“Pull us through, God!”

The making of this 67th Blog came through surprise, astonishment, trepidation, questions, and many tears! The kind of tears that start off silent and roll down your face in a unsynchronized manner. They then turn to the avalanche of tears that go to you being unable to be heard because your speech is being overtaken by weeping! If you have been riding with the Divine Design Blog, you already know, I love you too much to leave you there, because God has never ever left me there!

Overall, I am a private person concerning certain things. In a season of writing, the Lord also expressed that I would be sharing more and He was going to get to why I was private. His uprooting has been met with both growth pains and understanding. My Method of Operation has always been to make sure I was in a position to be there for others and not need it to be regularly reciprocated, because I was going to be alright.

I will never ever forget in 2009 when I was hospitalized for a blood clot, and the nurse said I was being admitted because they found a Deep Vein Thrombosis in my leg, the news of the long words was not what got me, it was her saying I would have to be hospitalized! I looked over to my Mom and said as I cried, “I don’t go to the hospital, I go to see people in the hospital!” Between the pride and disbelief came a huge sobering moment that turned to a great place of reflection! You see, I was not in right standings with God during that time! I was heavily into a worldly relationship and was not honoring God with my body! And here God goes, PULLING ME THROUGH!

There were people before me who were diagnosed with blood clots and were not discharged from the hospital! Even being home, God showed me how much mercy He had given me! My home health Nurse would have to take my specimens to the lab immediately after coming to my home because my blood was clotting so quickly! And here God goes, PULLING ME THROUGH!

Fast forwarding the story to the most recent of the Lord once again pulling me through! My loved one had to have a surgery that unbeknownst to me was a lot more serious than what was conveyed! I walked in to news that shook my core, but did not dissolve my knowledge base of who God is and continues to be in my life!

I remember going to the car, after giving my mom a hug and kiss, and the Anesthesiologist saying I would have to leave as they prepared to take her to surgery! I went to the car, because we had such an early start. I turned on the satellite station in the car to Gospel of course; reclined the chair and dozed off. Only to be awakened by the song, “Pull Us Through.” It was beyond interesting because the radio had been playing, but I vividly remember being brought out of my sleep by the words, “Somebody’s crying Lord, wipe the tears from their eyes. If we ever needed you before…God, we need you right now…PULL US THROUGH!” It literally caused me to sit up, because it was such an amplified sound with the words! What was this song saying to my Spirit? I will later share the totality of the Gift of the phrase, PULL US THOUGH, LORD!

My Mom successfully made it through the surgery! I Praise God with my whole heart concerning the outcome! However, I do not bring you this statement, “Pull us through, Lord” from that vantage point! As I sat outside because I could no longer bear being in the Waiting Room hearing them call families that came in with us at 5:30 AM being called to see their loved ones and hearing Code Blues on the intercom, with tears streaming and thoughts forming, I had to go sit outside of the hospital! Literally, watching families get in their cars and leave, who had also had surgery! I began to dwell on words spoken over my life; scriptures that helped to suture up the gaping holes that were forming in my heart, and becoming a Gospel Disc Jockey curbside at Cleveland Hospital! With tears streaming, I still knew God had been present and He had not left me without ammo, as mind weapons were forming!

You see, PULL US THROUGH, LORD works for all occasions! If the hospital had called me in to tell me that my loved one did not make it, God would not have left me in a state not to be able to be pulled through tragedy, setbacks, &/or disappointments! He is still on the Throne and still doing a complete work! God pulling us through has to be bigger than any news we can ever get because it is what keeps Him on the Throne and having authority over our lives!

The running joke is how much of a cry baby that I am! No lies detected, but those tears will not hinder me from ultimately placing my eyes on Him! When I loss my dad, being a daddy’s girl, and when I loss my grandma, ‘shonuf’ being a grandma girlie, there was a Vow that I made to God, because in both those moments, as my heart was shattering into millions of pieces; He did not allow it to bleed out! And for that alone…I owe Him!

Whatever is before you, Divine Design Blog Family, cement it in your heart that He will Pull you through! He will eventually wipe the tears from your eyes! There is a worship that comes out of you that is produced not by everything you praying being the outcome, but by keeping a Sovereign God in His rightful place in your heart! He will even send people to lock arms with you in prayer, so that when it is all said and done…Your hands will be extended because He pulled you through it all! Jesus!!!

Divine Work & Pray:

Work:

Jot down in your Divine Design Journal what God has already pulled you through. The Enemy wants you to forget all the Acts of God keeping you!

Pray:

Father God, there are so many glorious moments with you. Not just when prayers are answered in the way that we want, but also when we see you lovingly hold us through the revealing of your Will. Life has so many ebbs and flows, but your consistency in our lives is unparalleled! The essence of your care is magnified by how you make us well and whole. You are our Burden Bearer, Heavy Load Sharer, and Secret Place. We will put our hearts in remembrance of your faithfulness! Forever grateful for how You pull us through! In Jesus’ Name. Amen!

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