IT'S A NEW DAY

The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to Him in song. Psalm 28:7

My very first blog post on October 30, 2008.

I took some excerpts from it.

Ok, ok, Lord, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for limiting Your power and Your provisions in our lives. Forgive me for wanting things done my way. Forgive me for realizing that Your ways are so much better than my ways. You have allowed this circumstance to come our way, not to harm us but to show forth Your power upon our lives. 

I read a post from ginny in her December 2007 entry that really spoke to me. I wrote it out on paper because I plan on writing it in my journal this morning. 

It states: "My brokeness can be an instrument to mend what else is broken in my life. This is an opportunity for me to grow through this suffering and heal broken relalationships, attitudes, old hurts and wounds, and other adversities that plague me daily".

In a devotional that I read this morning from Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman, there is a prayer written by George Matheson "Make me, in my cloud, a rainbow bringing the ministry of joy to others. My patience will only be perfect when it works in Your vineyard."

"When all our hopes are gone,

It is best our hands keep toiling on

For others' sake.

For strength to bear is found in duty done;

And he is best who learns to make

The joy of others cure his own heartache."

Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed. Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews 12:12-15

When trials come into my life, my flesh wants to scream, be angry, throw a fit and just give up. I can't count the times I would throw HUGE temper tantrums because of what I was dealing with. God tells me to strengthen my feeble arms and weak knees. I think by praising God, raising my hands in worship to Him through these dark times does strengthen my arms. Getting on my knees in prayer and petition to God Almighty does strengthen my knees.

Making the effort to keep on keeping on instead of giving up in depression, despair and anger encourages others around me to stand up and walk like wise, and they too are healed from their pain. Without walking in holiness (I think about walking in joy, peace, contentment) no one will see God working in my life. 

If I'm going about my day murmuring and complaining, being angry because of the injustice that has been done in my family because of my husband losing his job(Randy is working now, but laid off and waiting for the call back..), being angry because there is pain in broken relationships, sickness of body that has come, and just the every day irritations of life, I will miss the grace of God. His unmerited favor upon our lives.

Walking that way will cause bitter root to grow, which causes trouble in my life and defiles everyone around me.

It takes courage to fight the good fight of faith. It takes strength to walk in love, hope, trust and patience.

Let us run with patience. Hebrews 12:1

Running is not my forte. Walking, yes..lol. I think about this scripture though and think how they go together. Running and in patience!~ It brings to my mind about 'running' with patience throughout my day in the activities that are before me. Having a gentle and calm spirit. Being patient as I go about my day, EVEN though the storms are RAGING around me, and even trying to pentrate my spirit.

Run in patience. 

Sigh.

I encourage you dear one who is reading this. Run..RUN IN PATIENCE. Don't meditate upon what's wrong in your life. Don't believe this will be forever. This too shall pass. Whatever is going on in your life right now, will NOT destroy you, but it will strengthen you, build you up and refine you into a beautiful vessel of God's power and glory.!~ Don't miss out on the graces of God that He has for you today because of bitter root trying to attach itself to you.

Rest in His love. Find comfort in Him alone. Watch, look, His mercies are new every morning. He will come to your aid. He will not leave you in this state. HE WON'T!!!!

amen amen amen

IT'S A NEW DAY

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