My family is healthy and happy. Some discipleship I've got going with a couple of women is going well. My husband and I are deeply in love. Some ministry projects I'm involved in are flourishing. God is good, and I daily enjoy my time with my Father.
Given all that, you'd think I'd be turning cartwheels, but I'm not. There've been a few things weighing heavy on my heart. Some trips and things I've had planned to do for fun and time of refreshing have fallen through. I'm a little bummed.
Now is the time to begin speaking God's truth to myself, even when I'm not feeling it. Over-the-top, emotionally driven worship services fade away. God's Word remains. These are my reminders in a season of disappointment:
God will supply rest for my soul. "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." -Matthew 11:28-30
My earthly best friend, my husband, will help bear my burdens. "Two are better than one because they have a good reward for their efforts. For if either falls, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to lift him up. Also, if two lie down together, they can keep warm; but how can one person alone keep warm? And if somebody overpowers one person, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not easily broken." -Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
God has provided me with friends in close proximity. "Don't abandon your friend or your father's friend, and don't go to your brother's house in your time of calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away." -Proverbs 27:10
Thank You, God, for these reminders. They help me to remain a sensible woman in the more trying times.
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