Why The Trials?

Today’s devotion link I am sharing is to Worth Devotions called Why The Trials?   Each one of us has gone through or may be dealing with something in their lives right now  have said “I can’t take much more”.  I personally have learned to try and NOT say this.  Each of us goes through things in our lives, and although at the moment doesn’t seem like it, it is to make us stronger and more dependent on God.   We may not understand at the moment, but after the fact when we stop and reflect, we can understand why and be able to encourage and support others when they have that moment in their lives too.

Proverbs 22:1

Being respected is more important that having great riches, to be well thought of is better than silver or gold.  Proverbs 22:1

So many people today really focus their lives around “money”, and sometimes you have to stop and wonder about folks who have to have all the riches, the mansions, the fancy cars, all those material things they think bring them happiness.  At the end of the day and when they look in the mirror, I wonder what they see, how they feel?  Do they look back at themselves and think I am missing something something, but what could that be?

It’s the little things

It is the little things in life that matter most.  For example a friend of mine who I met through another friends blog sent me an e-greeting this morning that said she was thinking of me and praying for me this morning.  You have no idea how that has really touched my heart.  It is the simple things that matter most and it made me smile and deep down inside I know even though I am going alone for my MRI/MRA, I am not alone in spirit.

So if there is a point where I am nervous I am going to close my eyes and vision that beautiful thinking of you e-greeting.

Letting God handle your burdens.

Today’s devotion I am sharing a link to comes from Charles Stanley called Letting God Handle Your Burdens.  Scripture is Matthew 11:28-30.

Wow I have to tell you God is really speaking to me this morning, because I laid awake last night worrying about so many things like my daughter and her job, the reunion today, about the pending MRI/MRA I have to have done.  I can’t help but worry so much and I arrived to my daily devotion reading and I felt a hug in my heart as he is gently reminding me to let him handle those things I worry so about.

This is one of my hardest struggles in my christian walk.  I hope this speaks to your heart today as it did mine!

Loving Yourself

I have to tell you one of my biggest struggles is loving myself, being happy with who I am, how I look, inside and out.  I am a full figure gal.  I be happy to loose just a few inches.  I don’t expect to be skinny Minny or anything just would love to be a little smaller.  Going out shopping for clothes is very hard, I look in the mirror and I just feel depressed inside.  With battling with hypothyroidism, having to have a hysterectomy at the age of 23 and then the menopause factor, just been difficult.  This just seems to be one big pot hole in my road of life.  How do I build up my self esteem?  If I was sit down and think back to when I first started having self esteem issues, it would go back into my teen years and I wasn’t having any weight issues then.  I did not grow up in a home where you heard certain things I think a girl should hear.  My mom was always negative and complain how she was fat all the time.  This is a struggle for me with the weight because she would not even get dressed on weekends, and just lay around watching television and eating.  She drank a lot of pop and ate a lot of snacks all the time.  She complain how fat and ugly she was I would be telling her she is not fat, she is plump and tried to get her to talk walks with me or something like that.  Get active a little bit.  So when I see myself in the mirror and I am not laying around in my nightgown all day eating and snacking all day, its very difficult for me to understand when I see myself in the mirror why I have to have this battle.

Am I missing something? Most definitely.  But I feel if I don’t truly love myself, accept myself, how does God?

Running By Faith

Today’s devotion link is from the Proverbs 31 Ministries Daily Devotions Blog called Running By Faith.  “For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7.

As I read this I can not tell you how much it really reflects in my own life.  I tend to carry the burdens of my life around with me and to walk by faith is walking without this extra “weight of burdens” on my shoulders.  I need to release it to God.  Its not that I don’t believe that God will take care of this ruts in the road for me, just the way I was brought up and not having someone to go to, to listen to me or to hear from my own mother who did not want to listen, support or comfort, I had to deal with it on my own.  No I don’t have to do that, but I have walked that path for so long, its hard for me to not end up back on that path.  Does that make sense?  I guess it sort of like old habits are hard to break.  So I pray that God continue to be patient with me when I do stray back to this path and to help me realize at that very moment I am going the wrong way.  Sometimes I do feel as if I need to run away and perhaps that is God saying to run back to him, off this path I have walked for much too long!!

Matthew 5:44-45

Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to show who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of you Father in Heaven.

I have to tell you this one area that is hard for me, loving my enemies, not so much the loving part but forgiving them.  You really get tired of feeling like your being beaten to the ground, used, abused and thrown away.  But then if I pause and reflect for just a moment to John 3:16, which was the first scripture I posted in my blog, and reflect a moment on Jesus and his life….. it makes it easier to forgive, I mean after all look at what he did for me, what he did for you, what he did for us all!

Our Loving Father

Today’s Devotion link I am sharing is from Max Lucado’s site called Our Loving Father. Its about having that unconditional love, no matter what a person has done in their lives, to know that he is there and no matter what, he loves us.

Sometimes as a parent after you have told your son or daughter over and over about things you just feel like your ready to give up.  After reading this devotion today, I know I just can’t give up, no matter what!!  I wasn’t giving up on loving mind you, just feel like I am beating a dead horse and no matter how much you do or stress or the consequences they know they will receive, you just feel exhausted sometimes.  Thank gosh God doesn’t!

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