Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of My sight. Stop doing wrong, learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Isaiah 1:16-17a
"Lord, do I really have too? I already shared
VAIN AND A GLUTTON
"Do I have to say it again?"Encourage the oppressed Angela. Let them know they are not the only ones.
I felt the Lord speaking to my heart very early this morning to share how difficult those days were when I was walking in laziness and procrastination.
The Lord wanted me to share this 'secret' with you. Of course telling all of you through the internet will definitely NOT be a secret any longer, nor to those who live close by me and read my devotionals!
I shared in the devotional Vain and a Glutton how I had not bathed in quite a few days.
Well that definitely wasn't the one and only time.
I remember my girlfriend and I in Barrie discussing about our depression, our laziness and how we procrastinate in our daily lives.
"So when do you last bathe?"
How can I clean my house when I can't even clean my own body?
A dear sister in the Lord emailed me this comment:" I seemed to be in the minority with this struggle ."
I remember telling my girlfriend from Barrie:
"Sandy, there has to be someone out there that is dealing with the same issues as us. We are NOT the only ones Sis. Satan wants us to believe we are failures, that there is no one out there that struggles with these issues. It's a LIE."
Look at this picture.
Look at all those footprints.
When we look with spiritual eyes, we will see others that have gone on before us who have dealt with these struggles. We will see others who have also made it to the other side.
Being more than conqueror's in Christ Jesus.
It's easier NOT to let others know how bad things are.
Don't need to fear rejection.
Judgment.
Inadequacies.
Let others think that we have it all together when on the inside we are falling apart.
Well let me tell ya, you can live like that...
There comes a time though when the falling apart on the inside WILL and DOES show up on the outside.
When I share the struggle I have had with laziness and procrastination, I can honestly say with St. Paul
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance. That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief". 1 Timothy 1:15
I can still look back and remember the feelings of failure, of anguish and pain.
So tired of being tired.
So sick of being sick.
Knowing that this is not what God desired for me, nor my family.
And crying....
7 comments:
I can totally relate. For me, those times correspond with having new babies in the house. My days are filled with nursing a 3 week old and trying to stop a toddler and pre-schooler from making messes!
Those lies the enemy deceives us with really do have power over us until we recognize them for what they truly are, LIES!!!! Thank God for his determination to bring us freedom in Christ!
Speak the truth sis, bless you.
I can also totally relate to feeling like a failure and living with things in secret. There are things that I believe are no one's business and other things that if we share them, will help someone else to survive.
I have spent so many years feeling like a failure for one reason or another but God delivered me from that bondage. That doesn't mean that Satan has stopped trying to pull me back into that trap but I can recognize it easier now.
Love you!
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Love you,
Laura
I am so thankful that you are transparent. Surely there are others who need to hear this. You'll help set them free as well.
Good Morning Angela
I missed this in the weekend....BUT God knew i NEEDED to hear this this morning!!
Your post put me straight again to "NOT LISTEN TO THE LIES.....and feelings........
Your so right God is not desiring it for me and my family........!
Love you (hugs)
bernice
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