Post by Cindy on Apr 23, 2015 12:23:15 GMT -5
You know what guys? It's so easy for us to get down, isn't it? It is for me anyway, if I allow it. I've noticed that a lot lately though. You know, especially those times when it seems like everything that could go wrong does go wrong and you're in a lot of pain and feel like trash anyway? It's easy to just give up and stop fighting and say, "what's the use?". I could tell that my thoughts were going in that direction, or rather trying to anyway. I kept taking them captive, but it seemed constant, like I just couldn't get them to stop. I found myself telling the Lord that it was all just too much. That maybe if He healed at least a couple of the things that were wrong with me, then I could bear the rest as well as the other problems in my life, but I just couldn't handle all of it anymore. I remembered the pain He went through for me then, and repented asking His forgiveness, but then turned around and gave Him yet another excuse! I told Him that it was because I'd had to deal with this for years, day in and day out, and just couldn't take it anymore, knowing it wasn't going to get better but only worse.
I was crying by then of course, and I suddenly felt His gentle arms surround me and again a picture of what He went through for me came into my mind. I cried harder then as it's hard to bear the thought of what he went through for us. He then gently reminded me that I hadn't experienced my pain for years and wouldn't experience it for years to come, but instead had only experienced it one day at a time. Peace flooded my soul as that Truth washed over me and I remembered that He always gives us the grace we need to deal with each day as it comes. I realized then my mistake - my sin. I'd been looking at all of it from the world's perspective, and thinking that I bore the weight of all those years on my shoulders, when in fact, I hadn't. I was trying to live in the past, the present and the future, all at the same time. But we don't and can't live that way. We can only live one day at a time; actually, only a moment at a time. And every single day of the past, the Lord's been with me, taking most of the burden Himself and only giving me what I could bear to carry. I know He will be there every day of my future as well. I clearly remembered His Word to us saying “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34) He tells us to live in the now, because that's where He is and that's where He will give us His power and strength to overcome things. He continued to speak His peace over me and I felt warmed and loved and totally at peace as I remembered His Words: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27)
What a good and wonderful God we have! He never lets us down and never gives us more then we can bear with His help. We just have to remember to ask for it. The battle isn't over. I slept well that night, but today my mind will occasionally try to go back down that path. It won't work now that I know the Truth, for the Truth has set me free from Satan's lies, and the fear they cause! Thank You Lord that you are always with us and that you will never leave us; not even for a second! Thank you that you're but a breath away and are always ready and willing to show us the Way to walk. Thank you for your promise that “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”” (Isaiah 30:21) I can't imagine life without You, and never want to! Bless you Lord!
I was crying by then of course, and I suddenly felt His gentle arms surround me and again a picture of what He went through for me came into my mind. I cried harder then as it's hard to bear the thought of what he went through for us. He then gently reminded me that I hadn't experienced my pain for years and wouldn't experience it for years to come, but instead had only experienced it one day at a time. Peace flooded my soul as that Truth washed over me and I remembered that He always gives us the grace we need to deal with each day as it comes. I realized then my mistake - my sin. I'd been looking at all of it from the world's perspective, and thinking that I bore the weight of all those years on my shoulders, when in fact, I hadn't. I was trying to live in the past, the present and the future, all at the same time. But we don't and can't live that way. We can only live one day at a time; actually, only a moment at a time. And every single day of the past, the Lord's been with me, taking most of the burden Himself and only giving me what I could bear to carry. I know He will be there every day of my future as well. I clearly remembered His Word to us saying “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:34) He tells us to live in the now, because that's where He is and that's where He will give us His power and strength to overcome things. He continued to speak His peace over me and I felt warmed and loved and totally at peace as I remembered His Words: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” (John 14:27)
What a good and wonderful God we have! He never lets us down and never gives us more then we can bear with His help. We just have to remember to ask for it. The battle isn't over. I slept well that night, but today my mind will occasionally try to go back down that path. It won't work now that I know the Truth, for the Truth has set me free from Satan's lies, and the fear they cause! Thank You Lord that you are always with us and that you will never leave us; not even for a second! Thank you that you're but a breath away and are always ready and willing to show us the Way to walk. Thank you for your promise that “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”” (Isaiah 30:21) I can't imagine life without You, and never want to! Bless you Lord!
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