STRESSSS!!!

One of the biggest issues in my life is how I don't deal well with stress. While I am no longer using food to cover what stressful situation needs to be dealt with, I have noticed I get angry and snappy and unpleasant. That is unacceptable too. And it will take me saying "No" God must handle it, because you see when I get angry it is me trying to handle whatever is going on. And I can't, only God can. His grace is sufficient for me. His grace is sufficient for me. His grace is sufficient for me. And He can handle my stress....

Eddies and currents frame time and events in everyone's life. Doesn't matter whether or not those were planned, only God knows what is going to occur when, And it is not for me to do so. I do not have the problematic knowledge of theoretical events nor do I want to. However I do know that I can present myself to God freely and say "Well that's not my favorite thing but if You think it's for the best..." and accept what's happening without liking what's happening. May God always grant me wisdom and understanding enough to say "It's all good" and accept bad circumstances because God is always in control.

History Repeats

We never learn, do we? As a civilization, human beings have come through thousands of years of organized governments. And within those governments have come TNTC incidents of hate and control, even in a society as free as the democracy that was set up by the founding fathers in the US. There have been precedents set, all men being considered free, resulting in the freeing of slaves, ultimately resulting in the formation of even Equal Opportunity laws and nondiscrimination laws in the last century and into this century. But we as individuals maintain our attitudes of discrimination partly because we have the freedom of choice but partially because it is comfortable to be so. When that comes to the point where even in a free society we cannot co-exist without hurting or annihilating each other something must take place and we must come to understand that it becomes necessary to set boundaries even in our dislike. Because everyone, everything HAS the right to co-exist in this universe. May we try to learn about each other and accept who we are rather than demand that we all be alike.

Great is Thy Faithfulnees

Whenever I hear this phrase, or that God is faithful in all things, or something that talks of God's faith, I am amazed. I never think of God as needing Faith. I never think of Him as being Faithful. Because He knows all, He knows my thoughts, He knows Your thoughts. He knows how things are going to end when time will end. He knew His Son would be sitting on His right side. He knew Adam and Eve were going to sin. So why does God need Faith or even want Faith? Two reasons: 1) I believe that God expects us to be Faithful and because of that He doesn't give us anything He Himself is not willing or doesn't have. So He is Faithful that there are those of His elect that have Faith and love Him enough to walk in Faith. Hence He has mercies every minute of every day as evidence of that Faithfulness, 2) Is not Faith one of the three most important components of any Christian's walk? And that is because Faith is one of the three most important components of God's existence. Paul spoke of these in 1 Corinthians 13 and delineated Faith Hope and Love and the greatest is love. I believe we all have God's love. But we don't automatically give God's love. It is the process that begins with Faith, works in Hope and results in Love. God is teaching us how to love as He loves.