Not sure how much more I can take!!!

Welcome to the real world. I'm sure we all feel about the same....

 

Ya know, 2009 was not good for a lot of us!!! I believe that God is preparing you for something to come. May be you, may be a friend. The only thing I encourage you to REMEMBER!!!! We are NOT to judge others, it's not our job. It's God's. Accept the people in your life for who they are, without judgement. And we are allowed to sever ties with people who act against us - adultery, stealing, lying to harm you.... You get my drift.

 

Amen sister!

 

We will never appreciate the good until we suffer through the bad! That being said, I hope you get nothing but good from here on out!!!!

 

Quote:I have seen too many people lately quick to judge someone because their faith says it's wrong. They tend to forget the judgement is God's chore, not ours. We are too love others as we love ourselves, as hard as that is sometimes, it is still what is expected.

 

2009 was a rough year. Been to more funerals than I care to count, my favorite dog died ( NOT joking) and sometimes we wouldn't be eating if it weren't for the canning I did all summer and the eggs that the hens poop out for me. AND YET, being old, I realize it's the crap that life deals us that makes us the sturdy folks we are (you know the verse..."knowing that the testing of our faith produces endurance", right?). We learn to focus on what we can do, what has gone right and enjoy the little things. Our problem solving skills are improved as is our sense of accomplishment. I know a gal whose life is simple. She is a housewife with everything. She buys what she wants, when she wants. She could work, or not and she is the most miserable person I know. Her sister is the opposite. Single Mom who has physical challenges and a son who is going to need a form of cranial surgery that would make you wince and cry. Do you know what she calls these events? Opportunities for victory. Everyday each one of us has an opportunity and sometimes multiples. It's the choices we make and the perspective we choose to take that colors the outcome. List the good things and focus on them. I think you'll find that life is better then you think. You have a job. I'd be willing to bet that you have a family that loves you. Your truck probably started today and I'd be willing to bet that you have had three squares. If you really need to put your plumbing issues into perspective and have a laugh I'll tell you the story of the time my husband caused the toilet to levitate off the floor of our house. If I die with a smile on my face it will be because of that little gem...

 

jjdward, maybe the feeling that you are having towards God is thankfulness for helping you through the previous year as bad as it was. It is good to be humble and know that He is God.

If you make yourself available He will use you...Isaiah 6:8, "Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me."

Ed

 

Please remember that life ALWAYS DOES get better. I think of life as a circle/cycle.. its gets bad/hard at times...but then it ALWAYS turns around and good things happen. Then it gets crummy again... then it gets better again....
Its just how life is. Nobodys life is ALWAYS perfect and always happy. Please keep the strength to keep on, keeping on. Best wishes to you.

 

What doesn't break us, makes us stronger.