Today I'm thankful for some quiet time to just sit in my car before
work and watch birds gathering food from the leftover fruit hanging on
changing trees. A reminder...they are still provided for in bare
seasons.
My life always has changing seasons...I need to
remember that there's always fruit in change. It may not seem like it
during the process, but it comes. In the midst of it I'm reminded of one
of my favorite Scriptures:
"Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow
nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM.
ARE YOU NOT OF MORE VALUE THAN THEY? Which of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature?"~Matthew 6:26-27.
I keep my mind, thoughts and focus on Jesus instead of issues,
struggles or problems. He loves me and He is for me. What an awesome
reminder today!
Jump on today's THANKFUL TRAIN...tell me what
you have to be thankful for? It doesn't have to be big, just something
to remind yourself that you ARE blessed no matter what's going on at the
moment:)
It was hard to swallow. Something wasn't right. I felt achy, tired and couldn't breathe. I knew my body was trying to fight off an impending attack. I began to load up on extra vitamins...trying to offer a counterattack to boost the unseen battle raging within.
But what of the unseen daily battles of emotional attacks? Worry. Fear. Stress. Anxiety. Doubt. Depression. Pain.
Why am I slow in defending against these often debilitating emotions?
I know immediately when I get that sinking feeling...when something's just not right. Why do I not run as quickly to what I know will offer a counterattack? I know what's lacking.
Life has a way of throwing unexpected trials at me. Too often I let the emotions fester. They begin to overtake and the issue/problem becomes larger than I can bear. I fall prey to my crashing emotions.
The cure is swifter than any vitamins I may take for a physical illness. The affect of The LORD'S truth over my emotions is miraculous; all encompassing, unending in it's healing power.
So why do I wait to call to Him?
To Pray?
To read the Bible?
Why do I choose to sit alone and wallow in it?
Lord, today please help me to look to YOU First; spending time alone in YOUR Presence as YOU reveal truth to my soul...my heart...my emotions. Draw me close to YOU as YOU guide my way. Let my heart be filled with the knowledge of YOUR Truth & Light. Do not let me sit in the lies of crashing emotions. "YOUR rod and YOUR staff they comfort me." I say these things, in the name of my LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, Amen.
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me."
Psalm 23:4
"For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”
Jeremiah 31:25
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?"
Jeremiah 32:27
"Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth."
Jeremiah 33:6
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