The day is past. David is safe in his bed and I am attempting to follow suit. I have not actually come down from the events of the day but I am getting there. I hope to get some decent sleep tonight. Earlier I was thinking of how focused I had become on the funeral and the family's loss. I realized that I had not allowed any "nonproductive" issues to enter into my thought life. I will strive to be like that more often. Yes, no doubt someone wished evil upon me during these last few days. The enemy sought to steal my joy and cause me depression and stress but I was too focused to give a care to those type of things because of the tasks that lay before me. I'm reminded of a story. There once was a church who cried out to God. "Lord, we need you to send a person to us who can drive the church bus so that we can bring people to our services". "I sent you such a person over a year ago", the Lord replied. "How can that be Lord?", they cried. "Surely we would have recognized him if you sent him to us a year ago. Where is he, Lord?" He's sitting in your pulpit preaching", God replied. The message here is that we should always strive to be where God needs us to be and not where we feel we should be. I, like you, have aspirations for my life. I have learned that when my aspirations do not pan out as I believe they should I am not to become angry and frustrated, but I am to trust and believe that He knows what is best for me. In addition, it becomes much easier to accept when I know that I have consulted God through prayer before embarking upon any desire. I have been at fault for one thing, if I must be honest. I have allowed my mind to look towards tomorrow as opposed to dealing with the day at hand exclusively. Oh, I can still plan but I must close out my plans by stating "Lord, if it be your will". He knows my most secret desires. He knows what will truly make his son happy, just as I do concerning my own son. So I will trust in him.
Have a great day, and good night.
Dennis
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