Think You've Got It Bad?
Man, just when you think your life is getting too full of unwanted 'STUFF', you hear about several friends and/or family
members whose lives are being bombarded with 'junk'.
It really puts your brain and your mouth back into the gear it should be.
Charlie's Advice
Are you upset little friend?
Have you been lying awake worrying?
Well, don't worry...I'm here.
The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will
shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.
~ Charlie Brown to Snoopy ~
Every once in a while, an astoundingly, astonishingly awesome statement will come out a 'daily cartoon'.... such as above. When I first read this, I thought that it could have been said by God, because He does promise us that He will take care of us.
I will repeat my favorite scripture: Isaiah 41:10 - "Fear not, for I am with you, be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand."
Unfortunately, there are times when the "human" side of us forgets this, and that's a shame. If we repeatedly remember His promise, we can live our lives with joy, coming from our strength in our faith.
Psalms 51:12 - "Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit."
Psalms 126:5 - "May those who sow in tears, reap with shouts of joy!"
Ecclesiastes 5:20 - "For he will not much remember the days of his life because God keeps him occupied with joy in his heart."
Isaiah 35:10 - "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away."
Jeremiah 31:13 - "...... I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow."
Colossians 1:11 - "May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy"
1 Chronicles 16:27 - "Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy are in His place"
John 15:11 - "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."
Nehemiah 8:10 - "Then he said to them .....for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
Psalms 28:7 - "The LORD is my strength and my shield; in Him my heart trusts; so I am helped, and my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to Him."
Isaiah 40:31 - "but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
Ephesians 3:16 - "that according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man"
Ephesians 6:10 - "Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might."
2 Thessalonians 3:3 - "But the Lord is faithful; He will strengthen you and guard you from evil."
Psalm 55:16 - "As for me, I shall call upon God, and the LORD will save me."
Hope you have a blessed day. Maggie
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