For years he has been implanting Philippians 4:4-8 into my heart, which says,
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,
whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy
—think about such things.
So, lately, he has helped me see the bigger picture of verses he has given me and I realize how lovingly he has worked to draw me closer to him.
So, I was compelled to read Praying God's Will for Your Life and I started today.
In Chapter one she describes how she came to know the Lord. Then, in chapter 2, she goes into more detail about her own depression and desire to commit suicide. When I was a teenager I experienced this struggle too. I have listened over the years to the comments of those who have never known the pain of this struggle. People say, "You have to be crazy!" ect, ect. But Stormie describes it the best I have ever heard!
So, I was compelled to read Praying God's Will for Your Life and I started today.
In Chapter one she describes how she came to know the Lord. Then, in chapter 2, she goes into more detail about her own depression and desire to commit suicide. When I was a teenager I experienced this struggle too. I have listened over the years to the comments of those who have never known the pain of this struggle. People say, "You have to be crazy!" ect, ect. But Stormie describes it the best I have ever heard!
At Twenty-eight years old, fourteen years after my suicide attempt, I still felt as if I were down in a dark hole, and I couldn't produce the strength to pick myself up
one more time. Death was again the only solution I could see. I was amazed that
in all those years of struggle my life has still come to nothing.
(I can't leave this topic without sharing that the answer God gave me years later in my life, was Phil 4:4-7. If I had given him everything through prayer and trusted him, he could have guarded my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.)
The thing that spoke to me the most in Chapter 2 this morning, are the two verses from the Bible she quotes on page 15:
"Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22)
And God's answer: "They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me." (Jeremiah 9:3)
one more time. Death was again the only solution I could see. I was amazed that
in all those years of struggle my life has still come to nothing.
(I can't leave this topic without sharing that the answer God gave me years later in my life, was Phil 4:4-7. If I had given him everything through prayer and trusted him, he could have guarded my heart and mind in Christ Jesus.)
The thing that spoke to me the most in Chapter 2 this morning, are the two verses from the Bible she quotes on page 15:
"Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people? (Jeremiah 8:22)
And God's answer: "They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me." (Jeremiah 9:3)
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