Sunday evening... feeling stressed... pressed by time... led to me willing peace in my spirit... trying to hold tight to my emotions...
It didn't work... the first hint of confrontation... caused me to blow... overreact... apologies ensued...
Today... feeling weary... grumpiness creeping in...
My early morning with Him had been good... His faithfulness so evident during this season of stretching... but the peace of the morning did not last...
So today... I didn't try to force my spirit to succumb... I didn't wrestle down peace...
I'm not sure exactly how to put this in words... but I just sort of let my feelings be...
I took them to Him...
holding the need for peace loosely...
after a while... the ensuing irritability vanished...
This world is not the place... where peace reigns...
the Prince of Peace has overcome...
but the prince of darkness is still allowed the illusion of power...
"...I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart;
I have overcome the world." --- Jesus
John 16:33 ESV
Holding loosely to the need for peace...
and now...
holding loosely the need for rest...
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
Psalm 23:1-3 ESV
Father God... thank You for Your faithfulness...
even when my spirit is restless...
Thank You for Your grace... where I can just be...
Thank You for providing what I need...
and that I don't have to fight for it...
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