Honey Bee Press A newsletter brought to you by the Women on the Wall in loving memory of Annette “Honey” Grant
April—June 2014
Accepting God’s Will by Rev. Katrina L. Wallace
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A Note From Our Founder
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Are You Packing Confidence? Quest For the Kingdom Encouraging the Singles
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Marital Bliss Honey’s Recipe and Reading Corner
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Honey’s Health Corner
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“Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done…” How often have we prayed this prayer only to realize when God’s will is being done in our lives, we really aren’t in favor of the way He’s chosen to fulfill His will? It’s so easy to utter a prayer that seems so selfless and sounds so spiritual. However, accepting God’s will for your life is not always simple. In fact, there have been things that I’ve had to face where I’ve actually resented the way God chose to accomplish His will in my life. I guess a part of growing up is coming to the place where we can truly say and mean, “Whatever happens; it is well with my soul.” Yet, oftentimes when we’re going through trials, our response and attitude says everything else, but “It is well with my soul.” Nevertheless, the reality and certainty in this life for believers is sometimes God wills for things to happen in our lives that we aren’t in favor of. Once I had to face a trial that involved my son; I wasn’t in favor of it, but I was determined to fight the good fight of faith until I saw victory manifested. I initially responded in faith by praying and fasting, rebuking the devil, and claiming the word of God over my son’s illness. I did not see the healing that I believed for; I shed many tears, visited several doctors, and was up praying many mornings at 3:00 a.m., seeking the face of God for direction and clarity. I just couldn’t understand why this was happening to my child and although I knew it had happened to others, I was expecting deliverance because “I believed God.” After some time, I became angry but refused to give up or be distracted by the circumstances. So with every ounce of my being, I committed
myself to fight the good fight of faith. However, after many months had passed the conditions did not change and were seemingly getting worse. My question to God (who I know is able to heal and who I know is able to deliver) was, “Where is the victory in this situation?” I was praying that God would heal my son before hearing the actual diagnosis, but when that didn’t happen, I was challenged to accept God’s will, but was angry that He had chosen this way. Sometimes the way (the path, the route, the journey) that God chooses for us to obtain victory is not always the most quickest, painless, easiest, or comfortable way. Yes, He promises us victory, but His path to victory may not be the path we prefer to travel. He promises us healing, but His method of healing may not always come by simply delivering us from the sickness. Sometimes the very thing that we prefer not to happen, God allows and despite us, God’s will is perfected in our lives. As many times as I have said, “Lord, let thy will be done in my life,” I’ve found that sometimes my heart has resisted and the attitude of my heart was, “I hate this way.” Nevertheless, in all the trials God chose to deliver me through rather than from, I’ve found that His objective was to fulfill a greater purpose. If I never had to go through, then the humbling that I needed would have never taken place. Paul spoke of Jesus in Phil. 2:7 and how He made himself of no reputation. My reputation could no longer be preserved, I had to let go of what people thought of me because none of that was important. What was important and what really mattered was that
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I released my will to accept God’s way. I now realize the purpose of my experience was to birth a ministry within me. It was my subjection to the adversity, hardships, and difficulties that more of God’s Christ-like character was wrought in me. Because God made me go through the process, I gained compassion, patience and experience so that I may further my cause in ministry and help someone else. We often just want our problems to go away. We want God to deliver us from difficulties or just fix everything so that we don’t have to endure hardness or be uncomfortable. In essence, we don’t want process through. Yet, Jesus who had the power to deliver himself didn’t take the easy way out but rather endured the cross, despising the shame. In John 19:25-26, Jesus responded to His mother while on the cross saying, “Woman, behold thou Son.” After reading this passage, I said to God, “Your mother was watching you hang on the cross and all you could say to her was, ‘woman, behold thou son?’” The response to my question was this, “I had to stay focused and remember the greater mission. Had I allowed myself to think too long on the fact that she was my mother and on my love for her, l could have very well come down from the cross. However, the mission was so much greater than my relationship with my mother. It was about her, you, and the many others needing a Savior.” Our crosses are about more than just
We would like to stand with you in prayer. There is so much power in agreement and prayer. The enemy tries to make us feel like we are alone in this journey when in fact there are many of us that are going through the same thing. The Women on the Wall believe that “sisters need sisters.” We need each other to survive. In the kingdom, when one of us suffers, we all suffer. We want you feel the weight of the prayer pushing you forth in your calling. Send us your prayer requests and know that we will lift you up. No prayer request is too small or too big. Email us at 1wownews@gmail.com.