WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?
Some of you may be asking this question right now. Who is going to answer this question? Not me! In fact we may never find the answer to this question, but we can find answers to help us go through these trying times.
REVIEW, RELAX & REST! I was reading an article the other day about Mountain Tops and Valleys. It seems life has UPS & DOWNS, EBB & FLOW, INFLATE & DEFLATE, CONTRACTING & RELAXING, ETC. It just happens and is natural.
In REVIEWING God’s Word there are many answers to the “down” times. Accept what is happening along with being content in every situation. We read of prophets of old going through devastating circumstances while still trusting God. In Deuteronomy 1:30-33, we are told God will go before you, fight for you, will carry you when you falter and show you the way to go.
Next step is RELAX and FEAR NO EVIL. In the Psalm, there is a particular reference to difficult times as “the valley of the shadow of death”. It goes on to say “Fear No Evil”. When you hit the bottom and all hope is gone, dwell on what you do have, not on what you don’t have. Make lists if you must on things that give you comfort, support and hope. When things keep going wrong and fear returns, lengthen your list. “I will fear no evil for thou art with me”.
This last step may be the most difficult – REST! Normally in a valley state of mind we have anxiety, sleeplessness, doubt, confusion, guilt, joylessness, weepy and hopelessness. Pretty sad to be in this state of mind when Our Father has promised never to leave us nor forsake us. Rest and Peace can be found in Our Father Which Art in Heaven. Meditation and prayer can take us to that place of Rest in Him.
The following prayer is one a friend of mine sent me today and I believe it is quite timely:
Dear god:
Please untie the knots that are in my mind,
My heart and my life. Remove the have nots, the caNNOTS and the do nots that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life .
And most of all dear god, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life all of the am nots that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough. amen
Some of you may be asking this question right now. Who is going to answer this question? Not me! In fact we may never find the answer to this question, but we can find answers to help us go through these trying times.
REVIEW, RELAX & REST! I was reading an article the other day about Mountain Tops and Valleys. It seems life has UPS & DOWNS, EBB & FLOW, INFLATE & DEFLATE, CONTRACTING & RELAXING, ETC. It just happens and is natural.
In REVIEWING God’s Word there are many answers to the “down” times. Accept what is happening along with being content in every situation. We read of prophets of old going through devastating circumstances while still trusting God. In Deuteronomy 1:30-33, we are told God will go before you, fight for you, will carry you when you falter and show you the way to go.
Next step is RELAX and FEAR NO EVIL. In the Psalm, there is a particular reference to difficult times as “the valley of the shadow of death”. It goes on to say “Fear No Evil”. When you hit the bottom and all hope is gone, dwell on what you do have, not on what you don’t have. Make lists if you must on things that give you comfort, support and hope. When things keep going wrong and fear returns, lengthen your list. “I will fear no evil for thou art with me”.
This last step may be the most difficult – REST! Normally in a valley state of mind we have anxiety, sleeplessness, doubt, confusion, guilt, joylessness, weepy and hopelessness. Pretty sad to be in this state of mind when Our Father has promised never to leave us nor forsake us. Rest and Peace can be found in Our Father Which Art in Heaven. Meditation and prayer can take us to that place of Rest in Him.
The following prayer is one a friend of mine sent me today and I believe it is quite timely:
Dear god:
Please untie the knots that are in my mind,
My heart and my life. Remove the have nots, the caNNOTS and the do nots that I have in my mind.
Erase the will nots, may nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart.
Release me from the could nots, would nots and should nots that obstruct my life .
And most of all dear god, I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life all of the am nots that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought that I am not good enough. amen
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