{"id":4670,"date":"2020-03-07T11:55:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T16:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forglorysake.com\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2020-09-21T11:30:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:30:56","slug":"end-of-me-best-place-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/07\/end-of-me-best-place-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"End of me, best place to be!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I am just at the end of me. I don\u2019t have any more bright ideas, and I don\u2019t have much energy to care. I don\u2019t think I can possibly push through, I don\u2019t even feel like I can cry. <br><br>Been there? I sure have. More than once. More times than I can count actually. It\u2019s the \u201cend of me\u201d and it feels so hopeless. But this is the point where God starts. He can finally begin His best work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Begin to really have His way. Begin to move in specifics He could not before, because I was in the way &#8230;pushing, trying to get outcomes that were never mine to get. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He allows me to get here. He waits for me to reach bottom, like an addict. To see <strong>I can\u2019t<\/strong>, so <strong>He can<\/strong>. It has happened before and it will happen again. At least I realize a bit sooner, try to go slower, wait more patiently. Still it\u2019s, ok.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of me is the best place to be! A deflated self, a humble acknowledging that I can\u2019t do it&#8230; even a little. He is my only Hope. He is my only Salvation. He is my Refuge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201c<strong><em>On God rests my salvation and my glory; God is my strong rock, my refuge. <br> Trust Him at all times, O people; <br> pour out before Him your heart. <br> God is a refuge for us. Selah<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Psalm 62:7\u20138<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, LORD, hear my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ForGlorySake!<\/strong> &#8211;<em>Anna<\/em> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forglorysake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/image.png?resize=398%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4672\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am just at the end of me. I don\u2019t have any more bright ideas, and I don\u2019t have much energy to care. 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