2011 Here I come!

2010 has come and gone, but not without leaving a permanent stamp on me. I learned that to fulfill my mission here on earth and do what the Lord has called me to do started with obedience to Him. It was not a cake walk, much harder then expected. I figured that when you turned over a new leaf and you start to get closer to an obedient life that it wouldn’t hurt to bad. I was so wrong. I will highlight on a few of my issues that need to handled head on.

I had to learn that boundaries are the way to go in all relationships. I know that it sounds cold and heartless, but that is not at all. What I have learned is that the Lord shows you what boundaries to set and when to set them, and most importantly how. I loved that lesson!

Another thing I learned was that I needed to fall in love with myself from the inside out. I needed to get to know the woman that the Lord had created. It was a challenge to be vulnerable and strip myself all of the pain I was feeling. I needed to let all my self worthlessness go and not hide anymore. I realized how many excuses I was making for why I couldn’t do this or that. This was tough one, many tears were shed and I was frustrated. I have an amazing husband who helped me gain confidence in myself, that I have never had before. I love who I am and I don’t have any complaints any more. That has brought freedom and peace in my life that I have never experienced. Victory for Christina!!! Thank you Jesus for being my friend and for sticking by me when I thought I couldn’t hang on any longer. I am so thankful for you.

The HUGE miracle that happened in 2010 actually happened to my husband, but has changed our family. In the spring my husband was completely healed of severe nerve damage (complex regional pain syndrome) in his legs, due to an accident in 2002. The doctors say that C.R.P.S. is incurable, well guess what; I serve a God who does the impossible and makes them possible. We were ready to go forward with getting his right leg amputated. The Lord not only healed his nerve damage, but he healed Joe’s depression; which was really bad at the time. Then the cherry on the top was that the Lord blessed my husband with an awesome job. Joe was almost bound to a wheelchair, and walking with a cane. Now he is working over 50 hours a week on his feet, plus finishing up school. God is good. He looks out for His kids, and blesses them. He answered our prayers. Thank you Lord!

God has a plan for each one of us. I thought you pray about it and then just do what the Lord has called you to do. I was missing the part in the middle. You need to have the “self” work done before you can walk through the doors. I believe that people quit in the middle of the journey because they don’t want to face the things that Lord has brought into the light, the things we thought we have hidden, even from the Lord. I want to tell you a secret, it is so worth it. Every tear, every frustrated moment, every heart ache is all worth it because the end result is beautiful. Jesus got really personal with me. I learned what the Lord meant when He said that He would never leave me or forsake me. 2010 was a year that I felt like God had a check list of things he wanted Christina Loy to go through and conquer. I succeeded, I did it!!!! The check list of 2010 needed to be done now so that as 2011 comes, I can see all the manifestations that have been promised to me through faith. I will see what I have faith in come true in the way that the Lord has them come true, not the way that Christina wants things to come true. In Proverbs 16:9 it says “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.” 2011 here I come; I hope you are ready for me!