JESUS IS GOOD!
I have been in dire need for a job for so long!
I applied to a company, that a family member referenced me to, that I have been thinking about for a long time, and they called me today for an interview!
God has been supplying and providing right when it is needed!
It is amazing how God works, just when we've had enough or can't go anymore, He does His thing and we are renewed.
He blesses us with breath and life when we wake, and our life living it with Him, and eternal glory with Him when the time comes. There are ups and downs, hardship and times of rest, captivity and FREEDOM and God never ceases to be Him, and set us up on top, out of the muck and mire, on solid ground, and we breathe in, and breathe out, and we feel free.
God forgives sins. He doesn't even keep a record. He forgives and forgets. He uses us in any way we're found in. He has a plan, and nothing stops Him. He can see the beginning, and present, and end at the same time. That's why He can be positive. Because He sees the outcome, only when we see the present sometimes.
Times like these I know I can trust Jesus. I know He will be there when I need it. I know He will come to my aid, no matter what I've done.
Even if I neglect study time [which I shouldn't] I still get to know God and know that He is with me, by relying on Him throughout the day.
Jesus, help me live by what I say.
I pray for joy Jesus, and constant living in FREEDOM.
Romans 8:28.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Anxiety
Sometimes I wonder if I need medicine for it. It is a horrible feeling. It is life altering.
It is life robbing. I have experience with it for many years. It puts my big God in a tiny box.
Sure there are things that comfort us, whether it'd be people, materials, familiar activities.
Then there are things that rile it up, sin, trauma, school, being late, all the above. Tiny, big, every day, every night, all day, all night. Cuts off appetite, lose sleep. Lose those we care about. Lose God's peace.
For me, it also cuts off my breathing. Yes, it is involuntary I know. But there are times where I am not even breathing. Someone said that is a sign of sleep apnea. I think it is because of plain worry.
So that makes me wonder. When we go to sleep anxious, does our body really rest? Is it expressed in dreams? Is everything really resting as it should be? Even if we go to bed at a decent hour?
Is it unstoppable?
Did God ever intend that emotion for good? Besides the good anxiety? Like, anxious to see our Lord?
Why is that Jesus is so clear about anxiety and worry, that His people are so troubled with it? Chemical? Life events? History, experience? Future? I'd like to study the body and chemical reaction it takes with anxiety. I believe it also is a source to my occasional heart burn.
Something just happened as I was typing this: laughter.
And I feel better. WHAT A WONDER LORD!
Jesus, create more laughter space in me. Halt the anxiety in every way. Shield me from its clutches, drive the enemy with Your bow and arrow and all my anxious triggers I create myself. Flood peace in me, forgive me of sin, wash me clean in the bay. Create in me a new heart, O God, renew a right Spirit within me. Psalm 151.
It is life robbing. I have experience with it for many years. It puts my big God in a tiny box.
Sure there are things that comfort us, whether it'd be people, materials, familiar activities.
Then there are things that rile it up, sin, trauma, school, being late, all the above. Tiny, big, every day, every night, all day, all night. Cuts off appetite, lose sleep. Lose those we care about. Lose God's peace.
For me, it also cuts off my breathing. Yes, it is involuntary I know. But there are times where I am not even breathing. Someone said that is a sign of sleep apnea. I think it is because of plain worry.
So that makes me wonder. When we go to sleep anxious, does our body really rest? Is it expressed in dreams? Is everything really resting as it should be? Even if we go to bed at a decent hour?
Is it unstoppable?
Did God ever intend that emotion for good? Besides the good anxiety? Like, anxious to see our Lord?
Why is that Jesus is so clear about anxiety and worry, that His people are so troubled with it? Chemical? Life events? History, experience? Future? I'd like to study the body and chemical reaction it takes with anxiety. I believe it also is a source to my occasional heart burn.
Something just happened as I was typing this: laughter.
And I feel better. WHAT A WONDER LORD!
Jesus, create more laughter space in me. Halt the anxiety in every way. Shield me from its clutches, drive the enemy with Your bow and arrow and all my anxious triggers I create myself. Flood peace in me, forgive me of sin, wash me clean in the bay. Create in me a new heart, O God, renew a right Spirit within me. Psalm 151.
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