1 Corinthians 10:12 (New International Version)
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!
I have had a long stretch of time of enjoying every day no matter the circumstances I have been in. I have known the Joy of the Lord. I have been strong against the hard winds and I have stood firm on the promises of God.
The the place I live became bigger than the in Light of There! What I mean is I allowed my flesh to over power my Joy. Worldly thinking (stinkin’ thinkin’ -Joyce Meyer).
It happens.
To the best of us.
To all of us.
We are imperfect in a sinful world in bodies held together by flesh. I would like you to think that I hold it together most all the time. And only with God can I even attempt to hold it all together at all. Without Him I would be an absolute basket case. I’m serious. And I would bet that if you thought about it, that is true for you, you believers, too.
I have had a not so good a day.
I guess you might have got that by now.
It’s okay, we are allowed.
But I don’t like it.
I have had so much fun enjoying life. I am going through what I am sure many of you are. Money is super tight, jobs are scarce, I have had to down size and eliminate many things I so want and enjoy. That is very uncomfortable. Not the part of not having, the part that it aggravated me in the first place. Some dear family members I love so much have made me feel like sort of an out cast. Incapable. That hurt me.
And honestly, I wanted crab legs for my birthday! LOL!
I have had to handle all these same issues for some time and I have been determined to manage myself in a manner that was representative of Jesus. Then today.
BAM!!
So what am I doing about it? I decided to write about it before I turn in. I have been in the studio attempting to be productive, but the work, any work, is so important to be done with the right heart that I must stop and allow myself to settle down. When I realized that I was not concentrating on my task at hand, I knew I must need to renew myself.
I need God. I need His comfort and His love. I need His forgiveness for the thoughts, actions and words I have
lived today. I need Him to hold me and just be with me. I need Him to remind me of His Joy and how awesome it is.
I need to dwell with Him and have rest in the shadow of the Almighty! Psalm 91:1
And that is where I am going.
For tomorrow I expect the Joy of the Lord to return to me. I will go after, diligently seeking Him who is everything to my everything.
In Jesus Name…
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