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I'm normally an upbeat, kind, loving person. Not today. Well, not the "upbeat" part anyway.
And I'm trying to stay away from people and guard my words to avoid being unkind.
Have you ever had a day like that? When you feel absolutely horrible? When you are incredibly discouraged? When you find yourself less patient regarding some things? A day when you think it should temporarily be okay to punch someone in the face for stuff like using baby talk, being hypercritical/hypocritical/downright mean spirited, whining? And then you realize that maybe YOU are a little whiney yourself?
Yeah...it's like that...
For whatever reason, people seem surprised when some of us have a bad day. They may even march in together and start pointing big self-righteous foam fingers, never realizing (or caring) that they are assisting satan against a wounded warrior of the Lord in their ignorance.
I know that God will lift me up on wings like eagles, and I will wait for it. In the meantime, the words David, Paul and even Jesus, Himself, spoke in such times, show me that God knows and understands...and it's my turn to have a "being real" day.
Luke 5: [SUP]15 [/SUP]Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. [SUP]16 [/SUP]But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
2 Corinthians 4: [SUP]8 [/SUP]In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up. [SUP]9 [/SUP]We’re persecuted, but we’re not abandoned. We’re captured, but we’re not killed.
Psalm 27:7Hear my voice when I call, Lord;
be merciful to me and answer me.
8My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
9Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
God my Savior.
10Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
11Teach me your way, Lord;
lead me in a straight path
because of my oppressors.
12Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
spouting malicious accusations.
13I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
[video=youtube;9koHw6nnq-s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9koHw6nnq-s[/video]
1 Thessalonians 5:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Isaiah 40:
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
[SUP]31 [/SUP]but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not be faint.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Psalm 62:5
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
Jeremiah 31:25
For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
Today this thread is for me. Tomorrow it may be for you. Feel free to bump it at anytime.
We'll see it and pray for you on YOUR "being real" day.
Blessings, Didi
And I'm trying to stay away from people and guard my words to avoid being unkind.
Have you ever had a day like that? When you feel absolutely horrible? When you are incredibly discouraged? When you find yourself less patient regarding some things? A day when you think it should temporarily be okay to punch someone in the face for stuff like using baby talk, being hypercritical/hypocritical/downright mean spirited, whining? And then you realize that maybe YOU are a little whiney yourself?
Yeah...it's like that...
For whatever reason, people seem surprised when some of us have a bad day. They may even march in together and start pointing big self-righteous foam fingers, never realizing (or caring) that they are assisting satan against a wounded warrior of the Lord in their ignorance.
I know that God will lift me up on wings like eagles, and I will wait for it.
In the meantime, the words David, Paul and even Jesus, Himself, spoke in such times, show me that God knows and understands...and it's my turn to have a "being real" day.Luke 5: [SUP]15 [/SUP]Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. [SUP]16 [/SUP]But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
2 Corinthians 4: [SUP]8 [/SUP]In every way we’re troubled, but we aren’t crushed by our troubles. We’re frustrated, but we don’t give up. [SUP]9 [/SUP]We’re persecuted, but we’re not abandoned. We’re captured, but we’re not killed.
Psalm 27:7Hear my voice when I call, Lord;
be merciful to me and answer me.
8My heart says of you, “Seek his face!”
Your face, Lord, I will seek.
9Do not hide your face from me,
do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have been my helper.
Do not reject me or forsake me,
God my Savior.
10Though my father and mother forsake me,
the Lord will receive me.
11Teach me your way, Lord;
lead me in a straight path
because of my oppressors.
12Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes,
for false witnesses rise up against me,
spouting malicious accusations.
13I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
[video=youtube;9koHw6nnq-s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9koHw6nnq-s[/video]
1 Thessalonians 5:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Isaiah 40:
[SUP]28 [/SUP]Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
[SUP]29 [/SUP]He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.
[SUP]30 [/SUP]Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
[SUP]31 [/SUP]but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary;
they will walk and not be faint.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Psalm 62:5
For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
Jeremiah 31:25
For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
Today this thread is for me. Tomorrow it may be for you. Feel free to bump it at anytime.
We'll see it and pray for you on YOUR "being real" day.
Blessings, Didi
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