Cassie L. Wilson

Learning to be the light

13 Verses to Get You Through a Tough Week

Ugh.  It’s been a tough week, y’all.

That’s the only word I can use to describe my week.  Just.  Ugh.

You know the saying, “when it rains, it pours”?  Pretty sure it’s been monsoon-ing over in my world.

And you also know that popular phrase the weathermen like to use to encourage us, the viewers, not to pass over a flooded road?  You know, “turn around, don’t drown?”

Nope, driving the struggle bus straight through it.

Friend, no need to worry about me.  It’s just been one of those weeks where everything that could be an issue has decided to be one.  I’m sure you’ve had a week like that, too.  They’re pretty common, actually.  And I’m positive that there are eight or nine funny gifs I could put right here to hilariously describe my week.  Gifs seem to make everything better.  Even the irritating days.

Do you know what’s even better than a funny gif, though?

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Fiery Darts and the Armor of God

So, as kid and someone either preached on the armor of God or taught a lesson on it, I thought they were referring to actual armor.

You know, the silver armor you’d picture a Knight in Shining Armor wearing if he were to ride up on a white horse and save the day?

Yeah, I still picture that when I think about the armor of God.  Doesn’t help much that Mom did a lesson with her Sunday school kids where they learned what each piece of the armor of God means and represents.  Anddd they made their own set of armor.

Yep, the breastplate of righteousness was a foil turkey platter. Imagination, y’all, it’s a wonderful thing.  ๐Ÿ™‚

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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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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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When God Says No

Friend, have you ever read a passage of scriptures and nothing jumped out at you, but the second (or third, or fourth?) time you read those same scriptures, a light bulb goes off or something touches your soul? It’s in those times you hear God speak directly to your soul.  Sometimes when reading scripture, that’s when God says no to your plans.  Or gives you a resounding yes.  Or He gives you something else entirely.

That’s been happening to me quite frequently.  I love when a light shines a little brighter or a little differently on a set of scriptures and the meaning becomes a little more clear when applied to a particular trial or situation.
I’ve gotten into the habit of reading Bible plans from the YouVersion Bible app on my phone while I dry my hair in the mornings before work. I wish I was kidding when I say that I spend a good twenty minutes with a hair dryer aimed at my head in the mornings.  You ladies with curly-bushy-long hair might know the struggle. It is all too real.

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