Recently I was throwing a "holy" pity party. I mean it was me and God and a whole lot of my complaints! Somehow I had ended up in this pit of discouragement and I wanted an answer and I wanted it NOW!!
With the Easter holiday coming this week I decided to do some reading in my Bible about the crucifixion. I was thinking about all the pain and darkness our Lord Jesus willingly endured for all of us.
I wonder when He was being tortured beyond imagination and taking on all the SIN of this world, did he throw a temper tantrum and demand the Heavenly Father do something NOW?? If He did, then Satan and darkness would have won.
As much as it hurt, and as dark and as scary as it might have been for our precious Savior to endure the cross, He did just that -- endured. In those times when Jesus may have felt like He could not continue or like giving up on all humanity, I like to think that the Heavenly Father was whispering.....
PUSH HARDER
DIG DEEPER
It will be worth it all!!
And just like that there is my answer!!
PUSH HARDER
DIG DEEPER
Pray more, read more, seek more, praise more, love more!!
It may not be the answer you want....
But it is absolutely the answer you need.
Trust the Father
"TRUST in the Lord with ALL YOUR HEART and do not lean on your own understanding."
Proverbs 3:5
I have heard this scripture quoted over and over and have even quoted it several times myself. But there is a big difference between quoting the scripture and living the scripture.
If we slow down and really think about what this one verse is commanding us to do, it suddenly doesn't seem so simple anymore. The definition for the word "trust" from Merriam-Webster dictionary is "assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something."
Are you assured today that your Heavenly Father has the character, ability, and strength to take care of every situation you are facing? Does He have all of your heart or just the parts you have been willing to give up?
We sometimes try so hard to "fix" our own lives instead of allowing God to have control and trusting in His plan. The truth is we do not have the answer to the problems we face, but He does.
If we slow down and really think about what this one verse is commanding us to do, it suddenly doesn't seem so simple anymore. The definition for the word "trust" from Merriam-Webster dictionary is "assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something."
Are you assured today that your Heavenly Father has the character, ability, and strength to take care of every situation you are facing? Does He have all of your heart or just the parts you have been willing to give up?
We sometimes try so hard to "fix" our own lives instead of allowing God to have control and trusting in His plan. The truth is we do not have the answer to the problems we face, but He does.
Trust the Father! He's Got This!
Hannah
1 Samuel Chapters 1 and 2
"She (Hannah), greatly distressed, prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly." 1 Samuel 1:10 (NASB)
This passage of scripture seems all too familiar to me and I'm sure it would apply to most women in our world today.
I think over my life and ponder the thought how many, many times I have been in Hannah's same position of despair. Although our circumstances are different, distress does not discriminate nor does trouble pick and choose. I have yet to meet anyone who has not faced at some time in their life trouble or problems.
When the trouble has stacked up one on top of the other and you're standing facing this seemingly insurmountable wall--this is when you break. And just like Hannah the tears burst forth freely with no way of stopping them.
The bible goes on to tell us that Hannah was not even speaking words before the Lord (v. 13). She was so distressed that she could not voice out her prayer. I wonder has anyone been there? I certainly have.
No one enjoys being distressed or shedding tears of sorrow, BUT there is some good, good news. See, the story does not end with Hannah weeping bitterly. In fact, the story ends with a MIRACLE!! Hannah's tears are heard by the Lord!!
Although tears don't have a voice in this earth, I believe they are a language our Heavenly Father completely understands.
I think over my life and ponder the thought how many, many times I have been in Hannah's same position of despair. Although our circumstances are different, distress does not discriminate nor does trouble pick and choose. I have yet to meet anyone who has not faced at some time in their life trouble or problems.
When the trouble has stacked up one on top of the other and you're standing facing this seemingly insurmountable wall--this is when you break. And just like Hannah the tears burst forth freely with no way of stopping them.
The bible goes on to tell us that Hannah was not even speaking words before the Lord (v. 13). She was so distressed that she could not voice out her prayer. I wonder has anyone been there? I certainly have.
No one enjoys being distressed or shedding tears of sorrow, BUT there is some good, good news. See, the story does not end with Hannah weeping bitterly. In fact, the story ends with a MIRACLE!! Hannah's tears are heard by the Lord!!
Although tears don't have a voice in this earth, I believe they are a language our Heavenly Father completely understands.
So Heads Up Girls! God Hears Your Tears!
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