How are you doing? Last week I had a wave of anxiety hit me. Friends, it’s okay to cry, to be sad, and to be frustrated. We should not get stuck in the suffering.
People are suffering and hurting and before the Conavirus we could go to the Sunday church service and find some peace. We are now living in the new normal.
I believe God wants us to know
He is where we are. For example, God is in our homes. I think we are learning that we can find Him in all sorts of places. In other words, God is moving and we live in a day that affords us the opportunity to worship together through the internet.
I know that this seems like we have been going through this for a long time. In reality, “…with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” 1 Peter 3:8
In conclusion, keep moving forward and don’t get stuck in the process. Look back at all that God has brought you through. He will do it again. We have hope!
1 Peter 5:10, “And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”
Know that God will carry you to the other side.
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Blessings!
Do you feel like God is wanting you to make a change? Is there one thing that you could do to change your life forever? What are you doing with your time? Friends, we have so much beauty just outside of our homes. Are you taking this time to stop, relax, and smell the roses?
For example…
this past week, I walked around my yard and took pictures of the beautiful flowers. I noticed on social media others are doing the same.
I spend a lot of my time…
in the kitchen so I decided to look for some easy crockpot meals to save me time. Do you love to bake? I am having a terrible time finding yeast. If you have been able to purchase yeast, let me know. I baked banana bread a couple of weeks ago. Who doesn’t love banana bread? I tried baking bread without yeast and let’s just say it wasn’t the same.
One thing…
that I am doing on a daily basis is listening to uplifting podcasts. I love Joyce Meyers and Steven Furtick. Let me know your favorites. To stay positive throughout my day, I am learning to change my focus.
Changing our focus will change our attitude in our waiting. God calls us to live in peace in every situation.
How do we live in peace? We call out to Jesus throughout the day.
Help me, Jesus!
Solomon spent his life searching for meaning but ended up being disappointed, frustrated, and exhausted. We can spend our days searching for the meaning behind the Coronavirus, but it will only frustrate us and cause anxiety.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 says, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.”
Meaning is not found under the sun but in the Son. Spend time focusing on things that are edifying and build you up.
Change your focus and you will change your life forever!
Are you praying for something such as a new job, healing in your body, a child, or maybe a spouse? We all have prayer requests, but sometimes it feels that God is not listening. We pray and pray, and nothing happens. Sometimes I feel like God is so far away and other times I feel Him right beside me.
Many people prayed for things in the Bible. For example, in 1 Samuel 1, Hannah made a vow and prayed for a son. She soon gave birth to Samuel. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah prayed for rain and seven times a day he told his servant to look for the rain. Finally, on the seventh time, the servant saw one cloud. Soon the sky turned black, and God sent the rain.
Hannah never gave up until God brought her a son. Elijah waited expectantly for the rain to come. They both had faith and never gave up. Likewise, if we pray for something we should not give up. Matthew 7.7 says, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
First, we must have faith just like Hannah and Elijah that God will answer our prayer. We should then wait expectantly for the answer to come. Expectantly means getting up each morning saying that something good is going to happen today. You would be surprised at how a little positivity goes a long way throughout the day. Remember God is all powerful, and no one can close a door that God opens.
