“My Trials” Blog #121
How often do I feel the pangs of being all alone?
Do my inner thoughts HAVE healthy coping skills?
Am I always sensing an anxious feeling?
I noticed when I sit outside, walk outside and spend time outside in the fresh, healthy air,
everything is so very peaceful. Everything seems right with the world. The birds, all of
them, obviously have a place to live, food to eat and shelter in the dark, cold night. Even
animals, not domesticated have shelter and for the most part, are able to find food.
Seasons come and go, flowers bloom and die. All looks right in the world of nature. I look
at my own world and my life around me, and I see Its important to count my blessings
and be thankful for what I have. So what then? What does cause me feelings of anxiety?
There are things that go over and over in my mind, and I have concern about them. That
is worry. The nights that keep me restless and turning, unable to sleep. All the things I
cannot find humanly possible to find my own answers to. My mind justifies daily, who I can
and who I cannot share feelings of concern. Do I feel I cannot go too deep with another
human being for fear they see my own frailties? Most of us choose not to share too much,
what IF this were held against me, right? So with that concern and constant struggle, I see
there is really no place to run, no place to go, no place to hide out with all this old, broken,
stuff. Still so much kept hidden and locked up, seemingly safe inside.
So when does all of this internal burden come forth? All my trials, tribulations and my
anxious thoughts need to be dealt with. They need to be removed. Why? Most of all,
distressing thoughts come about when one least expects them. I see this over and over
again, without fail.
IF I choose the “Show Curtain” now to go up, it must be with honest intent. For there HE
is, HE is waiting patiently in the wings, waiting for me to turn my head, see Jesus
smiling at me. I must agree internally to ask HIM for help to do this. Then and only then,
instantly will my trials be turned into testaments of truth. There is nothing to fear.
Everything is healed in a breath. Jesus is just waiting. I heard the most fascinating
commentary in church this past Sunday. It was one of those “miracle teaching moments”
when I just plain got it and it all had to do with a microwave oven. The priest was
comparing a microwave oven to a regular kitchen convection oven. He spoke confidently,
“A regular oven heats up slowly, from the outside to the inside of the food. A microwave
oven, instantly heats the food from the inside out!”
One might ask, what does this have to do with anything? Well, it was a fascinating
comparison in showing HOW the Holy Spirit goes to work once we allow it to. IF we do not
allow the Holy Spirit into our body, it won’t work. Every single person must individually
ask the Holy Spirit to go to work inside of them. Should they decide not to, this is a great
example of not using FREE WILL to ones best advantage. Do I want to believe in Jesus
Christ and be a Christian? Do I push him away and say no, remaining an Atheist, an
Agnostic, someone who chooses to turn their back on Jesus Christ and Christianity. This is
a person who does not have faith in God. Each and everyone of us with our trials and
tribulations, will someday leave this earth. Until then, we are tested daily as long as we
live here on earth. IF I insist on doing everything my own way, my mental and physical
health will suffer. I can attest to that.
After years and years of being so angry, I was so tired and spent. I had run out of answers.
I was up against a wall. I desperately needed to be rescued, nothing left…..who will come
to rescue me? I cried out for help. Help came instantly. I felt relief immediately. I felt the
presence of Jesus Christ inside my heart. HIS Holy Spirit at work now and forever. My
troubled trials vanished in an instant. It was as though now I could look at my life through
a television set and I got to turn it off, no longer filled with fear. My faith was what was
missing. I needed rescuing and Jesus rescued me. The sun is out in my life now, my trials
are In HIS hands, HE is completely in control.
Can I invite the Holy Spirit Into my heart right NOW?
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