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Encouragement


Have you ever felt like you just can’t do anything right?  Ever had a day like this… your kids misbehave; your dinner burns; the dessert undercooks and is nasty; you are late to school, meetings and anywhere else you might have to be that day; the house is a mess, and even if you have the majority of it clean, the person you least want to find the mess will, and get upset about it; the car wont start; the dogs/cats mess in the house; you realize you have nothing on your to-do-list accomplished for the day and you just feel defeated… 

Although not all that happens everyday, a lot of it happens more often than I would like to admit.  There are days where I just feel defeated, my body hurts, the house is a mess, I didn’t get anything accomplished that meant anything and the things that I did accomplish got messed up, sigh…  Those days are usually the ones that didn’t start out quite right, I didn’t take time to give God my day and set my attitude straight.  Those are usually the days that I tried to be in control of my life. 

Psalm 46:10 “"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Today I was reading Isaiah 2 about the Lord’s day of Reckoning coming.  There were a couple of verses that stuck out to me here

Verse 11 “The proud look of man will be abased and the loftiness of man will be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.”

17 “The pride of man will be humbled and the loftiness of men will be abased; and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day,”

Why do we ever try to take credit for what we do or try to do things on our own?  If God formed us and made us, then why do we think that we can do anything without him?  On a day that I feel defeated, I remember that God is the ruler of the universe.  He created me for a reason and I have to do my best to remember that I am not here for myself alone, but God put me here for a reason.  So even if I feel defeated or struck down, I know that God has a plan, that even when everything in a day goes wrong, He is still God. 

When I feel defeated, I am going to give it to God.  When I give it to God, he tells me, to relax, I am a good mom, I am a good wife, I am a good daughter, I just have to let it flow through me.  Follow through with my good intentions and allow God to work in my life.  So today, if you feel defeated, know you are not alone.  We have all been there, and will be there again.  Even better than the fact that you are in good company with the messes in your life, know that you are not alone because God is with you.  On days where nothing goes right, just talk to Him about it, and He can show you everything that IS going right. 
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  1. M.S.February 22, 2013 at 8:29 AM

    Thank you! I think a lot of us needed to read this and know that we are not alone. Excellent s always, thanks for sharing.

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