Oh, Happy Day!

Have you ever journeyed through "Egypt" in your life; the wilderness?

Oh, I'm not talking about the trials and tribs that occur every now-n-then. I'm talking about the l-o-o-o-ng, exhausting walk through the desert; the valley of dry bones; spiritual parchedness; a tired, expired spirit. It's a time when praise, worship, and singing is a sacrifice. It's sedentary spirituality. You cr-a-a-a-a-a-ve the exodus of oppression from your life, but you keep experiencing the equivalent of those Old Testament "egyptian" plagues. There ain't nothing "Happy" about your "Days", right now!

God allows us to experience dry spells, and He may even take a step back for a time. He is trying us. He wants to know our hearts. Is this called "character-building?"

***Be strong***

These may be the times of your greatest temptations; modern-day plagues will tease you. In II Chronicles 32:31, God tried the heart of King Hezekiah. You see, God left him to try him so that He could know all that was in his heart. 

Checkpoint: Happy Days are ahead! 

Don't worry. God, in His timing, will deliver you from your misery. He has heard your cries. He knows your sorrows. He will come to deliver you and to bring you out of the land of your "Egypt", into a land flowing with milk and honey! You will have a quenchless thirst for the Living Waters. He will deliver you from the pit and promote you to the palace! And, then you will be shouting, "Oh, Happy Day!

Blueberry Blessings (sweet things from God): "...Praise the Lord, for HIS MERCY (even during the dry times) endureth forever!" II Chronicles 20:21 

Sidebar: Join me for a hand-clapping, foot-stomping, pew-jumping time of praise! Jumping pews??? I dare ya! Oh, Happy Day Praise! Click link to the right. (I can sing like this...um...in my hairbrush.)