God Has Smiled On Me

In the last year so much has happened that could have, that probably should have made me bitter. I do have to say BUT GOD, God has smiled on me. What I have learned in the last year is there is definitely a difference in talking and walking. So many of us have the church language down, so many of us are walking around with a rehearsed and scripted praise. I am glad that my worship and praise are for real. I know what the songwriter meant when he penned, "I have had some good days, I have had some bad days, but I won't complain, he goes on to say that when he looks around and thinks things over all of his good days out weigh his bad days so he won't complain, God has been good to me he says, even though my weary eyes can't see." I love that song, I sang that song when my granny died, she died on Wednesday, that was my song on Sunday. The church couldn't believe I got through it. I could, because God had already showed me what the end was going to be. Then last year around this time, my world started to change. Yes, when I look at all that was going on and some of it still is I could and should be bitter. I am not because in the midst of it all God keeps sending me confirmation that He will fight my battles. Oh, for every bad thing that has happened I am telling you God smiles and says because she could have made me look bad and she didn't double. Glory, Shon Garner Cole, gets double again, and then again and then again. I am telling you, I keep hearing Oral Roberts singing something good is going to happen to you. Now here is the kicker, God ain't even finished yet. He has so much in store for me. So, I can't tell you the complete story until I get to the end. I can tell you that His mercy endures forever, that they really are brand new every day. That when you diligently seek Him,He rewards you. So today know that not only has God smiled on me, He has probably smiled on you too. When adversity comes, know this, that it shall pass you decide how fast. If I were in control of my life, then would have gone so differently but today as I sit here, right here where I am; I am grateful that I am not. Because all the adversity of the last year has made me a much better person. I stronger person, and I know that I know that God talks to me, and I so happy that I make Him happy enough that He smiles on me.