A thought for the day

Somebody close to me was presented with another problem this past week. The kind that causes stress and unhappyness. As I let my heart dwell on thoughts of her these thoughts came to me. I sent them to her in an email and thought I would post them here also.

I hope they will be an enouragement to anyone who reads them because, you know, I may be very imperfect but my DESIRE is to be lifegiving to all in my sphere. We all have problems in this life and keeping them in a right perspective is one of the keys to standing on them rather than laying down under them.

God created us to be problem solvers – therefore this life is full of problems to be solved. Sometimes the only way to make sense of all this is to get to the place where we can see ourselves in the eternal picture that God sees rather than the temporal picture by which we judge whether all is right in our world or not.

However God did not actually intend that we solve these problems alone. That’s why we are told to come boldly to His throne to ask for grace when we need it.

Remember this admonition in Philippians 4: 6-7

Don't fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises

shape your worries into prayers,

letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God's wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It's wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

Yes, it is.