when One Door Shuts And Another Opens
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ya know something. I know he can take away your depression and misery is a choice in your very own mind. You CHOOSE to be happy or you CHOOSE not to be. We all go through really hard times and fight our battle in different ways. Choosing to stay in misery is a choice. So it is quiet simple. Choose to be happy instead. Chose to see the beauty instead of the dark and ugly. Do not bemoan your fate, instead pray about it and ask God what way he wants you to go...follow him and most of all believe my friend, just simply believe.
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When one door shuts sometimes we worry so much thinking God doesnt hear our prayers but God's ear is not too dull to hear he has a better plan for us just be patient in everything...
jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
PRAISE GOD ALWAYS...
jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
PRAISE GOD ALWAYS...
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This is a timely reminder, brother, and something I've been praying about (and for) here. 
It's funny...for thousands of years one's life was never appreciably different from one's grandparent's lives...till about the middle of the 1800s.
And now, change happens so quickly I can't keep up with it! (senility? haha)
Things move so quickly now, and I feel it's made me more impatient with all things (but young children-because they're awesome!!).
I definitely get impatient with the way the Lord deals with my life. But the thing I need to remember is He's letting things happen for a reason. When I feel that "I'm waiting for God to move", He is, in fact, already busy in my life.
We want the traffic to move more quickly, we want our food to cook faster, we want our internet service to be faster, ad infinitum. And boy, do we want our stuff in the States! (forgive us, Lord!)
When my sisters and I got married (30-some years ago) my mother said, "You children expect to have what it's taken your dad and I 25 years to work for..." And she was right.
I'm not sure that attitude is improving, either. That's another discussion...sorry!
Lord, save us! Abba, I ask that you make us patient children, and make us willing to accpet "no" as Your answer. I ask that You help those of us who are suffering. Manifest Your Son to us, Father. Thank You for Your perfect work; thank You for conforming us to the image of Jesus. ♥ And, Lord God! forgive me when I want to get there faster! We need you, Abba. We need your grace that we might glorify You in all things.
In Jesus' name I ask You for these things, Amen!
I continue to pray for all of us.
In Christian love
~ellie
It's funny...for thousands of years one's life was never appreciably different from one's grandparent's lives...till about the middle of the 1800s.
And now, change happens so quickly I can't keep up with it! (senility? haha)
Things move so quickly now, and I feel it's made me more impatient with all things (but young children-because they're awesome!!).
I definitely get impatient with the way the Lord deals with my life. But the thing I need to remember is He's letting things happen for a reason. When I feel that "I'm waiting for God to move", He is, in fact, already busy in my life.
We want the traffic to move more quickly, we want our food to cook faster, we want our internet service to be faster, ad infinitum. And boy, do we want our stuff in the States! (forgive us, Lord!)
When my sisters and I got married (30-some years ago) my mother said, "You children expect to have what it's taken your dad and I 25 years to work for..." And she was right.
I'm not sure that attitude is improving, either. That's another discussion...sorry!
Lord, save us! Abba, I ask that you make us patient children, and make us willing to accpet "no" as Your answer. I ask that You help those of us who are suffering. Manifest Your Son to us, Father. Thank You for Your perfect work; thank You for conforming us to the image of Jesus. ♥ And, Lord God! forgive me when I want to get there faster! We need you, Abba. We need your grace that we might glorify You in all things.
In Jesus' name I ask You for these things, Amen!
I continue to pray for all of us.
In Christian love
~ellie
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“and I saw a river
over which every soul must pass
to reach the kingdom of heaven
and the name of that river was ‘suffering’ . . .
And then I saw a boat
Which carries souls across the the river
And the name of the boat was ‘love’ "
St. John of the Cross, 1542 – 1591
somehow I remember this as part of a lullaby? "my boat is so little, the ocean's so wide"?
awesome thought, though. ♥
~el
over which every soul must pass
to reach the kingdom of heaven
and the name of that river was ‘suffering’ . . .
And then I saw a boat
Which carries souls across the the river
And the name of the boat was ‘love’ "
St. John of the Cross, 1542 – 1591
somehow I remember this as part of a lullaby? "my boat is so little, the ocean's so wide"?
awesome thought, though. ♥
~el
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You make me think of another similar teaching how all things work for the good for those who love Yahweh, God. Many times in the past I have forced myself to wait for the good on bad situations, and I have never been disappointed, on the contrary, I have experienced much blessing in so doing. It has become almost second nature for me now, but it was not always. Praise God for you and for all the family in Yeshua, Jesus, amen.