What Does Papa God Say about all the Betrayal and Injustice? When Will It End?
By: Kimberly Dimick
"Where does the betrayal and injustice end???" asks a young wife, betrayed and abandoned by the one who once promised to love, honor, and cherish her till death do they part.
Kimberly Dimick responds: My heart breaks for you. I am moved with compassion for your plight and the injustice that wicked man heaps upon you. I understand your feelings of hopelessness and despairing that accompany the treachery of betrayal and sheer heartlessness of your ex. Then to add to this we feel like God, the ONLY ONE who can save us and redeem our circumstances seems so far away.
I understand that when life's trials are unrelenting we feel defeated. What may be the worst of all is that our pain causes us to question ourselves and our faith and everything we believe in.
You are not alone in this, dear heart. We all come to this place many times in our lives. I am wanting you to know that there is nothing wrong or bad about YOU. I pray God helps you see how perfect you are through His eyes. You are complete IN HIM, wrapped in robes of righteousness and grace. None of us has anything to offer the Lord that is based in who we are apart from Jesus Christ.
~~~ There is Hope! ~~~
Hope Does Not Disappoint!
You are not a failure or worth any less than anyone else! What can happen to us is that we look around at other people and think that they have it all together and their faith towers over ours. This is not true. The truth is that most people will not be vulnerable, and honest and real in front of others which happens to be the one thing about YOU that I love the most. You are not afraid to share your fears and struggles and this gives other people permission to say out loud what they fear too. This will not in the end cause people to push you away but to embrace you all the more.
There is nothing more beautiful, than a person who in their brokenness and pain come to the end of themselves and understand it is not about your love for God that matters but the Father's love FOR YOU that makes all the difference.
ONE thing, ONLY ONE thing is needful….that you take and take and draw and draw and draw your very LIFE from Him. Psalm 116 says, "What shall I GIVE unto the Lord for ALL, HE has done FOR ME?….You think David would have said…."Lord I give you my life, my praise, I GIVE you something, anything"…but this is not what it says. David said, "I will TAKE the cup of Salvation and pray as long as I breathe."
What moves God's heart more than anything is that we TAKE, as our own, His very Salvation and ALL that this means. We RESPOND to ALL that Salvation is. This IS our faith, our obedience, our surrender…that we believe, Jesus YOU alone have set me free and delivered me, and loved me, and forgiven me and change me, and heal me in every way. Jesus takes my brokenness and despair and helplessness and fear and instead He GIVES to me, ALL that Jesus is.
Everything you long for and need is not in yourself, honey. When I go there, and I do go there, much too often myself, is to remember that I could not save myself then and I can not save myself, (even from myself),….NOW or EVER!
Well, I, (and I think I can safely say most of the family here) are NOT going anywhere. We are cheering you on and holding you up until, until, until that day God's LOVE overwhelms you and overtakes you. I am praying for that DAY you see that your "works" can never equal Christ's love for you. Do not try and be good, sweetie. TAKE on Christ's goodness. Take everything you need from what Jesus has already given to you…He has finished it all.
~~ He is the Light of the World ~~
I pray you learn more and more that Jesus is already captivated by YOU and the Father sees you this way. Believe it. I pray you KNOW His rest, His peace that comes from laying down in green pastures and beside still waters. He will MAKE you lie down. Fall into His arms. He will come to you and refresh your spirit. I pray you know the sweetest love of all in Jesus that He breaks through and Christ is revealed in you and through you. God ALREADY loves your heart.
The Holy Spirit spoke to my heart the other day and asked me a question I had never thought of before. You know how only God can ask you a question and the answer is in that very question!!
He asked me, "Why I thought it was more necessary to be CONVICTED of my failure and weakness than to be CONVINCED of His love?"
My failures are not that I struggle or fall down or even sin but that I forget that Jesus is the ONLY answer and always will be. My failure is trying so hard not to come to the end of myself. I can not try and try but instead to change my focus onto the ONE who never failed me.
I pray most of all that you are CONVINCED of His deep, deep love for you. I pray you can not outrun it or get away from it or even the voices in your own mind can talk you out of it. I pray everyday of your life you are reminded that you ARE loved.
Love will cast out all of your fears. Love is the ONLY thing that can squash fear. And, what is that love? Love IS the CROSS and always will be. Love will usher you into that place of peace. Love will make your faith skyrocket!
Love will make you see yourself the way Father sees you!
So often I look and look for God's justice. I ask Him, "Lord, when, when will Your Justice prevail in the Earth against all unrighteousness?" God reminded me that He IS JUST and a God of Justice. His righteousness HAS gone forth. Being just is not only seeing equity prevail or even that the laws of our land will somehow rescue us but it is believing in our own hearts that JUSTICE is WHO God IS…..it is His very nature. It is His VERY NAME. He is the Lord our Righteousness. He gets it. He sees the injustice because it goes against everything the Father is!! God has to continually remind me that His JUSTICE (or righteousness) is ALREADY a done deal...
I pray God steps on the scene, as in a Courtroom and His decrees override every single injustice and accusation over your life! I pray your enemy is defeated right before your very eyes and you are raised up as His Beloved. i pray that men will tremble before the great and mighty Judge and seek His forgiveness for all they have done to you. I pray that your enemies come trembling out of what they thought was a stronghold over your life and wave the white flag of surrender. In Jesus Name! Amen.
Choosing love today,
Kimberly
PS What I (Susan Schiller) love about Kimberly's wisdom is that she heartily embraces the Cross in her own life, and thus, she knows real passion, real love, and her wisdom forms a bridge between the deepest places of God's heart and becomes the hope and rescue of survivors. For more wisdom from Kimberly Dimick, please click here 🙂
Kimberly Dimick and her husband, Joshua Dimick, know how it feels to lose everything: marriage and family, church and reputation, finances and careers, and so much more. Together and separately they have walked the path of Love, a narrow path, a path that is lonely and not well-used. They know the soul-shattering pain of separation and divorce and the know "The Way Home" to a life of choosing unconditional love.
The surprising answers to a happy marriage are shared in her posts, articles, and her book-in-progress. As you venture on this journey with Kimberly you will experience how God shines His most brilliant light in her darkest hours. Today her mission is to provide a voice to women suffering in silence, shining the Light of Truth into the dark places. As you journey with Kimberly you will witness a true life transformation that will shatter the misinformation and lies commonly fed to women that keep them in false submission.
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