I Am Not Seeing It...

So here we are, well into the "New Year" and it is not so "happy."  We are struggling on so many different fronts.  My health is not great.  My sister-in-law is dying.  We are barely getting by.  I know this seems like a whiney post and I guess maybe it is.  My wife and I are tired.  We are weary of the trials.  James says to count it all joy.  I am not seeing it. Prov 3:11-12 says not to shun the Lord's discipline because he disciplines those he loves.  I am not "feelin the love."  Heb 13 states that the "Lord is my helper. What can man do to me?"  Do I need to make a list?  I know.  I know.  In the face of eternity this is nothing.  I know I have enough for the day and I know I should not worry because worrying is a sin.  His grace is sufficient etc. etc.  How easy it is to quote scripture when you are NOT walking through the valley of the shadow of death.  I am a fleshly sinful man.   I will not deny that.  It is hard to have an eternal perspective when you live in a temporal body that effects your heart and your mind.

So what do I do?  Breath in.  Breath out.  Trust God because He alone is trustworthy.  Quit whining.  If it were easy everyone would do it right?  Be still.  etc. etc.  I am trying.  I am begging for mercy and I am hoping for an end to the current trials soon.

On the bright side, I am getting a new grandson any day now.  Joseph Chocolate Thunder Kligmann.  Don't yell at me.  I did not give him that name.  I think the Chocolate Thunder part may be a joke but you never know.

Thank you for listening to my ranting. 

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