The Contented Woman

~~~~WELCOME~~~~

I came on here early this morning to type the "Created to be His helpmeet" today and found out its on Mondays....OK !!!

 

So...I guess its suppose to be my thoughts...which I did yesterday...boy oh boy! I am beginning to wonder if my brain will ever be back to what it was before hubby passed....being in this state right now is probably the most difficult thing I have ever had to do, but, I KNOW beyond a shadow of doubt that my Lord and Saviour has it all in His plan for His glory and for my good...

 

Have you ever wondered what is going on when all falls apart in your life? I just want to encourage you to NOT go by feelings go by what you read in Gods Word....

 

Hey, lelts read a devotion together this morning/afternoon/evening..from the little book by Oswald Chambers..."My Utmost For His Highest"....

 

Its todays... The Initiative Against Despair....

"Rise , let us be going..."(Matt. 26:46)

     The disiciples went to sleep when they should have kept awake, and when they realized what they had done it produced despair. The sense of the irreparable is apt to make us despair., and we say ---

"Its all up now, it is no use trying any more,"

If we imagine that this kind of despair is exceptional, we are mistaken, it is a very human ordinary experience. Whenever we realize that we have not done that which we had a magnificent opportunity of doing, the we are apt to sink into despair; and Jesus Christ comes and says---"Sleep on now, that opportunity is lost forever, you cannot alter it, but arise and go to the next thing." Let the past sleep on the bosom of Christ, and go out into the irresistible future with Him.

 

   There are experiences like this in each of our lives. We are in despair, the despair that comes from actualities, and we cannot lift ourselves out of it. The disciples in this instance had done a downright unforgivable thing; they had gone to sleep instead of watching with Jesus, but He came with a spiritual initiative against their despair and said---"Arise and do the next thing."

 

    If we are inspired of God, what is the next thing? To trust Him absolutely and to pray on the ground of His Redemption.

 

Never let the sense of failure corrupt your new action....

 

Bye for now...

 

~~~~***TERRI***~~~~