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Day 4---Life Can Be Too Big For Us

Our plan is in place. We know what to do. (Refer to yesterday’s post.) We’ll meet with God every morning and commit our day to Him. We’ll ask for His thoughts to guide us through the day so we can make the right choices. 

It sounds good but we still have those things called “feelings” to deal with. There are times when we feel afraid, or angry, or frustrated, or just plain overwhelmed with all that we are hearing and all that we have to deal with in the course of a day. 

Many people are fearful of not being able to pay the rent even this month, parents are overwhelmed with homeschooling their children—responsibilities have become great and the resources have lessened. What do we do??

I believe that we’ve been given the Proverbs 16:3 promise as a key to anything we are facing. Allow me to share with you how I know this to be true. About a year and a half ago, my husband passed away. That wasn’t supposed to happen! It wasn’t in the plan! Yet, here I am having to carry on without him. 

Life became way too big for me real quick! Not only did I have to handle many new responsibilities, but I had to deal with some very new emotions. When I say that next to the gift of eternal life in Christ Jesus, I consider the Proverbs 16:3 promise my most cherished possession. At the time Dave “graduated” to Heaven, I had already laid a foundation for this partnership with God. It was so very wonderful to know that even though I was alone, I didn’t feel alone. God in His faithfulness made Himself known to me as I committed each of my days to Him and asked for His help.

So here we are in the middle of the Coronavirus Pandemic. All of a sudden everything has changed. The responsibilities have become great and we aren’t always sure what to do. The beautiful thing is that we now have the tool. We can turn to our Heavenly Father, any time of the day or night and say, “I need Your help. Cause my thoughts to come into line with Your will. Even though we may not know what to do or what the next day will bring—God does. He knows how to successfully lead you through the day bringing the answers and direction that you need.

Tomorrow, I am going to share with you some very practical ways that you can take control of your emotions so they can work for you instead of against you. In the meantime, today when you come up against something you can’t handle, whisper these words to God, “Lord, help me think the way you think concerning __________________ (You fill in the blank.) 

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