My heart is heavily burdened right now with family difficulties on many fronts, some from the distant past that have accumulated and come to a head in recent months. Others have arisen over the past several months and continue to become more serious and onerous each day, it seems.
I am spending my time, whether doing other tasks or not, in deep prayer and supplication to the Lord, requesting wisdom in knowing how to counsel with those around me and how to receive the best counsel in my own heart to bear these load, myself.
My deep faith sustains and guides me. I seek forgiveness from those I may have wronged in my past, although I’ve always tried to do the best I knew to do at the time I was acting.
I do not like to write publicly in such a frame of mind, yet I do not turn from trying to be honest and open with the struggles in my heart with all who will bear with me. I regret in my younger years having been judgmental toward many around me when, instead, I should have listened more carefully to their hearts and found that they were just like me. We all seek the same thing deep down inside – to be truly loved and accepted for who and what we are.
I have long since learned better, having found true love and acceptance from this man to whom I am married. Because of his great love for me, I came to know and understand – to really feel and believe – the unquenchable, eternal love of God, our Father, and Jesus Christ, our Savior. Although he was God’s Son, he came here to earth to live as a man – as we live – to be one of us in all ways – and die, in his perfection, so that we might be redeemed by grace. We are living, breathing souls and as God’s children, we are already living in eternity, never to face death, except in this physical, bodily form. We have been saved by grace through our faith and in following after God to share His love to all around us.
We are the embodiment of Christ’s body – the church – upon this earth. We are to exemplify Jesus in all our ways with each other and even with strangers and enemies. May God help me live this out from now on, the remainder of my human days.
To God be the glory, and may we each recognize that Jesus loves us. Each of us. You. Me. He will not forsake us or let us down, so matter how much we stumble or grow weary and weak. “Jesus loves me, this I know.”
Please pray with me today, y’all, and know I pray for you, too. Dee
You have certainly helped me navigate through some of these waters in the past. It is always a privilege to pray with and for you.
Dee, Keeping you in prayer. May all your burdens be lightened daily.
on a wing and a prayer!
a flybyhugging
Praying for you, honey…
Thank you, Dee.
I am praying too. God will guide you.
I mentioned you and your family in my prayers just this morning, and will continue to do so. I encourage you to share with this “blog church;” this is how we draw sustenance from each other. May God be especially near at this time.
Praying for you, Dee. Love you and Tom. Never forget that.
So sorry you are going though rough times. Chin up and keep the faith that all will be as it should be.