Protection

Protection in our minds, is mostly needed when we feel we are facing danger, or at least, when we are in a terrible situation that we can't seem to get ourselves out of. Sometimes we never think to ask for protection until something horrific shows up in our life. Some of us walk around failing to see we are being protected from the things we asked God for, which we don't often think about. We ask God for things that we believe are good for us, but the reality is, it's detrimental. Closed doors are often for your own protection.

I can remember as child asking God for A LOT of things that were no good, and would only hinder me from becoming who I am today. My heart desires at that time were extremely unhealthy, though I thought those desires would make my life better. God never answered my prayers, which I thought must have been God punishing me, but that was far from the truth. The entire time God was PROTECTING me from what I thought I wanted in my life. It's funny how I think back over my own life, and how at certain times I didn't even realize I was being protected from my own self. Yes, sometimes God has to protect you from you. Though I was raised in church, and taught to pray to God, I was not a praying child. My prayers were rare, and only consisted of me mostly asking for material things.

During my childhood I ended up becoming friends with people who only had one mission, which was to destroy me and to manipulate me into thinking my life was worthless. I thought that maybe God would "change" these "friends", but I learned real quit they didn't want to change. I've experienced a relationship that damaged me mentally and emotionally, though I prayed to God to keep us together, which is something we as females must work on. Once again, our heart desires are usually no good for us, and God has to step in to protect us, and give us secure guidance. There are so many things that I've been through looking back over my life, and I've had to say, "Thank you", without allowing myself to constantly wonder why God did it just for me. My childhood was far from perfect, but I was still blessed in a lot of different ways. God's protection seemed to always be present in the midst of my potentially damaging situations.

The little girl in the photo (above) didn't realize what God was doing in her life, and how much she would endure as time went on. She didn't realize God was present the entire time and protecting her from the world. Not understanding that God's loving protection would carry her all the way through, even in her darkest hour. But thankfully.......I understand now.

If your anything like me, then you tend to do a lot of thinking. I remember looking at a documentary about 9/11 a few years back, and they talked about a lot of things that I didn't understand back when the tragic terrorist attack took place. I remember during the documentary some of the workers who worked inside of the twins towers were talking about how they were late for work that day, and how they didn't expect to be standing outside looking at the towers burning. I'm sure when they first woke up their immediate reaction was panic, because they were running late, and had to rush out the door. But what they didn't realize at that time was.......protection. Just imagine if those workers were on time for work, then it would have been them inside of the burning buildings. Now, I'm not saying that God did not protect thousands of others on that tragic day, but what I am saying is what we think is a bad thing is actually a good thing.....protection. God protects us from a lot of things, but that doesn't mean bad things will never take place.

Sometimes we need to take a moment out of our day and thank God for PROTECTION, because some of us were given protection without even realizing we've stepped into a terrible situation that's no good for you. Some of you women may have experienced living your life on the streets, and made it out with no clue as to how you survived being raped, or even survived being on drugs. We are constantly being protected, even when we don't ask for it...........BE THANKFUL!!!

Photo: I still have a some sassiness in me. Lol!

Jas