January 14, 2008

  • I have been quiet....


    The last few weeks it seemed like I had concentric circles on my back.... 


    I took a big blow at work...nothing personal, just a customer thing, but big, none the less....it felt like every time I turned around I was making someone mad here, so I just buried my head and stayed out of people's way....I had a horrible cold....buried at church with work that I had to do and just a lot of other stuff...  Sometimes it seems like a pile on, ya know?


    But this is a new week, and that means a fresh start, right?


    And THIS week started out with Dallas losing, which is always a good way for a week to start for me :)   Oh, and wait....I think another team lost this weekend too, didn't it?  The Seahawks?  I think for some reason that I still can't fathom, one of my friends from Nebraska is a SHawks fan...


    Here are some great reminders from Lamentations3:


    19-21I'll never forget the trouble, the utter lostness,
       the taste of ashes, the poison I've swallowed.
    I remember it all—oh, how well I remember—
       the feeling of hitting the bottom.
    But there's one other thing I remember,
       and remembering, I keep a grip on hope:


     22-24God's loyal love couldn't have run out,
       his merciful love couldn't have dried up.
    They're created new every morning.
       How great your faithfulness!
    I'm sticking with God (I say it over and over).
       He's all I've got left.

     25-27God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits,
       to the woman who diligently seeks.
    It's a good thing to quietly hope,
       quietly hope for help from God.
    It's a good thing when you're young
       to stick it out through the hard times.

     28-30When life is heavy and hard to take,
       go off by yourself. Enter the silence.
    Bow in prayer. Don't ask questions:
       Wait for hope to appear.
    Don't run from trouble. Take it full-face.
       The "worst" is never the worst.

     31Why? Because the Master won't ever
       walk out and fail to return.


    Good Stuff!


    peace....

Comments (3)

  • I've missed your posts, but I understand the need to be quiet sometimes.

    Weren't those some good games? I think our feelings toward the Cowboys match yours pretty closely. Plus, this way the Pack gets the championship game at home. Gotta like that. We'll be hoping for more snow so our quarterback can start snowball fights between plays.

    I'm sorry you've felt like a target for trouble lately. But anything that sends us to Scripture (like the beautiful passage you shared--thank you) and to our knees is, in the end, a good thing. Not that I ask for trials or welcome them--haven't quite attained that level of saintliness yet. . .

    Hugs to my friend

  • Does my back say "Kick Me while I'm down on it?"  :)   Thanks for remembering me in your prayers

  • "There is no joy in Mudville. . ." Or in ice-bound Wisconsin either, for that matter.

    But hey, this way I can relax during the Superbowl and won't care much if the Patriots win by a landslide.

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