Whether you dropped in for a regular visit or you popped over after reading my devotion, Arise From the Wreckage, I’m glad you’re here. Can I tell you a secret? I’ve prayed for you today. Every time one of my devotions is published, I ask God not to bless it but to bless the reader. I realize that words have no power by themselves. But if God, by the power of His Holy Spirit, will use my words to communicate to you in some way, well then, that is all that matters. Why—you ask? Because everyone gets shipwrecked from time to time but only God knows your needs. Only the Lord knows how to touch, fill, and comfort your wounds. What’s amazing is God wants to communicate with you today. So go back, read the devotion again, and ask God to speak to your heart. He will. …and I’ll wait.
Welcome back.
I’m so anxious to hear! What did God say? Did He say…
“I love you.”
“I understand”
“I’m in the boat with you.”
“There is purpose in your pain”
“Don’t give up.”
“Lean on Me.”
“I’m your strength.”
“Rise and shine.”
Some of you are climbing your way out of the wreckage and you can hear God’s voice guiding the way. For others, the wreck is still too new. I understand. Nevertheless, you can do something. You can talk to God. He’s in the heap with you. Therefore, you are not without help. Crying out to God is your first climb. From there, He’ll lead the way. So go ahead. Tell God about your pain, your worries, and your fears. Then, trust Him. Trust that God will redeem your wreckage for your good and His glory.
In the meantime, I’d be honored to pray for you. You don’t have to share your situation. You can simply leave your name and I will gladly lift it toward heaven.
Arise and shine, my friend. And may the peace of God be yours today.
Micca Campbell–Helping Women Live Carefree in God’s Care
Thank God and you again!
What a message! and how "timely" for me! Thank you for allowing God to speak through you. I am "shipwrecked" at present and covet you prayers.
Hi, Micca. Great devo! I believe ALL of us can glean from this. Who hasn't felt shipwrecked or rejected?
I love how you wrote that God used Paul's rejection, etc, to "position him"…for God's work and glory! What truth, hope and freedom! He is good indeed!
Thank you for praying for all of us!
Love and prayers to you,
Sharon
God allowed me to read your blog this morning specifically to speak to my situation.
I have been shipwrecked on an island because of my Son's Mental Illness. I have allowed myself to become very isolated.
Please pray for strength and courage for this New year, and may God Bless you and your family
Love your devo today, Micca. The Lord knew just what I needed to read for encouragement today!! So thankful He used you.
Love you,
Wendy
I didn't get to read it till today, but have felt shipwreck for awhile. Thanks for praying
I needed to read and hear God speak this morning
Needed to hear this today to know that i am not the only one who gets shipwrecked! God does know the big picture…..i just need to allow him to handle things and try not to do it on my own! Please pray for me today that I will feel God's strength near me lifting up from my shipwreck!
Thanks so much for your words of encouragement – I have actually been reading Acts and it was so timely to see the story in a new and wonderful way.
Just today I was giving myself a hard time about not being "strong" enough and having to take medicine to help me with my anxiety and depression. Your devotional reminded me how through my "shipwreck" I have been put in a position to really bring glory to God through my illness and have become a soft place for others to come and talk about their problems. Thanks so much for the reminder this morning.
I would appreciate your prayers. Thank you! God Bless, Rachel
I will take you up on the offer of prayer. Thank you, Tina
Micca,
What a great devotion! Thanks so much for your dedication to the Lord and your ministry. I will be praying for you and your health. I can't wait to discuss our next marriage retreat with you!
Love you!
Rita
What a beautifully written piece that touched my heart and truly spoke to the "shipwrecked" state I have been in for several years regarding my family of origin. I will save today's piece to read over and over, to remind me there is a higher purpose in all that has happened; that I am following the path He wants me to be on. Thank you, Micca!
Michelle
Thanks so much for your devotion. Feeling "shipwrecked" at times is so true and we need to be reminded to cry out to God in the midst of it and wait on Him and His timing in all things.
The timing of this devotional is impeccable. There IS purpose to my pain. I would appreciate your prayers. ~Julie
Thank you for this devotional – I am shipwrecked and I am grateful for your prayers.
Thanks Micca! for your ever present reminder! I choose to praise Him!
I hope this finds you well!
Blessings,
Jeanie
Thank you for your words and your prayers. God has spoken to me today through you and I have been able to pass along your devotion to another woman who is shipwrecked. Thank you, Jesus, for being my life preserver (and sustainer, creator, giver, taker, healer, comforter, lover, etc., etc.)!
God gave me this devotion today. Our family was shipwrecked this past week – just before Christmas. I do NOT want to simply float among the wreckage..but allow God to continue to use me, teach me and help my whole family as we "rebuild" the ship and get make on the water (silly analogy but you get the idea) 🙂 Thanks for your encouragment!!
I really enjoyed the devotional this morning. My battle with chronic pain gets to me sometimes and I want to rely on God in those dark moments. Thanks!
Micca, thank you for being a vessel in which God could use to speak to this heart.
I ask for your prayers.
Loved your devotion today, Micca! God's timing was perfect and His message through you was profound. Love you!
Renee
Amy Shepherd–I'm in the wreckage and learning how to rise from it. It seems that He is sending me daily messages of His love, faithfulness and mercy. Thank you.
I am in the wreckage and this was timely for me. Thank you
Portia
Would appreciate your prayers for healing my marriage and for the salvation of my husband.
Kim
I do ask that you pray for me (Holly)
I know that God uses adversities I have faced for His purpose. But when I am wallowing in the wreckage, once again, it is hard to choose to reach out to Him to pull me out. It seems I can never find peace. My heart is troubled today, and God knows my pain. Thank you for your prayers, Micca. I pray that God will help me find my footing, once again.
Micca, thank you so much for being obedient to God and allowing Him to use you to speak to us.
May God continue to bless you and minister to you and your family this New Year.
May He bring New Life to everything you do throughout the year.
Blessings
~ Ruth
Thank you Micca for this devotion. I appreciate prayer in finding a job soon. I have been unemployed for almost 2 years now.
Thanks for the devotional today. Sometimes the end of "holiday fellowships" leave me feeling rejected all over again by some family members. It's hard to not wallow sometimes, isn't it? Thanks for the encouragement.
In Him,
JK
Great devo Micca! As far as prayer – that I would continue to follow God regardless of the rejection and misunderstanding from loved ones that comes with it. Thank you much, Jill
Thank you for allowing me to pray for each of you. Spending the day talking to our Father on your behalf has been such a blessing.
I could sense His loving care for each of us.
keep pressing on friends! You are not alone–ever!
Thank you..please pray for me and my family..i recently found out my husband was having an affair. He has come back remorseful but he used everything from my faith to my friends and hopes to distract me from what he was doing…and now I feel shattered…how can I cling to God? Didn't He see this? Why didn't He protect us? I wish I was not so stupid. But I am glad I opened todays devotion because I have stopped reading, praying, all of it…maybe this was my first step…
thank you…
I am new to your site and "stumbled" upon it today and am so glad I did! I am going through a "shipwrecked" time right now because of some physical problems and it has been so hard but I am so thankful that God has brought me closer to Him through this! I have 3 small kids and it has been hard but I know He is in control. Oh how I want to know and love Him more!
Please pray for Lisa Micca:)
Blessings to you Micca. Your message was precious and timely!! So happy it led me to your blog! I will be back often,
Bless you and Happy New Year!
Pat
Thank you for your devotional. God is continually showing me little by little as I am emerging from a shipwreck. I would appreciate your prayers. Michele
Wreckage… Yesterday I was on the phone with a beloved friend and sister in the Lord who lost her husband some years ago. She was left with a beautiful baby girl. She has not found comfort yet, and was so hurt by people in her church at the time, she doesn't want to go back there ever. Has not accepted coming to mine, either… in fact, she says she feels "mocked" (in the sense that all her hopes of happiness were taken from her).
I was thinking of you after talking to her. Could you please join me in prayer for her? Her name's Diana Santiago.
Thank you and praise God for His answer,
SF
Thank you Micca for your devotions and prayers. Please pray for my family me and my son are having a really difficult time understanding each other and getting along.I pray that God will change me or the situation or even both!
Micca,
Thank you for your Devotional "Arise from the Wreckage." It was very timely (I am sure God arranged it that way, which is so like Him).
I have been dealing with a health issue and then several other life issues added on. I found myself late Monday night soaking the bathtub crying our for His help and healing. You described nearly all the reactions I was having.
Reading your comments on Paul really helped to clean up my perspective.
Thank you.
Hi Micca, again thanks for this message. Truly when we are in a place of darkness, any light that alters our perspective is refreshing.
I have sent this to several people and pray that I will recall the truth of it in my next trial…;D
I wanted to speak to gemd86 because I have wrestled over what was brought out in my own life and my enduring of affliction. Specifially Anxiety, Depression and panic attacks.
When it came down to faith for my healing, I could not drum it up. I found Jesus, as the author and perfector of my faith could have given me more, but had much for me to learn in the furnace of that affliction.
The following verse speaks of the emotional, mental, & physical afflictions, and true, it promises God's deliverance, but it never puts a time limit on how long one goes through an affliction.
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
(If you look at the dictionary.com definition for affliction, it includes the inner and bodily pains.)
Psalm 119:75 In faithfulness have you afflicted me, that I might learn your decrees.
We always want to have a formula for fixing everything, or for understanding God, but His ways are higher than ours, as Micca mentioned in her devotion. We cannot shame one who is not healed instantly because of a lack of faith. Faith is built in the waiting. God knows when to do the deliverance. It took me several years.
I tried medication for a year to appease those who wanted me to get better. I didn't feel they helped. My help did come from sometimes 3 hours in God's presence after the kids left for school. Renewing my mind and learning about the Lord. I will not presume to know that God won't use medicine in someone else's case though.
If he had not allowed my affliction to endure for the time it did, I would not have come to know Him as I did in those hours. My need drove me to His feet. And as a result, I have comfort to give to others that He gave to me in my suffering.
God bless all His children in the place where they are today, to grow and glorify Him in all of our lives.
Kathy
so far from abiding in Christ, shipwrecked in the 'old self' that I should be putting to death.
Thanks for your post and prayers.
Rachel
Please pray for me — Peachy.