Sarah Young says in her book, "Jesus Today", that if the world were perfect, we would never recieve God's all embracing comfort. I think a lot of us here in Colorado witnessed the truth to that this past week. Almost 500 families lost thier homes to the Black Forest fire. My stomach was twisted and I felt sick for the first three days as the evacuation line drew dangerously close to our neighborhood. I even went in to panic-mode one night and packed all of my most cherished things (selfish, I know, I know). When I was packing, I felt like God hit me in the head with a baseball bat and I thought, if the fire really did come to engulf my house, and I could only take one thing...what would I take? And I sat back to look at my room, and God gave me his eyes (just for a second), and he showed me that all the things in my room...were just things. They were replacable. Heck, even a Bible can be replaced. God let me see that all the things, ever, in the history of the world, in the history of the whole universe, added together, could never ever compare to his love for every person in the world. you. me. and especially those aching with loss.
So, back to what Sarah Young says. If the world were perfect, which it is most definitly not, we would not recieve any of God's comforts. Let's see...Learning Experience #2!
Recently, I've been having some bad days. I've been applying to jobs for three weeks...and I havn't heard anything from any of them. It's quite a tedious task. I finished applications #11,12, and 13 today. Anyway. Back to the subject. I'm at a point where I'm getting upset because things aren't going the way I want them to. Lukily for me, I'm still reading "Life Without Limits" by Nick Vujicic, and he has a whole chapter dedicated to different types of attitudes to take on in different types of scenarios. (An attitude of gratitude, even when you feel like you have nothing going for you. An attitude of action, when you feel like you absolutly cannot move on.) Even though it may not seem like it, these have been a blessing to me. One of God's comforts is showing us that everything will turn out, so long as we don't sit back and do nothing. In a perfect world, we wouldn't have that knowledge. We'd be stuck in our fantacy lifestyles. I still have to overcome the frustrations of not getting a job when I really, really want one....I'm trying to have an attitude of gratitude, because I know that God will give me what I need. And, an attitude of action, because God knows exactly when He's going to give me a job, even if I beg him to give it to me sooner ;)
That's all I have for now- Joshua 1:9: Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid nor be dismayed. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
Be Bold.
Be Blessed.
Be Bodacious.
~Ana
No comments:
Post a Comment