Walking It Out by Elaine Davenport January 5, 2010

Father, I thank You for strengthening my faith!

I was so excited!  It was time for my high school reunion!  I could not wait to go.   I was expecting a baby when it was time for the ten year Reunion.  This was the twenty year mark and I was not going to miss it for anything.  And then, the unthinkable happened.

A friend called me to tell me that one of the Reunion Committee members had called my house when I wasn’t at home and had put out a horrible rumor about my family.  I listened to the words and because of the inaccuracy; I knew that it was a lie.

How did I handle it?  I wanted vindication!  This was a terrible miscarriage of justice.  First off, I only vaguely knew the person and I was hurt.   I called them and had them to recount the story that I had been told.  After they finished, I was kind but I seriously countered with all of the inaccuracies that they were stating.  I got off of the phone and gave it to God.  I began to be bombarded with thoughts about certain humiliation that I would face if I were to attend the Reunion.  I went anyways and had a great time.

After the conversation, the person decided not to go on with the story.  I admit that I did not forgive them right away.  It would have been better for me if I had.  I am thankful that we serve a God of mercy.  That He loves me despite my flaws.  That He is a forgiving God.  That He included me in His plans.  I am so thankful!    He is an excellent God!  Yes, He is!

Psalm 8

¹O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

²Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

³When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

⁴What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

⁵For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

⁶Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

⁷All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

⁸The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

⁹O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!