May God Be Glorified

A group of close girlfriends and I were having a discussion the other day about our lives. The heartaches, the struggles, the achievements and the day to day grind and joy of life. Especially over the last 15 months of COVID. at the conclusion of our conversation we all agreed on one thing . . .

Through it all, we want the LORD to be glorified. Through our past heartaches and disappointments, through our current realities, may we Glorify God and bring him honor and praise.

Then this morning, as I was praying I had the most amazing thought. I believe it was from the Holy Spirit. Maybe it’s just for me… But I wanted to share it with you all. I had been pondering and meditating and praying about my life, and my friends and family, and my community, and our nation . . . and . . . The world. That is a lot. But, I had this strange thought come into my heart out of no where (when that happens to me, I tend to pay close attention)

I felt like the Lord was asking me, to pray in a different direction. I felt prompted to pray that God would be glorified through this tough and awful situation in Afghanistan.

So, I began to pray some more for the whole situation and also for our brothers and sisters who are hiding and being hunted down in Afghanistan. I began to pray that the Lord would be glorified to the entire world through this situation. Through the stories that will come, through the martyr and deaths that surely might come, and even to the rescue and deliverance that might come.

Through it all, may God be glorified so that the whole world will see and know God. May the world see the lives and the sacrifices and faithfulness and devotion of his followers.

I am literally shaking right now and I feel like the spirit is literally bubbling inside of me with passion. I know that might sound crazy. But I feel called and convicted and compelled to pray. Pray for God to be glorified. Pray for God to be glorified through, and in, and about this entire situation. May God be glorified through the whole and the small and also all the individual stories and lives of the people suffering. May God be Glorified through those who are oppressing and persecuting them. May God be glorified. May God be glorified.

May God do what only God can do.