Faithful Friday / Secret Faults - Part I

This beauty was resting on the door frame of our front door. You'd never know by looking at it that it suffered some very dark and secret time, but it did in its COCOON. It was transformed there. Metamorphosized!

We too are transformed in our own cocoon's of suffering and pain. These times can transform us more into the likeness of Christ making us better, or they will make us bitter. The choice is ours!

In my late 20's, I came to the full realization that I had some anger issues. I began to ask myself some tough questions. "Why did I flare up in anger so much? Why did I so quickly go into a rage? Why wasn't I peaceful and joyful more of the time? If I loved Jesus, like I claimed, why did I have such a hard time of being selfish and not generous?" Like David in the book of Psalms, I began to cry out, "Cleanse me of my secret faults" (Psalm 19:12).

It was in this search for the root cause of my ungodly attitudes and actions that God flooded my soul with light and life. In His sovereignty, He led me to a Bible study by Nancy Missler called

Be Ye Transformed. Nancy does a marvelous job of correlating items within the hidden chambers surrounding Solomon's temple with the emotional hurts and wounds that we bury within our subconscious . I would like to share what the Lord taught me through this study.

[Enclosed in parenthesis is my own personal paraphrase as Holy Spirit spoke it into my heart while I read God's word.]

Nehemiah 4:10,

"The strength of the bearers of burdens (of the self-willed life) is decayed , and there is much rubbish (sin in the hidden chambers), so that we are not able to build (strong, spiritual) wall (to resist satan)."

This is so where I was. My Christian life was decaying and regardless of how hard I tried to build a strong Christian walk, I continually failed. I became desperate, crying out to God for help, and help He did!

Next week on Faithful Friday's post I'll tell you how!