We let life consume us. We try and fail, try and fail again. We weep bitterly over our failures. Forgetting to see the successes.
It seems we are so good at seeing what worries us. We concentrate on all of the ways we fall short. We focus on our flaws.
We wave away compliments.
WE. That’s what we focus on. Ourselves.
Oh, how I see how the depression can settle around us like a cloud. Oh, how I feel the frustrations, the stresses, and the disappointments cling to us like they are our best friends.
We walk with them. We talk with them. We let them loop themselves around our days - our moods. Our thoughts.
God is there too. But we push Him a little further out. We let our fears and worries stand closer to us. We listen to them… more.
Why? Why is it so easy to think we don’t have value? Why is it so easy to think we don’t measure up?
Why do we choose to walk with our fears — instead of walking with God?
Why do we choose the darkness as our friend, instead of choosing the light?
God has so many blessings in store for us. He seeks to help us with our burdens. He wants to walk with us, talking to us, and delighting us.
He wants to rescue us.
But we don’t let Him.
Life IS full of hardship. That is a guarantee. It’s full of curves, turns, ruts, and plummeting descents.
There are many tough hills to climb.
But there are also beautiful valleys. Meadows that go on for days. And breezes that make us feel free.
Will we walk in those, too? Or will we just choose the unforgiving paths? The ones that make us feel unwanted?
It IS our choice.
It IS our choice.
And it’s time to choose the brighter way. The better way. The way that God has paved ahead of us.
Dionna: I am reading the Autobiography of George Muller. After his conversion, he trusted God for everything. He took no wages from the churches he served. He trusted God implicitly. I have a friend who pointed out that not only did he pray about his needs, he trusted God to supply them. We all could learn something from his life.
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