Deal With It.
I havent blogged in ages - and I've realized its because I don't want to deal with certain stuff in my life lately. I just want to forget about them, to pretend for a moment that such problems do not exist in my life. But I guess you can only run for so long. Undealt issues always have a knack of catching up with you when you least expect it. And so here I am.. crying, blogging.. dealing.
Lesson no. 1. Turn to God.
I haven't been doing this lately, actually, instead of turning to God, I turn AWAY from Him. And the effects of that are disastrous. After all, He is the only one who can comfort me, the only one who can heal me. I try to run away and nurse my wound on my own, but I'm no healer... I only end up hurting myself more. And so these past few days, the Lord has been teaching me to turn to Him for everything.. from the biggest hurts to the smallest disappointments.
Lesson no. 2. God knows what He's doing.
I've just recently finished the book of Revelations. I've read it before but I've never understood it as clearly as I do now. I'm just amazed at how everything has been planned out by God since the beginning of time. Even before He created you or me, or even Adam and Eve.. or even the angels... He already knew what was to happen. Everything from the creation, to the fall of man, to how God would redeem us by sending His son to die in our place.. even to things we have not yet seen and could only imagine... like the 2nd coming of Christ, how the saints who were martyred will reign with Him for 1000 years, how there will be judgement afterwards, and how God will take us with Him to the new Jerusalem... Its all been planned out.
So as God's children, we are SECURE. We will surely spend eternity with Him forever. He promises that "The dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rev 21:3-4
It is sobering to realize how little we are in the greater scheme of things. How puny and utterly powerless. And how much better off we are to trust in God, who holds EVERYTHING at the palm of his hands.
Lord, I thank you for these lessons. Thank you for taking time to mold me into the person you want me to be. I love you.
Lesson no. 1. Turn to God.
I haven't been doing this lately, actually, instead of turning to God, I turn AWAY from Him. And the effects of that are disastrous. After all, He is the only one who can comfort me, the only one who can heal me. I try to run away and nurse my wound on my own, but I'm no healer... I only end up hurting myself more. And so these past few days, the Lord has been teaching me to turn to Him for everything.. from the biggest hurts to the smallest disappointments.
Lesson no. 2. God knows what He's doing.
I've just recently finished the book of Revelations. I've read it before but I've never understood it as clearly as I do now. I'm just amazed at how everything has been planned out by God since the beginning of time. Even before He created you or me, or even Adam and Eve.. or even the angels... He already knew what was to happen. Everything from the creation, to the fall of man, to how God would redeem us by sending His son to die in our place.. even to things we have not yet seen and could only imagine... like the 2nd coming of Christ, how the saints who were martyred will reign with Him for 1000 years, how there will be judgement afterwards, and how God will take us with Him to the new Jerusalem... Its all been planned out.
So as God's children, we are SECURE. We will surely spend eternity with Him forever. He promises that "The dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Rev 21:3-4
It is sobering to realize how little we are in the greater scheme of things. How puny and utterly powerless. And how much better off we are to trust in God, who holds EVERYTHING at the palm of his hands.
Lord, I thank you for these lessons. Thank you for taking time to mold me into the person you want me to be. I love you.
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