May I Never Forget the Good Things

"Did you write that down? You need to journal that."

These words from my mother have been spoken to me more times that I can count.  Every time a life is lesson learned, someone speaks a word of encouragement to me, or God speaks something to my heart my mom tells me to write it down. 

Tonight, I was looking through my journal and saw this one particular entry from last August.  I'm not sure why I never blogged it, because it was a significant mark on the timeline of my life.  The entry didn't even have an explanation to the words on the page, I just needed to write them down before I forgot every detail of the story.  Last August, I blogged about an event called The Response.  I noted the event itself, but I never actually blogged about my personal experience, but, thanks to my mom, I journaled about it. 

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August 6, 2011

Soo I went to The Response this weekend. I just went by myself. its like 1.8 miles from my apartment so I figured why not, I don't have work. It was awesome. Because of the line of work I do in arenas, it immediately made me cry to see an arena full of people praying. I got there a couple hours after it started so I had to sit in the upper level and I sat by myself and just had an awesome time praying and feeling the presence of the Lord. We sang this song and I know it is totally my anthem right now. "As I wait, I'll rise up like the eagles. And I will soar with you, your spirit leads me on, by the power of you love.

During the time of prayer when we were supposed to pray for schools, the lady behind me taps my shoulder and was like "God bless you in your school" and held my hand really tight. I was polite and just smiled and said thank you and she kept holding my hand in both of her hands and praying and saying thank you Jesus for this sweet girl. I just kept praying for the schools. Then she looked at me and said, "You know, there are angels all around you. you are surrounded by a heavenly host." I just lost it crying. I so needed to hear that I don't walk alone at work. and she said, "You have been given a lot..because God trusts you. But because you've been given so much, things are harder for you...but God is a rewarder. He is a rewarder. He is a rewarder (said it three times), not that that is what you seek, but just know he will reward you. I sense God is downloading a lot into you today." So I'm just bawling and she is holding my hand for dear life in both her hands. She paused for a minute and said, "You are an Ester. You are Ester. He brought you here for a reason."
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Sometimes I forget the amazing ways God has reached out and encouraged me when I needed it the most. Tonight, I was sitting at home feeling down, so I pulled out my journal to remember.

Psalm 103:2
Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me.