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By Jacqueline Julyan
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Nervously and with deep anxiety, I gripped the sides of the chair very tightly and scrunched my blouse with my hands. I really do not like dentists due to a bad experience when I was a little girl but Monika, my dentist is really gentle and kind. As I prayed I sensed the LORD was standing by my feet, just to let me know He was there, then when Monika was doing the hardest part of my tooth to hold it together, I sensed that it was the LORD’s hands which were actually doing the work it was only then I felt my whole body relax. Oh how wonderful the LORD is! He is so present in everything we have to endure. Monika took a final x-ray to make sure it was looking good from the inside and then told me I would have to come back to have it crowned. This surprised me, especially when she said the word ‘crowned’, both in the context of cementing my whole tooth together and also the words of Jesus ‘Crown of Life’ came straight to my mind and heart.
James 1:12
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
Earlier that morning, before going to my appointment, I had been feeling so very lonely and depressed as I have been going through many difficulties. Walking home, I heard the LORD speak to me so tenderly, ‘You are loved’ ‘You are loved’. Tears came as God moved my heart with His love.
In this town in which I used to live in, I went on a kind of ‘memory walk’. Everything was just the same physically, it was still a beautiful place, but I realised that I had changed so much. I had come to trust the LORD through many difficulties here, deep depression, suicide, betrayal and it was one of the places where I had met the risen Jesus. He was with me then and wanted to show me that even though I had moved He was still with me.
I was glad to get home, despite my accommodation being temporary, everything is temporary here on this earth for we can only trust in God and His Word.
Like my tooth I have been broken, even it seemed beyond repair. I did pray for a miracle of healing for my tooth, but this time God chose another way of healing. Living alone and having been alone most of my life with no-one to rely upon I am coming to the realisation more and more of just how wonderful it is to know Jesus. He truly is a friend of sinners for that is what I was before He revealed His salvation to me. I never knew there was such a loving God as Jesus. For His kindness and gentleness leads to repentance. I know I am a sinner saved by His amazing love and grace.
So in a couple of weeks I shall be going back to Monika for my first ever crown on my tooth. So whatever you are going through or wherever you are in this world you can trust Jesus totally for His words are true. ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’. I believe Him, for whilst everyone in my life walked, when I needed them, Jesus came in. What an amazing God we love and serve! May Jesus have all the glory in whatever we do or say for Him for the Crown of Life awaits us for all eternity!
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But thanks for the wonderful testimony and witness to Jesus and His Spirit standing with us and in us always.
Beautifully written.
Blessings~
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