I am a Promise

There is a song I learned in Sunday school when I was young called, I am a Promise By the Gaithers.
This is how it goes.
I am a promise, I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital “P,”
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learning to hear God’s voice,
And I am trying to make the right choice
I’m a promise to be anything God wants me to be.

I can go anywhere that He wants me to go
I can be anything that He wants me to be
I can climb the high mountains
I can cross the wide sea
I’m a great big promise you see!

I am a promise, I am a possibility
I am a promise with a capital “P,”
I am a great big bundle of potentiality
And I am learning to hear God’s voice,
And I am trying to make the right choice
I’m a promise to be anything God wants me to be.



 I loved the lines, 'I'm a promise to be anything God wants me to be,' and 'I can be anything God wants me to be.'
When I was young, I wanted to be a ballerina. That never happened. It really never went away as I grew older. Sure I know that's impossible now, but dreams die hard. There were other things I wanted to be that I did achieve. For instance, being a mother. I made a mess out of that along with all my dreams. While having children was and is a blessing, it's what I wanted. In His goodness, God let me have that dream.
As I wrestled with why my dreams went awry, the lyrics of I am a Promise came up. I had a bitter moment as I accused God of failing me in my dreams. He quietly pointed out to me that He never failed me. The song states that I can be anything HE wants me to be. Not what I wanted to be. I never gave Him that right.
Letting that sink in was hard. I thought about all that had gone wrong with my life in my quest to live out my dreams.
I had gotten my way in many things like having pets. That went wrong. I went to Spain. That went very wrong. I tried to write stories and found I'm a mediocre writer at best.
How am I a promise? I could not understand it. It was easier for me to go and read adventure stories then to go to God and figure it out.
But God didn't leave me there, He gently drew me out of the hole I buried myself in and let me see the truth. It's Jesus who leads us to be what God wants us to be.  It's God, not me. It's so simple, how could I miss this? My selfishness was so wild and strong but our God is bigger and stronger. Jesus is my Savior and because of this, I received the much needed grace. I learned to give Him ALL my burdens and dreams. Let Him sort it out. I now give EVERYTHING to God in Jesus' name and trust Him with it. It's not too late for me to be what God wants me to be. It's not to late for anyone, no matter what the age or situation. God has given us many people and situations to show that all things are possible.  I may never be a doctor, teacher, writer, dancer, or even a princess. But I'm God's child and He can make me anything He wants me to be. Right now, I'm hoping to be a missionary for short term. But I am not sure. I can rest in God and know that He knows.  I just give Him everything and let Him carry me along.

A Tale of a Princess

Your Throne, O God, Is Forever

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil^[a] of the Sons of Korah; a love song.

45 My heart overflows with a pleasing theme;
    I address my verses to the king;
    my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe.

² You are the most handsome of the sons of men;
    grace is poured upon your lips;
    therefore God has blessed you forever.
³ Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
    in your splendor and majesty!

⁴ In your majesty ride out victoriously
    for the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness;
    let your right hand teach you awesome deeds!
⁵ Your arrows are sharp
    in the heart of the king's enemies;
    the peoples fall under you.

⁶ Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
⁷     you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
    with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
⁸     your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad;
⁹     daughters of kings are among your ladies of honor;
    at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir.

¹⁰ Hear, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear:
    forget your people and your father's house,
¹¹     and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him.
¹²     The people^[b] of Tyre will seek your favor with gifts,
    the richest of the people.^[c]

¹³ All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.
¹⁴     In many-colored robes she is led to the king,
    with her virgin companions following behind her.
¹⁵ With joy and gladness they are led along
    as they enter the palace of the king.

¹⁶ In place of your fathers shall be your sons;
    you will make them princes in all the earth.
¹⁷ I will cause your name to be remembered in all generations;
    therefore nations will praise you forever and ever.

This is a passage from the English Standard Version. As I've said before, this is one of my favorite chapters of the Bible. It's only fitting that I include it in my post.

There is also another wonderful verse that correlates with Psalms 45. It's found in 1 Peter 2: 9-10

⁹ But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

There are so many other verses to add, and I will do that as I go on with my posts. But first I would like to share what it means to be a princess. It took me a long time to accept that I was a princess, especially as I live in a world that is not my home. 

God tells us in His Word to act Christ like. This is hard! We are to be humble, and like a servant. We are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. This is hard too, especially when we don't "love" ourselves. For me, it was impossible to love myself. But the good news is that Jesus loves me and He is advocating for me in Heaven before our Great and Holy God. When I let this sink in, I can remember my Savior's sacrifice and victory. I am now just starting to really love myself and take care of the temple God gave me. I'm encouraged by the Scriptures and my brothers and sisters in Christ. I will follow the example of my Savior, Jesus Christ until He comes again and takes me to my forever home.

Psalm45girl

Hello,
My name is Michelle. I'm a wanna be writer who likes to imagine places unseen and write it down. One place that I cannot totally imagine is Heaven. In the Bible it's described so beautifully with walls made up of jewels and streets paved with gold. God, Himself provides the brilliant light that radiates from His Holy form. In all my imagination, I cannot completely grasp the magnitude of majestic beauty, peace, and joy that will be present there.
I chose Psalm45girl to be not just my name, but my identity. I had been in conversation with my father and we discussed my desire to be a Trump girl. If you know me, President Trump is who I support and pray for. (I've prayed for all our Presidents who have been in office during my adult years.) My father said that I'm not a Trump girl, but a Psalm 45 girl. If you read the Psalm, you get a picture of what will be going on in Heaven at the time of the reunion between Jesus Christ and His Bride. I'm all for that and so I started this blog to share with you all.
As we wait for Jesus to come and make us perfect, we live out are lives in a dim reflection of the perfect world that is to come.  I will share my own trials and thoughts, my imperfections and how God is still working on me.