Armed and Ready!

 

Today's Scripture ~ Isaiah 54:17 ~ 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.

My faith has been in God, my whole life - through it all and in every situation. 

It doesn't matter what people say behind your back, or the lies they tell. Focus forward has been my driving determination. Hold no grudges, seek no revenge.

If you are striving on your relationship with God, putting on the Armour as the scripture tells us ~ God will have your back.  in every situation of life. 

I remember my ex used to get so frustrated in court. 

I hardly had to do anything, and the judge would 'take my side'.  

I was telling the 'truth'. 

Judges try to find the truth in a matter and that's the way they rule. 

One judge challenged the 'guardian' that stated the kids would be safer with the ex and I needed 'drug treatment'. The judge warned him he could lose his job, as the judge was looking at my ex's 7 DUI's where I had nothing on my record. 

Another time the judge threatened his sister with perjury charges as she was clearly lying in court.  {A situation where I dropped the charges, explaining to the judge the matter had occurred over a year prior, and I could see no benefit to anyone by pursuing the matter.}

And finally, when a judge asked him why I should get a protection order this time ~ his response was to double up his fists on the table and inform the judge that 'he HATED me'. 

Needless to say, I was granted a 'permanent protection order'.  

Some 20 years later he kept asking the kids to ask me to drop the order. 

Something I did try to do, but the judge told me ~

" I wasn't the one he was worried about; it was my ex he needed to see in court to make a decision. There had been no remorse and no restitution for the damages he had done to my life."

I explained I had no address for my ex, he refused to give it to me, so I had no way to serve him the necessary papers to drop the order. 

The judge said, "He deserved to still have the order if he couldn't give me an address to serve him."

It wasn't my fault the order stood for over 20 years; 

it was his own stupidity.

Throughout all of it, God protected me and my children. 

My 'gut' feelings were the Holy Ghost telling me what I needed to do. 

• I followed the 'feeling' and have been blessed to watch 
• all of my children turn into wonderful adults, {5}
• I've met all my grandchildren, {10} and 
• I even have some great grandchildren {4} in my life. 

My ex's 2 biggest threats were 

~ "I'm going to kill you" followed by several attempts to do it. 

And after his second marriage both he and his wife would tell my children

~ "We have a bullet with your mom's name on it".

Statements that would have landed him in prison if I would have pursued the issue.

God said ~ Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord, I will repay. 

I've stood on my faith in that scripture my whole life, and at 60 

I'm alive and proof God keeps His word. 

I never did anything to retaliate, harm or cause my ex any problems, not even a threat. I even had the past due child support reduced due to an error in an 'overpayment'!

My own case worker told me I didn't need to do that, I was truly entitled to the money. But I wanted things done right. I achieved a lot of respect from the office of support enforcement. 

It didn't matter to me -

if it was my benefit or my loss - I wanted things done right. 

I focused forward on what was important ~

~ Loving the Lord and raising my children to be good people.

Put on the Armour of God and trust the scriptures

"Vengeance in mine sayeth the Lord, I will repay."

He truly does have your Back!

Blessed by God

Life's beautiful @ the Bright Side of the Barn

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