Shaddai. [ Isaiah 54v 7-8]

   The Almighty hath dealt very  bitterly with me,declares Naomi,but the question is this, was she bitter?. It is a good question,it is D Atkinson who
points out that the word used for Almighty is Shaddai,and that in Genesis17 v1, God reveals Himself  as  God Almighty.He reveals Himself as the God
 who can transform man's helplessness into blessing,for mans good and His glory/.
    Again what  D A. writes,/ It is as if Naomi is saying,/ You can see the bitterness I have experienced,the famine,the bereavements,the questions,the partings,the apparent hopelessness,but I know God as Shaddai,and I can leave the explanation, and even the responsibility,for this bitterness.
    We  only can rise to this by faith,or we can let the bitterness blind us,
control us,if we do this every day will be called lemon day.So whats it to be?,only you can answer this question,if we choose to let the bitter things
make us bitter,we will never move on from it,we will be stuck in that groove for the rest of our lives,it will in fact be a life sentence.
      Let us turn our thoughts towards Shaddai,the one who can transform
our helplessness into blessing,for our good and His glory. He understands how we feel ,not only understands but desires to bless us, There is a hymn
 written by the blind preacher George Matheson,it reads, Oh love that wilt not let me go,yes He loves us even in our bitterness, Matheson goes on to write,/O  joy that seekest me through pain. I cannot close my heart to Thee.
I trace the rainbow through the rain.And feel the promise is not vain. That morn shall tearless be./
                                            A prayer.
Dear God our Shaddai,we come to you,and ask for Grace ,to not become bitter,when experiencing bitter things,in Jesus name Amen.