Tuesday, November 12th and it has been a few rough days for me and my family. You know I started my devotions because I didnt want to be sad, stressed, discouraged, angry during the holiday seasons. And I havent been and the Lord has really been teaching me some things that I really needed to step back and look at in my life. But starting on Sunday satan has been attacking and the things that my husband and I were just trying to let go and let God handle, satan keeps throwing at us and he keeps it on our mind constantly and it is heavy and burdensome. I think look for the blessings Shannon, count what the Lord has done for you. Dont stay focused on what needs done and what is coming due and what is happening in your life. Look toward God and Praise Him. And I read I Thessalonians 5 today, this verses stuck out at me. Verses 16-24 Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Really in every thing give thanks, how??? Am I the only one who struggles with this? So in short version, a year ago I sold EVERYTHING!!!! We made this move with NOTHING!!!! But yes God has been so good to us and has provided. So how can I still come up short in Praising Him, Trusting Him and Giving Him Thanks? But I do, I carry such a heavy load especially right now. See we have baseball fees due, the uniform cost, our daughters birthday, my family coming, and Christmas. Oh, Christmas we have nothing, not one decoration. So do you see my load, my burden, my concerns, my stress that I am carrying. But then I read these verses in Psalm 34:17-19 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their trouble. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. And then I remembered the song Blessings by Laura Story (which I attached I pray you can listen to it) and I remembered I have every reason to rejoice and I have every reason to count my blessings. The Lord is so much bigger then me, then my husband and He is most certainly bigger then our Burdens and Problems that we carry. The Bible says Rejoice Always, Pray Continually, Lift your burdens to Him, He will hear you and answer you. Yes, I have problems and yes you do too but like the song says, what if our blessings are in disguise of our trials? What if our blessings are in forms of raindrops? Today I am thankful for our trial, because through our trail I have seen God work more then I ever have in my life and the difference being, through the trial I was looking, I was paying attention because the Lord has always been working, I just didnt take the time to notice. Our trail has been heartbreaking, troublesome and a BIG headache but it has always been BLESSINGS in disguise. It has brought our family closer together, it has taught us that it is just worldly items and that family cannot be replaced. It has most certainly brought my husband and I closer together and we now share a different type of bond, one that cannot be broken. And it has brought me to my knees and closer to my Lord. So today I have cried out to the Lord, please carry this load, take my burdens and please provide the needs to meet our needs. It is a Blessing right there, when the Lord hears your cry, lifts your load and you can actually stand again. So please what ever your carrying alone today, what trail you may be facing, GIVE it to the LORD, He wants to CARRY it for you and LOOK for the Blessings that may be in DISGUISE and REJOICE in the LORD ALWAYS.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 22:21:38 +0000
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