Alright friends. I have been slacking hard-core lately. I’m
calling myself out on this because I really wanted to stay on top of my reading
and blogging. However just like usual, when I set out to stay focused my life
becomes clustered, as I am sure many of you have also experienced.
I am definitely going to keep trying to stay up on this blog
because I need to, but since I havean’t posted in a while I thought I would
through a couple of interesting and thought provoking verses your way, mainly
just to distract you till I get my crap together. ;)
So for me lately school and I guess ‘family drama’ has been
consuming my life and just as usual I am putting my will before Gods. This is
literally the most difficult thing for me. I am so prideful and just cannot give
everything to Him. Which is why I have such a difficult time staying steady in
my faith. So, I have been meditating on Psalms 42 lately. It’s a pretty intense
piece of scripture. According to This Video the Psalm is David “in a fight with
himself.” And I think we all kind of feel like David sometimes. We feel like we are fighting against
ourselves in hopes that we will be able to find what we should be doing, or
want to be doing. But again, we need to
but our “hope in God.”
This video has basically been getting me through this hard
time. The guy is Matt Chandler. In the
video he tells us that we need to “wait on the Lord.” Why? He takes it straight
from scripture, Isaiah 40:31 – Because those who wait on the Lord He will renew
their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow
weary, they will walk and not be faint. And that’s a promise!
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| Psalms 27:14 |
So, if you’re like me and find yourself more on the prideful
end of the spectrum take a second to watch the video, read the psalms, and try
and find a reason not to put all of your hope in God. And if you find it, let
me know, because from what I read and saw His promises looked a whole lot
better than what I could even dream up.
Have an awesome week friends.
Here is Psalms 42:
1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for
you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go
and meet with God? 3 My tears have been my food day and night, while men
say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 4 These things I
remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading
the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among
the festive throng. 5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed
within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and 6
my God. My soul is downcast within me; therefore I will remember you from the
land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon--from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep
calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have
swept over me. 8 By day the LORD directs his love, at night his song is
with me-- a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock,
"Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the
enemy?" 10 My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying
to me all day long, "Where is your God?" 11 Why are you
downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I
will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
Here’s
the link again to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnt7kJ6NE4
Go watch it,
AND
Here
are some of those inspirational / thought provoking verses I said I’d include:
Philippians 4:6-7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer
and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the
peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and
your minds in Christ Jesus.”
1 Peter 5: 6-7
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he
may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he
cares for you.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths
straight.”
(This is my favorite verse, just thought I’d let you know).
Joshua 1:9
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous.
Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with
you wherever you go.”
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us return to the LORD. For he has torn us, but He will
heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
LASTELY, READ THIS:
It talks about why God breaks us
before He fixes us. It’s lovely.
