When you can't fix it......
Be silent, sit back and wait for prayer to come.
Give God a chance to show His mercy.
Meditate on James 1:2-4....Trials and Temptations
2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Arm your faith with perseverance, trusting that God will not let you alone, will not send you down an unmarked trail without provision, without guidance, without map.
Daniel 3:16-18
New International Version (NIV)
16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us[a] from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
If everything were easy, if every request were granted, if every wish were fulfilled, if every endeavor succeeded, we would not be grateful. We would accept happiness as our due and not as grace granted and unearned. Real thankfulness is achieved through what we name as adversity and God calls testing of our faith.
"We don't appreciate how good we have it" is not a truism, it is an inseparable part of being human. Like Mt. McKinley, our true happiness is glimpsed but briefly if we are separated from our Guide.
Close your eyes and wait for God's answer.
Matthew 11:28-30
New International Version (NIV)
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
'Lean on me, When you're not strong, I'll take your hand, I'll help you carry on.' says the song. Says our Lord. We cannot succeed on our own; we cannot bear even our own burdens, much less those of our loved ones. We are dishonest and misguided if we believe we can. We are strongest when we lean on our Brother's stick or arm or shoulder....we can only be a lifeline if He holds the rope.
'For Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
'"But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
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