It’s been a while since I've posted...
But like other bloggers
sometimes life fills up and there just isn't time to sit down and blog.
This
can also be an issue in your time with God. It has been for me lately.
Persevering in face of trials and suffering, whether medical
or not is extremely hard. And our focus on God can get blurry. But we must
remember that God is still good and he still loves us. He cares for us.
We must
remember that we live in a fallen world, so life is going to be painful and
hard sometimes. But we must also hold onto the parts that aren’t painful and
keep them close when we go through the pain.
One thing I’m slowly learning to do in this painful time
when I’m feeling detached and isolated from all who love me is to just sit. Sit
and be still with God. Sit and breathe and pray. Reading the bible, not
studying it per-se but just sitting and soaking in the words is helpful.
We must remember that God is bigger than our problems. He is
stronger and he has promised better. We just have to exercise and practice
patience.
And remember its okay to feel upset, it’s okay to cry out to
God. It’s okay to want to run away.
But instead we must keep running to God.
Because he is who we will answer to in the end. And we are
here because of him.
So while I sit and cry and sometimes want to scream at God;
I will also keep coming back to the Promise of Jesus return. I will keep
praying and I will keep sitting at the feet of God. Because he will allow me to
stand again, he will strengthen me.
Every Problem is a possibility. Every problem is in God’s
control.
1 Thessalonians 1
New
International Version (NIV)
1 Paul,
Silas, and Timothy,
To the
church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and
peace to you.
Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith
2 We always thank God for all of
you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember
before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by
love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 For we know, brothers and sisters
loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came
to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep
conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake. 6 You
became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the
midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 7 And
so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 8 The
Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in
God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about
it, 9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you
gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and
true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he
raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.
