 By Joyce Pelletier 1 John 4:4–6 “You dear children are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than he that is in the world.” James 1:2” Consider it all joy when you experience trials of many kinds.” In the real world, when things go wrong, we avoid being joyful. However, Have you ever experienced ‘one of those days’ when nothing goes right. You experience tears of frustrations, anxiety, discouragement, then something ridiculous happens and you just start laughing until the nasty spell of frustration breaks the mode and a few minutes later, you compose yourself and then you start feeling the need for laughter as a tool to break the doom and gloom of the incident. Situations block us all the time. When we get to the laughing part, we can compose ourselves once again. Problems come and go all the time. The evil one wants us to fail. Our job can block him. That’s the strength that rebuilds us.You see, God’s plan is to remove the dread in us and replace it with his joyful hope.Sounds like the best plan in my book. God doesn’t fail us, nor does he give up on us. From one step to another, the temptation for allowing ourselves to fall prey to failure can turn us around in a pivot turn. Difficulties can leave a sour taste in our mouths. Once we surrender the message in our issue, the sour note can bring that smile back to our hearts. We don’t do life perfectly. However with God on our journey, the power in being successful is in God’s hand. Demanding our own way isn’t always God’s way. We only need to focus on Him. The Joy that James talks about is to consider it all joy when you experience Joy in many trials. We don’t have to slump in the swamp. We just need to take some deep breaths and make sure to keep our eyes on Him who keeps us on the straight path. Along with some joyful laughter. The results are up to God. When we can let things go, He’s there with us and whatever his plan is, it is always leads to success. Maurice has been going through sleep testing for Apnea for 8 months.. After 3 tests, with the results clear on all counts, they are insisting he take a fourth test. Although at this point the professionals have not given in yet, but, we trust God, and His answer will win out. It can be daunting, but we choose to believe God is in charge. If the test has to be taken, the end results are still in God’s hand, whatever his plan is, He’s in control and we take the stand to believeih him as He is greater. Whatever God’s plan is, is ok with us. Mt 6 says Seek first the kingdom of God and all these things will be given to us as God gives to us. It’s something like Lazarus. He died, was buried and Jesus cried in his pain for the loss of his friend, but what happened in the end? His life was restored, until it was God’s time for Lazarus to go home. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding and in all your ways, acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. So whether it’s now the time for something to happen, God has a better plan. It’s God’s direction we seek, for He is strong, and He causes me to be stronger when I trust him. Comedian Jerry Lewis had a huge heart for people suffering with Muscular Dystrophy. Labor Day Weekend was a national event for many years that raised tons of money to help this cause along with making people vulnerable to this debilitating disease. It made him stronger and brought information to the world that needed to know about this disorder. This venture was successful. You Never Walk Alone that made many people sing for joy because of the good that came out of it. This song ringing words of hope as we... Walk through storms; keep our heads high; toss fear to the winds; reach for the golden sky, and hear the sweetness of the lark and Continue to walk on, even when dreams fail, God never fails. Having dreams fail and tossed away, and God’s love is never absent or late. We never walk alone, We are the children of God and We have God as our strength, now and forevermore. The New year is here, make the best of it. Comments are closed.
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