Sometimes I forget in the chaos of life to stop and just say thank you God for this day. I too quickly get overwhelmed by life's circumstances and feel defeated and discouraged. Its in those moments its important to stop and take a few moments to put my feelings in check. When we listen to our feelings we begin making decisions based on things that are not necessarily true. Our feelings are finicky, one moment we can be mad, sad, happy all within relatively same time. Its in the moments that we want to fall apart the most that is most important to stand firm on what we know to be truth. We can feel that God doesn't hear us or see us because life isn't going our way but its not the truth. We can feel forgotten but that's not true either. We know he sees every hair on our head. One thing I constantly have to remind myself is to not set my standards of myself to anyone elses. Gods opinion is the one that matters. We can try to find our security in what others say about us but we will feel good when people say nice things and bad when someone has something negative to say. Its so important to listen to the right voices- the first voice is Jesus. In Deut 33:12 it says "Let the beloved of the LORD rest secure in him, for he shields him all day long, and the one the LORD loves rests between his shoulders." He is carrying us between his wings. We need only be still and remember we are His beloved!
Forgiving
One of the most complex situations I have been navigating, especially the past few years, is forgiveness. Forgiveness is not an immediate response in most, as truly deep offenses are a process to forgive. Forgiveness is an action that is so powerful it has the ability to break down fortress walls that people have built up to protect themselves, it's a force so strong it also influences everyone in the world around us. Forgiving someone is difficult, and sometimes it feels downright impossible. The impossible feeling comes when we don't get that apology. We don't get the acknowledgement that someone has detrimentally affected our life. I've had some of the most atrocious things happen to me by other people. Most never apologized. Each situation changed who I was, and it took a lot of work to get back to being ME. The me after each of these circumstances was forever changed, sometimes wiser, sometimes stronger, sometimes bitter. I'm not perfect. I wont sit here a...
Comments
Post a Comment