of those religious crazies.
You see, since our father diagnoses with kidney failure, doctors have been declaring that he would die soon. However, I make my prayerful confessions over my father by declaring and decreeing what the Word of God says, and not what man says.
Since, our father has transfer from three nursing homes and two hospitals – all from some sort of nursing home neglect. Although, we were traveling to visit our father at the nursing home, our father is doing very well, for God has answered all of our prayers. Every time that I visit our father, in our departure, I kiss my father three times. I kiss my father for the Heavenly Father. I kiss my father for the Son. I kiss my father for the Holy Ghost. Then, I say “by Jesus Stripes” and Daddy will say, “I am healed.”
As I kept remembering all that God has done thus far, the tears kept flowing as I stood on the train. I was trying to pretend that there was something in my eyes, but that was not working. I had this overwhelming filling, and the tears kept flowing. I knew that I knew that I was going to lose it! I kept on thinking about how God is so good that I could not stop the tears from flowing.
We finally reach the Western train stop. I walked off the train and before, I knew it; I let out a loud shout:
“THANK YOU JESUS!”
“THANK YOU JESUS!”
“THANK YOU JESUS!”
I just could not stop praising God, for I was so filled that I could not contain the praises within my spirit.
A Caucasian woman got into the elevator with my brother and me. I thought she would have freaked out, but she did not. I kept on shouting “THANK YOU JESUS!” She did not show any type of emotion, but I did not care as the tears flowed. I finally got all the praises out of me.
I have not praise God in a public area in 30 years. I am not talking about in a Church building. I am talking about in public where I am seen by strangers.
Now, you know the devil try to make me feel ashamed, but the devil could not, for I just love God just that much. For you see, every time God delivers and bless us from something that I know that I have no control over, I rejoice. It feels too good to know that God is in control of everything in my life. It assures me that God has me in every way of my life – my family’s lives too.
I declare the goodness of the Lord. In doing so, the Righteousness of God is a living testimony for all to see. We are not ashamed of the Gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Some may think that the Redeemed is a bit touch in the head. However, if folks can sing stupid rap songs full of cursing and evilness, and if folks can shout over a sport game, then I can shout the praises of a good God!
Go on ahead today and make a LOUD SHOUT of PRAISE to your God!
“Oh taste and see that the Lord God is good!”