Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

Shine Bright: Be a Trick Candle

A while ago, I wrote a post on letting our light shine.  If we are saved by the Blood of Jesus, we are all given a light to shine for Him.  A light we should be shining in order to guide others to the Cross.  Shine bright, friend, shine bright.

A couple Sunday’s ago during revival at Buckeye Hollow Church (side note:  If you missed revival, boy, oh, boy, did you miss a good meeting!), the message being preached was from John 13 and described how Judas Iscariot chose the path of the betrayer instead of the path of the Beloved.

He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.  John 13:30

Does anyone else notice anything peculiar about this particular scripture?  Sure, it tells us that Judas wasted no time at all betraying the Master and setting the plan of Jesus’s betrayal in motion.  And it also tells us it was night time in the natural world, too.

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Feel that rain? Spiritual rain is a good thing.

Rain.  I’ve got a kind of love-hate relationship with it.  In the spring, a good rain can make everything green again.  In sweet summertime, a good rain is just what the doctor ordered to cool everything off during a hot day. Rain, it’s a good thing.

Really, y’all, rain is a beautiful thing.

But, it can also ruin a perfectly planned picnic.  Too much of it can cause major flooding with quick, sudden destruction.  Let’s not forget, too, how a little rain can ruin the best of hair days.  Ladies, amiright?

But, what about spiritual rain?

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Trials in Your Life? Blessings in Disguise.

Alright, y’all.  Time for another post referencing a song.  This time, Laura Story’s Blessings.  Blessings in disguise, y’all, are the best blessings.

Do y’all ever wake up in the mornings with a song stuck in your head?  You’ll be brushing your teeth or combing your hair and it seems like someone turned up the radio, but then you realize it’s just you singing the song that is on your heart?

I have a feeling most of you know what I’m talking about.

A few mornings ago, Laura Story’s Blessings was the song of the morning.  I may or may not have attempted karaoke in the shower that morning…

Cause what if Your blessings come through raindrops, what if Your healing comes through tears?  What if a thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You’re near?

Everyday has a blessing within

Friend, there have been many times this song has blared through my radio on the way to work or back home from work and I’ve burst into tears praising Him.

Trials in your life? They could be blessings in disguise | Cassie L. Wilson - learning to be the light

Why?

Because His mercy is far greater than we could ever imagine and far greater than we deserve.

There have been many, many times I’ve been disappointed.  Disappointed in people.  Disappointed in missed opportunities.

But you know what?  Those very same disappointments were the Lord’s blessings and protection in disguise.

Situations that looked hopeless brought salvation and a complete change of heart.

Some are blessings in disguise

Other things that I wanted and begged the Lord for, ended up being a potential pitfall and stumbling block the Lord spared me from.

The Lord has given me a resounding no time and time again when a door to a new path, or relationship, or even the opportunity to buy a car opened up.  Sure, I was disappointed.  Disappointed because my own plan stood at a standstill. 

But, if I chose to walk down that path anyway, whatever that path may have been, and ignored the leading of the Lord, it is hard to tell what I would have faced or where I would have ended up.  And who knows, the Lord very well may have saved me from a path of destruction.

I know, friend, it is hard to be in the midst of a situation and think, “Man, what a blessing this trial is!” or “My heart is broken in two and it’s a good thing!”   I know.  I’ve been there.  At the time, it doesn’t feel like a blessing or a good thing at all.  But, when it is all said and done, I bet you can look back, like I have, and realize what the Lord was preparing you for or protecting you from. 

What if, friend, what if the trials of this life, the rain, the storms, the hardest nights, are Your mercies in disguise?

Love, Cassie

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Suffering for His Name

It seems that in the last two, three years those in my church that are involved with the Children’s program, and are doing their best to see it grow have been plagued with one illness after another.  I’m not talking tiny colds, either.  I mean major illnesses and major surgeries.  Suffering, y’all.  Suf. Fer. Ing.

Last week, I stopped in for a quick visit before church with one of our Sunday school teachers.  She has been put through the ringer with illnesses that seem to suddenly spring up.  She made a comment that my mother, who has also been hit with many health issues lately, and I have said between ourselves many times.

“Cassie, have you noticed that the ones that have an interest in our Children’s program have had a time with their health recently?  Me, your mom, you…”

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Use What the Good Lord Gave You

Full disclosure:  This is not the post I had originally planned to share this week.  I guess there is a reason the other post didn’t sound exactly right?  But the title of this is “use what the good Lord gave you” and I had to use the post I felt Him pushing on my heart. 

Over the weekend, one of my favorite visiting preacher’s stopped by to preach for us.  I’d be lying if I said this particular preacher wasn’t in my Top Five Favorites.  Okay, fine.  Top Three.

Both messages that he preached to us have given me a lot of food for thought.  It seems no matter who is up preaching, two reoccurring themes we’ve been hearing lately are “Use the talents the Lord gave to you for Him” and “Get ready!  We’re fighting for revival!”

The original post was going to discuss how the church and each individual needs to be ready to take back what belongs to God.  I had the majority of the post written and ready to go, but I had this strange inkling I needed to hold off on posting that one.  Maybe you need to read this one instead?  I truly don’t know the reason.

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