This week has been a challenging week for me.....Audrey went in on Tuesday morning and had two of her wisdom teeth cut out, and it has been a difficult week for her of pain. As a mom you hate to see your child in pain and not be able to do anything for them.
There have been a couple of deaths connected to the church family this week as well and it is just sad makes you realize how much sweeter that heaven sounds everyday....
Sunday Gary sang a song "What a Day that will be" along with the choir and that song has been on my heart all week just because of the different things that have went on in my life this week....Here is a just a little bit of the lyrics.....
There will be no sorrows there and no more burdens to bear, no more sickness, no more pain, no more parting over there, and forever I will be with the one who died for me what a day glorious that will be. What a day that will be when my Jesus I shall see, when I look upon his face the one who saved me by his grace, and when he takes me by the hand and leads me through the promised land what a day glorious day that will be.
This morning as i got up and to start my day there was a scripture that was on my heart....it was Ps. 23:4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod, and your staff they comfort me.
After reading this verse this morning I sit and just started thinking about different things in my life.....there are some things that we can learn from this verse alone. Accept the reality of the valley.....There will be valleys in life. Days when the sun doesn't shine as bright, when things can only look gloomy or sad to us. We all wish to have that mountain top feeling everyday but that just isn't even real to think it could happen. There are several things that could get us down in a days time, but don't be surprised by them valley's are inevitable. there are a few things that we need to make sure we don't go into one of those is self-pity, don't tell yourself that you are the only one suffering so much, everyone else is happy and I am going through a tough time. I have learned in these times that I catch myself feeling this way to snap out of it and realize there is someone in life that has things a whole lot worse than I do. ....Don't fall into the trap. There will be persecutions and problems in life. Everyone goes through them one time or another. Some more. Some less. Some deeper, other not so deep. Some long, some shorter but we all face them. Life can't always be smooth, and we can't always have that mountain-top happy feeling. God is not to blame he is with us through it all even in the valley. So we need to stay strong and walk on. There will be difficult days and difficult times but we just have to accept the reality of being in the valley. John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. We need to watch how we respond in the valley. It will either make you or break you. Don't focus on the valley but focus on the one that is with you. I have learned that in these times that prayer is what gets me through. Just as in this verse it says 'I am not afraid, because you are with me". We are to keep on walking even though it is difficult.
Sometimes when we are going through diffcult times we ask "Where is God?" and really we know that answer he is right there with us through it all....We can go back to the story of the footprints and remember that he is carrying us through.
Pray this can be a blessing to someone!
Everyone have a blessed weekend!
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