Thursday, May 7, 2020
When Life Brings Us Bad Times
Everyone has
bad times in life. No one is immune from adversity. For some people, adversity
may come late in life and these people are devastated. For other people, bad
times surround them at birth, and adversity follows them for life. We all must
understand bad times fall on a person's life regardless of their race, creed,
economic status, age, or origins. We must never expect the good times to roll
on forever. We must never expect good times to come to us and stay forever. For
if we expect the good times to roll on forever, we will be in shock when
disaster strikes or bad times fall upon us. Our willingness to admit bad times
do happen enables us to prepare our heart, mind, and soul in advance for what
may come. Indeed, the person who prepares in advance today for the bad times in
the future has a decided advantage when bad times fall. Also, the person who
prepares in advance for bad times has a greater sense of well-being and
security during good times because
necessary preparations have been made. We must not delude ourselves into
thinking everything will be comfy and cozy
in the future. A construction manager in parts of the world where bad weather
strikes should prepare in advance for bad weather conditions. A person who
needs to fight traffic jams every day should prepare for their adverse traffic by leaving at an
appropriate time. Knowing bad times may fall does not need to make us unhappy.
Knowing and preparing in advance for adversity can give us peace, happiness, and security no matter what
happens to us in the future.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Helpful Answers
Psalms 4:1---Hear me
when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in
distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
We all want
answers.
In every
circumstance, God has more answers than we have questions.
At the very
center and core of our heart, God gives us constant access to His love, wisdom,
and answers.
His wisdom
gives us the answers we need.
Many of the
questions we ask come about because we believe we are helpless over
circumstances in our life.
In God's
infinite wisdom and love, He readily shows us we are not helpless.
In God's
infinite love, He readily shows us we are not hopeless.
Within our
heart, God speaks to us and gives us all the answers we need.
Within our
heart, we find His truth to help us over the mountains and through the valleys
of life each day.
In His love,
we are rendered silent for we have no questions compared to His wisdom and
love.
Many times,
as we think, meditate, and pray to God each day, we find we have had His
answers within us all along.
We know He
is constantly answering us and helping us.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Doing To Much
Luke
10:42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will
not be taken away from her."
Some people
would feel they are living a diminished life if they did not live an
over-committed life.
Constantly
living like you are putting out "brush fires" is a lifestyle hurtful
to you in a major way.
This kind of
lifestyle becomes a dependent/co-dependent lifestyle when over-committing is
done from a sense of weakness or powerlessness.
Even when
weakness and powerlessness are not issues, some people lead a "too
busy" life.
Piling up
commitments in our life to the point where we run ourselves ragged is not
helpful to us, to others, and is not a blessing to God.
To
healthfully maintain our soul, we are to live in peace and harmony with God.
Over-committing
is not a way to live in peace and harmony with God.
Having more
things on our agenda than we can possibly do also takes away from our
efficiency because we can easily miss doing what is important.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Lifting One Another Up Through Our Burdens
Galatians
6:2---Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
One of the
best ways of being sure we bear one another's burdens is to always be unselfish
enough and concerned enough about others to carry their burdens.
A selfish
person does not carry the burdens of others unless made to do so.
An unselfish
person always looks out for others.
An unselfish
person always seeks out the burdens others are carrying.
An unselfish
person can put others first.
The act of
unselfish giving and receiving assures mutual burden-bearing.
To bear
another person's burden we must be willing to unselfishly give and receive
love, caring, kindness, and compassion.
To bear
another person's burden we must be willing to unselfishly help others carry
their load in life as well as be willing to let others help us carry our load.
To bear another
person's burden we must be willing to listen to the problems, cares, and
worries of others.
To bear
another person's burden we must be willing to ask others if there is anything
we can do after we have listened.
To bear
another person's burden we must be willing to give 110% of our efforts in
helping others.
When we bear
another person's burden we must be aware others become stronger when we help
them become stronger.
When we bear
another's burden we must remember others become weaker when we prevent them
from shouldering the burdens and responsibilities we all must carry.
Sunday, May 3, 2020
A New Day Is Coming
Philippians
3:20-21---For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the
Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be
fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is
able even to subdue all things unto himself.
We do not
belong here on earth.
We do not
belong in a world caught up in sin and rebellion against God.
When we
become children of God our home is in Heaven.
If you have
accepted Christ and you feel out of place here on Earth, now you know why.
However, there
is a new day about to come.
It makes no
difference if you see this new day watching down from Heaven or looking up from
Earth, for the greatness of this new day, overwhelms all other concerns.
As we wait
for this new day about to come we stand in joy.
We stand
waiting in eager anticipation for this new day.
No matter
where we are when the new day comes, we will all be there one way or another.
This new day
is the day Jesus returns.
We may be
standing in the joy of Heaven.
We may be
grounded upon the earth with soaring hearts and sailing spirits at the first
sight of Him.
When Jesus
comes back, all things will be under His control and at that moment our old
bodies will be gone.
When Jesus
comes back we will get a new and glorious body that will never ache, fade, get
sick, or die.
Praise God.
A new day is about to come.
Saturday, May 2, 2020
A Light
Someone
looks up and sees a strange light,
They look
and say, "what is that light.
Is it a
plane or u f o,
Some shake
their Heads and say "I don’t know."
A
grandmother looks at the light,
With wonder
and not fright.
A mother
holds her little child,
With a smile
so meek and mild.
A soldier in
a terrible firefight,
Looks up and
sees this marvelous light.
When you see
this glorious light,
Do you look
with wonder or fright?
For those
not saved it is eternal night.
For Christian's
it signals the day,
Jesus comes
to take his Church away.
Sandra Rowan
Friday, May 1, 2020
What's That Sound?
Someone is sleeping safe and sound,
Hears a noise that shakes the ground.
They awake and look around,
Some of their friends cannot be found.
What happened? Where did they go?
Many said, "We don't know.
They walked around all that day,
None of them thought to pray.
A Christian hears the trumpet sound,
And, knows they are Heaven bound.
They look into the sky,
As they begin to fly.
Do you know the difference between noise and the trumpet sound?
Are you hell or Heaven bound?
If you don't know the answer today,
You need to bend your knees and pray.
Sandra Rowan
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