Gods Greatness And Compassion

God Said Don’t Stress, Just Adjust

While Sitting getting a pedicure, I suddenly remembered that
I was supposed to pick up and drop off some groceries for someone later on today
I must have forgotten because my mind was focused on the full day I had
Scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday

So after leaving the shop I planned to go to the grocery store
But before I left the shop I got a text
I had totally forgot I was supposed to be at a wake later today
That makes two things I forgot about
So instead of going to grocery store, i headed to the wake

On my way to the wake, I get a text that my rep is almost at my house
to pick something up
That makes three things I forgot about
It like if I don’t put it in my phone ?
I won’t remember it now

The rep said they will come by Saturday
But I got a full plate Saturday
How will I fit them into my schedule?

Then the stress started to kick in
If I get one more text about something to do
I’m going to go off.
It seems as everything is piling up on me at once

As I got back in car God spoke to me
“Don’t stress, just adjust
It’s not mandatory you volunteer tomorrow
You could do that the following week
This will give you all tomorrow morning to relax
And meet the one person you missed meeting today “

What a great idea God
It’s not that my life is full of stressful things
I just needed to do a little schedule adjusting
Now I feel so much relieved
The Lord kept me in perfect peace.

Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

I Believe God Was Looking Out For Me

I kept seeing the commercials for this new product on TV
The things it could do were amazing to me
It was the right size and pretty, just what I needed
Every day, I would say, I gotta get this thing
But I didn’t have any money
And couldn’t break the current contract I was in

Then, about three weeks later on the news
Came stories of fires and explosions from the product’s usage
It got so bad there was a product recall
Then a warning not to use it at all
So, something I thought I just had to get
Would have caused me much regret
And believe I didn’t have the money
Because God was looking out for me

Sometimes God blocks what we are trying to get
Because He knows what’s in our best interest
I remember I had a prayer request
To be hired at this certain business
It would have been more money, a higher title
There was one obstacle blocking the hire
I prayed fervently for God to grant my desire
But He said it would be denied

A few months later, I read in the paper
Where the business was losing funding that was major
If I would have gotten that job, unemployed I would be
Again, I’m thankful God was looking out for me
When He denied the job I wanted so desperately.

Scripture Reference: Proverbs 3:5, Mark 11:24
Background
The Lord does tell us to pray for what we need. Jesus goes so far as to say whatever we should ask in His name, believe that we will receive it and we will. But there are times when we ask and pray fervently for something and don’t get it. This can cause one to feel all kinds of emotions such as God don’t care, or He is not answering because He is punishing you, or You are not good enough to receive what you are asking for, etc. I have learned that sometimes God doesn’t give us what we want because He knows what we are asking for is not in our best interest to have. I have learned to trust His judgement and not to force something to happen, but to let Him direct my paths.

Finding The Energy To Clean

Whew,
Thank You Lord the house is in a better state
Been trying to clean it for days
I’ll do it tomorrow I would say
I wasn’t trying to procrastinate
It’s just when the morrow came my energy went away

Then one day I changed my plans
Instead of going out, I stayed in and tried again
I picked up the broom and mop
And thanks to You the needed energy I got

As I swung the mop more and more
My energy picked up beyond cleaning the floors
I looked in closets and threw out stuff
That for years wasn’t touched–just collecting dusk

Lord, you not only gave me energy
But more than what I needed
What I plan to clean, I exceeded
Scripture reference: Isaiah 40:28 – 31
Background
God never gets tired or runs out of strength. He maintains the earth daily. Without fail the daylight comes every day and the night falls. The seasons change year end and out. The earth doesn’t run out of food, air or water. At the same time God is attentive to every one of His children. But unlike God, we get tired trying to maintaining our households. I remember a time when I said I would clean up on a certain day. That day came and went without any cleaning being done as I couldn’t find the energy to start cleaning. Then one day thank God, I got the energy to clean more than what I planned.