“Discipline, for the Christian, begins with the body. We have only one. It is this body that is the primary material given to us for sacrifice. We cannot give our hearts to God and keep our bodies for ourselves.”—
Elisabeth Elliot
So I understand that the vibe of this post is essentially:
“Goodness comes from God alone.”
… but it also has a vibe,
“If you pray for something you want you will get it - God is simply a magic genie, don’t you know it fool?”
Like I’ve prayed for many things. Some of them were answered. Some of them were not. It’s not about the prayer, it’s about the God who’s wiser than we are.
No, it’s not luck when good things happen to us - any of us.
Good comes from God alone. He is merciful. He is gracious.
And our prayers are heard by the Good and Wise Creator.
But to answer someone who calls us lucky, with “I prayed” - just has a certain sourness in it.
Pride is not always what we think it is. Pride isn’t always someone being full of themselves and over confident and arrogant. Pride can mean not admitting it when you’re wrong, being too angry or stubborn to apologize when you know you should, or being too afraid to work on things because you’re scared you may not get it right. I’ve even heard that pride can be found in shyness, when a person is more concerned with what others might think of them than what they have to offer others. Pride comes in many shapes. Don’t be deceived into thinking it looks just how you think it does.
pushing around a baby stroller awhile ago at church just intensified my baby fever all the more :) :) :)
wouldnt it be cool to just like not feel nervous about everything all the time
“Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
— Job 2:10Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
— Lamentations 3:38
God is on His throne. Let that be of comfort. Whatever affliction touches you has
been permitted by our Father for the sole purpose of sanctifying you and
making His glory known. Maybe we’ll receive answers to our questions.
Maybe not. But just knowing He holds everything in His hands should
cause us to lift this heavy burden off ourselves and cast everything
(all your cares, all your worries, all your questions) upon God.
May we find comfort in the sovereignty and kindness of our King. We lean not on our own understanding; trust Him.
I know that my redeemer lives
What joy the blest assurance gives
He lives He lives who once was dead
He lives my ever living Head
He lives and grants me daily breath.
He lives and I shall conquer death.
He lives to make all things new
He lives to make His promise true.
Hey guys I’m sorry I may not be online very often for a short while. Everything in my life is crumbling down, including things that I never expected could ever go wrong, and to be honest I don’t understand why God is allowing all these. Every morning when I wake up feeling strengthened by the love of Christ, I bump straight into 10 other problems on that day, and go to bed literally questioning what’s the point of my life. I don’t see the purpose of what I’m going through, how it’s possible that God can be glorified through this. Romans 8 is the only thing holding me together, but I don’t even have a clue about my life anymore. I just might not be mentally capable of posting uplifting things on here, and I don’t want to throw my troubles at you guys—you don’t deserve that negativity. I don’t have prayer requests because I can’t think of one when nothing is well, if you want to pray for me, just pray for my sanity. Thank you and I’m sorry.
I have been in this situation so many times. In fact I’ve recently found myself in it again.
I don’t know. I don’t think we are meant to understand when things like this happen. Maybe not in the moment. Maybe in the future. Actually, maybe never in this life. What matters is we can hold onto these things:
- God is sovereign.
- Whatever affliction touches you has been permitted by God for the sole purpose of sanctifying you and glorifying His name.
- And, “You do not find one godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it; though for a while he was shaken, yet at last he was better for an affliction” (Jeremiah Burroughs).
Sister, please know you are not on your own. Reach out to loved ones/church family/people you are comfortable with. We are meant to carry each other’s burdens. Don’t isolate yourself, because trust me, the loneliness and sorrow will fester. Above all, speak to your heavenly Father. Find comfort in the fact that Jesus Christ is praying for you and that ALL things work together for good.
We were not meant to live in earthly comfort, happiness, and ease. God will use suffering, trouble, hardships, pain in order to discipline us, wean our affections from this world, humble us, and draw us close to the Father. He does this with love.
My ask box/tumblr messenger (whatever it’s called) is also open, so please feel free to message me about whatever issue is pressing heavily on your heart. Talking helps, too.
I’ll be praying for you
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
Romans 5:1-5
