Author: Theresa

A friend of mine sent me this photo. It was just so perfect! What’s really interesting about this Rainbow in particular though is that it clearly separates what is dark from what is light.

And that is exactly what will happen at the end. If we are following Jesus, we will be filled with the light of the Holy Spirit. But if we are not, we will be filled with darkness.

Only those who believe in Jesus and follow Him will be filled with the light of the Holy Spirit and enter Heaven.

It’s our choice, given to us by God Himself 🙂

We all have them. Sometimes they are big concerns like finding the right job to support our families or the suffering of someone we love who is ill. Sometimes they are little ones like spiders or snakes, lol.

But whatever our fears, they are real and sometimes loom very large. So how do we deal with them? The first step is asking ourselves, “Do we trust God”. Really Trust Him. Because if we do, then we know that God loves us and will not give us more than we can handle. There is a famous quote from Billy Graham, “God’s Will will not take us where His Grace can not sustain us!” And it won’t.

But we do have to focus on that! For me, after I pray, I also ask myself a second question. Is what I am anxious about uncomfortable or unsurvivable? And if I think about that, it helps. Because most things we can think about are surviviable. And I remind myself that if for any reason I don’t survive, I’m going straight to Heaven 🙂

There’s a third question I sometimes ask myself, “how long is this really going to last?” Really? 10 minutes? Three days? A week? Most things that cause fear or anxiety don’t seem to really last that long.

Fourth, a doctor or medicine is sometimes needed. Sometimes short term and sometimes long term. This is NOT something to feel badly about. God gave us doctors for a reason. There is a story about a man who was drowning. Three ships stopped to save him, but he would not board them. He said “God will save me”. He drowned and went to Heaven. And when he got there he asked God, ‘why didn’t you save me’. And God said, ‘I did. I sent you three ships’ :). Sometimes we need a doctor, and if that is the way God chooses to Help us, we need to take that Help and not be ashamed of it. Instead, we need to choose to be grateful that God made doctors.

There is another step that helps me tremendously when I am afraid. I picture God our Father, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit or Mary in my mind’s eye. And I focus on that picture and ask for Help. By putting all of my focus on God, there just isn’t as much room for my fears. And you know what else? After I have done whatever I needed to do or survived whatever I needed to survive, I feel free! When we face our “Goliath”, God rewards us with freedom and light 🙂

With God Anything IS Possible 🙂. It always will be. Short term, long term, God is in for the long haul, and He will give us what we truly need in this world. And when we get to the next world, there just won’t be any fears or anxiety 🙂

Jesus has us, don’t worry 🙂

Sometimes, life can feel like such a struggle-everyday!  And it can be so exhausting.  Especially when we are holding onto our will instead of God’s Will ?.

And sometimes, it’s just hard to let go of our will.  Perhaps it’s a particular job that we wanted to get or perhaps it’s a person we love who is ill, and we want that person to get better.  Perhaps, it’s covid, or the direction of our country, or the direction of the public schools…  There are many pure, unselfish, well-intentioned efforts happening every day, but that doesn’t mean they are God’s Will.

The Truth is, we don’t always know why God’s Plan is better ?.  But we know that God’s Plan is indeed better. And we know that God knows our future, and we don’t. And God loves us!

Perhaps the job we wish for won’t bring us into contact with those God wants us to meet.  Perhaps the person who is sick is bringing many to Christ. 

We know from reading the Bible, that our nation is not a leader in the final days, just as we know that Jesus Will come back for us 🙂  So perhaps our nation will not turn back towards God and perhaps it will.  But we do know that whatever God’s Will for our country and schools; it will eventually be used for our good ?

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I have trouble letting go of “my plans” in favor of God’s Plans.  After all, my plans are such good plans, lol (good thing God laughs). 

And so I ask Him to change my will to His Will-and then there is no more struggle.  When we are in God’s Will, it’s the very safest and happiest place to be.  There is peace.  Worry and fear are gone.  We can’t always get there by ourselves, but God can get us there, if we ask Him.

God knows and understands what will bring us Peace and Joy.  After all, He made us and wants us to be happy!  So if we are struggling a bit, this prayer helps?

 “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.” – Psalm 51: 12-14

For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope”- Romans 15:4

“The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary”-Isaiah 50:4 KJV

Sometimes, people read this verse and think they “are not learned enough”, but we are all “learned” enough to share the love of Christ ?.

Sometimes, we need the wisdom of our elders.  Sometimes, we need the enthusiasm of our youth.  Ever hear the saying, “out of the mouth of babes”?  And sometimes, we just need a hug ?.

God’s Word has everything we need to know and our Lord Jesus has commanded us to love God with our whole hearts, souls and minds, and each other as Jesus has loved us!

We have everything we need to Follow Jesus right here and right now.  And the Holy Spirit will Help us ?

There are so many disagreements amount Christians today.  Masks, vaccines, CRT, just to name a few…Then there is gay marriage, abortion, whether God belongs in the voting booth…The list is long! And we all feel very strongly on many of these issues…

But what does God really say about disagreements?

“Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God;  for it is written,

As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess^[b] to God.

So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.”-Romans 14:10-12

In fact, all of Romans 14 is helpful on this subject!

We are all on the same path, but often we are at different places on it, so we may not always see things the same way.  But we are still on the same path, just at different places.. 

God’s Word provides us with instructions on how to live.  His Word decrees what actions are right and what actions are wrong.  We, as human beings, don’t get to make those choices, God does!

Disagreements with each other are one thing, but disagreements with God are another.  And that is why it is so important for us to ask the Holy Spirit to read God’s Word with us. For Truth by its’ very nature has only has one version!

And because God made us, God ultimately knows what choices will make us happy.  And God knows what choices will bring us to Heaven.  And in the end, it is God who will judge us.  We need to worry more about God’s Judgement and less about the judgement of others.

It’s easy to be God’s when everything it going our way, but it’s harder to be God’s when it is not.

I have found through my life that God’s Will is always better than mine. You see, I only know what happened yesterday and today. And I also only know it through my own eyes, not God’s Eyes :). I also don’t necessarily know how my choices impacted every person I came in contact with.

And I definitely don’t know the future or who my choices may touch, but God does!

And that is why I have to Trust that God’s Will is better than my own-in every situation.

There is another reason I Trust God, I know that He loves me:

“’For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future. ‘” — Jeremiah 29:11.

So if your day is a difficult one, don’t give up! God Loves you and has a plan for you!