Today started off like your typical Wednesday. I have been continuing to have a super rough week, and nothing really has been comforting me all that much, to be honest. Tonight completely flipped my feelings towards a lot of struggles with suffering that I have been dealing with this week.
I had a really good coffee talk/bible study with a good friend of mine, Alex Lind. We first went over Psalm 46 (which is most excellent, if you've never tasted the sweet poetic books of Psalms). It is a short, but powerful psalm about the strength of God, the power of God, and the supreme majesty of God. David is describing this incredible war going on, and how all these nations are falling in chaos. With one rise of His voice, God "melts the earth." Hold on a second...MELTS THE EARTH? With his VOICE? Wow, powerful doesn't begin to cover this. So often, I breeze over scripture like this, because so much of it talks about God in this mighty way. But how often do I reflect on this? Not often enough, evidently. He is awesome.
Second was 46:10- "Be still, and know that I am God." So often...I'm am TRYING to fix things. TRYING to be patient. TRYING to be content. TRYING...TRYING...TRYING....
No, I must stop. Stop trying. Just be. BE patient. BE content. BE self controlled. God created everything I see in the Universe (and don't see for that matter). His plan is far more perfect than mine would/could ever be. What problem isn't big enough for Him? How big is my God? BIG. He's got my back, forever.
Then we studied Romans 7. Paul, a saint, a man who dedicated his entire life to serving Christ, struggled with sin. Just. Like. All. Of. Us. So encouraging to know that this man who is admired for his faith by millions struggled with stuff that we do too.
Thank you Lord for Alex. He is such an encouragement to me in my life!
Second, I got to talk a lot with my older brother Erik, who encouraged me a lot. I love that he pokes and nudges me, in a way. I tell him something that I want to do, or something that's been going on, and he asks me "why" all the time. Why? To test my emotions, and to make sure I am being wise in the way I make choices, and really seek the Lord, and not making a decision based on a whim, or an emotion I had. He, also, is an extraordinary young man. I don't take enough time out of my day to just be thankful. Thank you God, for blessing me with my brother. I look up to him in more ways than I can count.
In short...blessing and joy come through pain. Joy from which you cannot experience through any other way besides heartache. And for that...I give thanks. Suffering truly is beautiful, friends.
Much Love,
Molly
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