a bit of each (Thurs-Sat)

On the way to Salina on Thursday we had our Radio on tuned into Bott radio network. Nancy Leigh DeMoss was on and I love to listen to her.... She is a wonderful role model to all of us Christian ladies and girls. This week she has been walking through Psalms 34, and labeled it, The ABC's of Handling a Meltdown. As I listened to what she was saying it was as if she was speaking right to me. "If there’s anything we Christians should be known for, it’s joy. We have the confidence that God is still on His throne; God is in control. He is worthy of our devotion, worthy of our praise, and worthy of our trust—even when our season of life, the circumstances we’re going through, the things we’re wrestling with, the world’s circumstances . . . Though the mountains may fall into the sea, yet we can trust the Lord and fix our hearts on Him." This really hit home for me as I have been having a few issues lately and have been struggling with worrying complaining. Then she went on to say:
"

• He’s good when you have a job; He’s good when you don’t.
• He’s good when you have health, and He’s good when you don’t.
• He’s good when the sun is shining, and you’ve got money in the bank, and your kids love you, and your husband thinks you’re the greatest.
• Buts He’s also good when you’re a single mom trying to make ends meet for your little ones, or when you’ve got a 20-something-year-old prodigal son or daughter, and you’re crying yourself to sleep at night wanting desperately for God to rescue that situation.
• God is still good all the time."

WOW..... Oh how I am GUILTY....... Guilty of not seeing that He is SO good.
"You will never be denied any really good thing if your hope is in the Lord, and you are seeking Him.

That does not mean you will not have problems. It doesn’t mean you may not have some serious, hard problems. But any really good thing that God knows you need for your true well being and for your eternal joy and happiness, you will have if you seek first God and His kingdom."

that got me thinking, but then she went on to say:

"Verse 19: “Many are the afflictions of the righteous.”

That’s a phrase we kind of wish wasn’t in the Bible. Listen, both the righteous and the wicked experience afflictions. You see it in this last paragraph. The righteous don’t get a free pass from pain. “Many are the afflictions of the righteous.”

The difference between the righteous and the wicked is not whether afflictions come their way. It’s in their perspective on those afflictions and the ultimate outcome that those afflictions work in their lives."

"Oh how I want to be delivered from myself. In the midst of those meltdowns, when I’m having a pity party, and I’m self focused; I want to be delivered from that. And what does God use to deliver me? Afflictions."

And at that point I wanted to cry in pure shame. Shame that I was not praising Him for every "bad" thing that came my way. There was so much that I was convicted on in that short program and if you have a few minutes to pull it up while cleaning the house or doing home work please do! if you would rather read the script it is also there: http://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/roh/today.php?pid=10696 The listen button is toward the top of the page and you can listen to it in several ways. Also if you have an chance listen to Fridays also! It is a continuation..http://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/roh/today.php