Ok, first things first...Happy Birthday Pepto!!
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding
In all your ways acknowledge Him
And He will make your path straight.
(Pr 3:5-6)
And this is the one I don't like. It comes back to that whole trust thing. You know when your life sucks and people say "Oh, it will all work out in the end". This just never seems to solve anything in times of discomfort. Even though God has control of it, you never want to hear that at the time.
I have to trust God with my life, I have to, without Him I really have nothing.
God says "come to me, you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest"
When life gets tiresome, when things get heavy, and you are tired. When the struggles of this life are too much of a burden to carry, God can give you rest. How awesome would it be to really understand this concept fully?
In my life things change pretty quickly. I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm angry, I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm angry....I mean, just pick a mood and go with it! But seriously, the past week I've been really letting the crap of this life get me down. And its been a rough one for me, I won't lie. It gets very tiresome and hard to go through. Very overwhealming at times.
Can God really give me rest? Can God take the cares of this world and rid me of them? If He can then will He do this? Yes if I trust in Him, He will give me rest. But I have to trust him, and cast my cares upon Him. That's the hard one right there, casting all your cares upon the Lord. Its so hard to trust God when you can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. At least it is for me, because God doesn't fit into my time frame or my plans. So often I do the opposite of the verse that started this blog says, I don't trust in the Lord, and I don't not lean on my own understanding.
But I thank Him for the truth that if I cast my cares upon Him, if I trust him, if I come to Him when I am burdened and weary He can give me rest. God has been good to me and I thank Him for it. He can and will give me rest, so I place my trust in Him. God has started healing my heart, and I know if I trust Him that He is good on His end to see it through.
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I like how bluntly you said that God doesn't fit into your time frame or your plans...3 points for honesty...
Remember Jer. 29:11 "For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome..."
I know...little consolation when you don't feel that way. Joyce always says that we just have to declare the word of the Lord, whether we feel it or not, and sooner or later, it will just become a part of our belief system. I can say this because I always practice it, of course...
God looks at your heart, and I'm pretty sure He knows that your desire is to trust Him more, to rest in His peace. Keep rowing through the wind, and I believe He'll honour you. And who knows, His plans for you may or may not just be better than anything you could ever imagine...MAY!
Love you.
I don't understand how some people can be so awesome with God and all spiritual and I fall and fail everyday. Its so hard to just stay with God when I can never do anything right...I'm a little emo right now.
That was Cassidy
Everyone so spiritual? I sure hope you weren't refering to me. Cause I never feel spiritual. i'm just trying to make baby steps. And my first one is acknowledging what God has done and is doing in my life.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight"
(Pr. 3:5 and 6)
Just a little something I picked up in the past few weeks.
amen to that brother..
yo
What are you supposed to do when the place you live.... your house... is a place where you cant find rest, you cant enjoy life, be yourself, be close to God? and you have no way out untill you graduate from high school. what then? i cant be happy here. im not.
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