Romans 8:1-6: God does not want us to hurt or constantly grabble for everything we want or need. But, if we are stubborn he may have to allow us to face discomfort and trials as a way to grow our faith. "Adversity is a diamond dust, heaven polishes its jewels with." By, Robert Leighton. We are to see the good and turn the adversity or negatives into positives or good. The old saying turn lemons into lemonade.
God works everything for the good of the believer. We are promised love. It is endless. We are promised he will provide for us. Try not to have your needs taken care of and see what happens. This reminds me of that movie some time ago where this fellow was given a million dollars and had to give it all away, the more he tried the more he got, it grew, he could not out smart the giving.
We are promised to be given a guide, the Holy Spirit, that is if we accepted Jesus Christ. If we believe, the Holy Spirit guides us through our trials and temptations as well as life itself. The Spirit gives us hints, ideas, suggestions, we just need to be listening. Where do we think they come from?
I am right now where I am supposed to be and doing just what I am supposed to do.
Love---look in Romans 5:8
Provide--look in 2 Corinthians 9-8
A Guide---look in Proverbs 16:9
Everything and every answer is in the Bible if we just look and read. We have peace if we give our adversities to the Lord and trust in him.
God be with you!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
"OPTIMISM"
Today I was reading in "Our Daily Bread" about Job,the verse from Job 2:10 from the Bible. The verse says,"Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" This to me means that we should accept the good things we get from God and we should also accept the negative things as good. God turns the negatives into something good, if we are looking for the good.
I can not help but to apply this verse to our own life. It seems that this verse applies to our prayers of wants. We ask, we wait, and wait, and wait for something to happen, it seems it will never happen. If we are patient and never give up, it will happen! I just read that fretting is wicked, we are to allow God to do his job and to wait, believe, have faith and to thank him for his time and service to us. God has a reason for not granting what we want right away. Sometimes he says NO! not now! There is a reason, it usually is that he has something far better for us, we can not see it at the time.
God sometimes has lessons he wants to teach us that will only take place in time. We have to work through the lessons and learn. We are so stubborn and so it takes time. He may want to teach us faith, patience, trust, long suffering, or to accept disappointments. The reason could be to teach us to be grateful for what we have, to be content through either gain or losses. The Lord gives and he takes away; if we do not obey he needs to show us what we did wrong and how to change, either way we need to be grateful and to thank him for what he has in mind for us.
Here is an example: My husband and I have been married twenty months now. We want to sell our cabin, it is too small for everyday living and we would like to move to Vancouver, Washington to a larger home. The cabin is a lovely cabin, it is enjoyable here, the area is beautiful with the mountains, the trees and animals (except they eat my seeds and plants). The temperatures are very comfortable, (other than the winters). However, the cabin is small, and we feel we are too far from town, amenities, the doctors, the kids. We have been trying to sell for over a year, but the market is not on our side. We also know that if God wants us to move, he can make it happen.
We think there are lessons God wants to teach us and things we are to do while waiting. For one thing, he probably wants to teach us to relax, take one day at a time and not to worry. Maybe another reason is, by being in a small place we have to learn to be real organized. We have to learn to get along with each other and to zig and zag for each other. Also to accept change, by being accepting and appreciative for what we do have, which is much more than many others have in this world and in our country at this time.
By staying in a small space we have no where to run and hide. We have to find a space for everything and everything has to have a place. We have to give away or sell what we do not have space for, which is helping others. We have had to learn faith and trust in God and in each other. Patience is waiting! By trusting and faith that the sale and move will happen. We have developed the appreciation for what we have and see that all our needs are taken care of, that we are so very blessed.
We see that we are on God's time and not our time or the world's time. We know in due time, God will make things happen for us and we thank him for considering our wants. We know he is so busy with others with more important needs, and we can wait. The right time will be God's timing, he will bless us with the sale and it will be good for us AND the other person as well.
Than You God for your insight, not our sight. If we always look for the good in everyone and everything that happens, and we turn the negatives into good--------everything is as it is to be----------and that is "Optimism"! May God surly Bless You.
I can not help but to apply this verse to our own life. It seems that this verse applies to our prayers of wants. We ask, we wait, and wait, and wait for something to happen, it seems it will never happen. If we are patient and never give up, it will happen! I just read that fretting is wicked, we are to allow God to do his job and to wait, believe, have faith and to thank him for his time and service to us. God has a reason for not granting what we want right away. Sometimes he says NO! not now! There is a reason, it usually is that he has something far better for us, we can not see it at the time.
God sometimes has lessons he wants to teach us that will only take place in time. We have to work through the lessons and learn. We are so stubborn and so it takes time. He may want to teach us faith, patience, trust, long suffering, or to accept disappointments. The reason could be to teach us to be grateful for what we have, to be content through either gain or losses. The Lord gives and he takes away; if we do not obey he needs to show us what we did wrong and how to change, either way we need to be grateful and to thank him for what he has in mind for us.
Here is an example: My husband and I have been married twenty months now. We want to sell our cabin, it is too small for everyday living and we would like to move to Vancouver, Washington to a larger home. The cabin is a lovely cabin, it is enjoyable here, the area is beautiful with the mountains, the trees and animals (except they eat my seeds and plants). The temperatures are very comfortable, (other than the winters). However, the cabin is small, and we feel we are too far from town, amenities, the doctors, the kids. We have been trying to sell for over a year, but the market is not on our side. We also know that if God wants us to move, he can make it happen.
We think there are lessons God wants to teach us and things we are to do while waiting. For one thing, he probably wants to teach us to relax, take one day at a time and not to worry. Maybe another reason is, by being in a small place we have to learn to be real organized. We have to learn to get along with each other and to zig and zag for each other. Also to accept change, by being accepting and appreciative for what we do have, which is much more than many others have in this world and in our country at this time.
By staying in a small space we have no where to run and hide. We have to find a space for everything and everything has to have a place. We have to give away or sell what we do not have space for, which is helping others. We have had to learn faith and trust in God and in each other. Patience is waiting! By trusting and faith that the sale and move will happen. We have developed the appreciation for what we have and see that all our needs are taken care of, that we are so very blessed.
We see that we are on God's time and not our time or the world's time. We know in due time, God will make things happen for us and we thank him for considering our wants. We know he is so busy with others with more important needs, and we can wait. The right time will be God's timing, he will bless us with the sale and it will be good for us AND the other person as well.
Than You God for your insight, not our sight. If we always look for the good in everyone and everything that happens, and we turn the negatives into good--------everything is as it is to be----------and that is "Optimism"! May God surly Bless You.
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