«Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them’ » (Psalm 126:2).
HE HAD BEEN shut up in a jail cell for many years. For him, that was a greater misfortune than for many others, since he was the pastor Of a Christian church. If that were not enough, he had ended up behind bars for a crime that he had not committed. However, even though he had been unjustly accused, that did not do him any good inside. Like any other convict, he had to fulfill a sentence that was very harsh until, finally, the day came that his innocence was proven. He was finally able to breathe again! was not only in the figurative sense, but also in the literal: he once again breathed the fresh air of the exterior world, completely different from the foul air within a jail.
That day, the day of his liberation, his heart beat a thousand times an hour. The longed-for moment was as wonderful as he had dreamed. In addition, there was an ingredient that had made that whole experience special: his testimony. Many people had been witnesses of the wonders that God had done in the life of this pastor.»
«You are My witnesses,’ says the Lord, ‘and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me»‘ (Isaiah 43:10). You know, we are like open letters that the whole world can read. What will they read in you? Could it be signs of worry, words of resentment, frowns of seriousness and guardedness, gloominess, and criticism? Or will they see just the opposite: signs of vitality and optimism; smiles; gestures of gratitude; friendly, joyful words; works that go along with a faith that is firm in God and with the fruits of the Spirit?
The Lord has done so many things for you that it is impossible to count all of them—some evident, that you have seen; others you perhaps have not realized, but that does not make them any less real. Two of them constitute the basis of our life here and now: His coming to this world to offer us salvation and eternal life, and His intercessory work in heaven to assure us that we will be with Him one day.
This being so, our mouths and our lips cannot do less than express the gratitude due to such a great joy.
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Take From: Daily Devotions for Women’s 2020
«One Day at a Time»
From: Patricia Muñoz Bertozzi
Collaborators: Lorina Maya & Magda Sanz T
