Well, a moment (but only a moment) of rest. It has been very busy here over the past couple of days. The single staff put on a Valentine banquet for the married staff on Valentines Day. It was tons of fun and it turned out to be a wonderful time. In order to have a wonderful time you must put work into it.
God never gives us more than we can handle. In talking with people it seems like we have been pushed way past a point that we ever thought we could. Maybe once we get pushed past this limit it will be easy to go on. It doesn't get easier. Why should it? Shouldn't we always be striving for a bigger goal? Something much bigger than our own strength? Personally speaking, I am a wimp. I don't think that I can be pushed any farther than I already am. However, GOD is the one who knows our true limitations. We just have to stop complaining so we can hear His voice telling us to stop and let Him take over. I don't know if this is making sense. I remember reading a verse telling us to go from strength to strength. I see that verse two ways. One way is that we go from our strength to His strength. We let go and let God take all our frustrations and cares because He truly cares for us. Another way I see it is this, we go in His strength to another level of His strength. Just when you think that there is no more, He gives an extra boost. Now, how to apply this to actual life instead of just reading this? I guess you have to be willing to let down all your expectations in other people and yourself. Also, the expectations that people have in you should not be a burdening thing because you should be just handing it over to God. If you can't do it just know that He can. We are hit from all sides at once it seems, but when we are hid in His strong tower nothing can harm us. Run to His arms, be embraced, let go. Finally, there has to be an eternal view. How is this going to effect me tomorrow, a year from now, or even ten years? Ride it out and just let Him have control. You will look back and see that he is the one who got you through it all.
God never gives us more than we can handle. In talking with people it seems like we have been pushed way past a point that we ever thought we could. Maybe once we get pushed past this limit it will be easy to go on. It doesn't get easier. Why should it? Shouldn't we always be striving for a bigger goal? Something much bigger than our own strength? Personally speaking, I am a wimp. I don't think that I can be pushed any farther than I already am. However, GOD is the one who knows our true limitations. We just have to stop complaining so we can hear His voice telling us to stop and let Him take over. I don't know if this is making sense. I remember reading a verse telling us to go from strength to strength. I see that verse two ways. One way is that we go from our strength to His strength. We let go and let God take all our frustrations and cares because He truly cares for us. Another way I see it is this, we go in His strength to another level of His strength. Just when you think that there is no more, He gives an extra boost. Now, how to apply this to actual life instead of just reading this? I guess you have to be willing to let down all your expectations in other people and yourself. Also, the expectations that people have in you should not be a burdening thing because you should be just handing it over to God. If you can't do it just know that He can. We are hit from all sides at once it seems, but when we are hid in His strong tower nothing can harm us. Run to His arms, be embraced, let go. Finally, there has to be an eternal view. How is this going to effect me tomorrow, a year from now, or even ten years? Ride it out and just let Him have control. You will look back and see that he is the one who got you through it all.
Psalm 84
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;they are ever praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty!
2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD;my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in your house;they are ever praising you. Selah
5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you
8 Hear my prayer, O LORD God Almighty; listen to me, O God of Jacob. Selah
9 Look upon our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.
10 Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
12 O LORD Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you
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