I wrote today's blog because what I was reading, spoke to my heart. I find myself looking at tomorrow or yesterday, and wondering why things haven't, or aren't, working out the way I'd hoped. My spirit gets downhearted and I forget that I am looking at things through my eyes and not God's. I forget that He has the WHOLE picture and that He is working out things for me in the background.
When something doesn't go as well as you'd hoped or planned, do you find yourself upset, angry or devastated? If we walk in the light of the Lord, we need to ask God to give us a new perspective. Sometimes we don't see the whole truth. Stormie Omartian talks about how she and her daughter have decided to take the situation and say "What's RIGHT about this picture?" - taking a negative and turning it into the positive. This helps keep us protected from the cynical, hopeless and bitter attitudes that we find ourselves developing. This is being willing to let things go of our determination to see things through our own narrow tunnel vision, and rather seeing things from God's perspective.
She states : "God is in the middle of doing something great for us and, because we are not as comfortable as we'd like to be, we don't recognize the good things He has put in our lap".
I have to look at our situation and ask "What's right with it?" in the midst of feeling disappointed, confused and, at times, sad :
NOT : We haven't earned any income since February, BUT God has provided for all our needs and we don't have any bills to worry about.
NOT : We don't have our own home to live in, BUT we have experienced the hospitality of our parents, and been able to rent a small flat in a place where we can help others, even in a small manner.... not worrying about leaving a house behind that needs taking care of.
NOT : How are we going to get everything together so that we can get back, BUT let's take each day and enjoy the people around us that we are getting to build relationships with.
NOT : What lies ahead in our future, and are God's plans in line with our desires, BUT what are the blessings God has planned for me TODAY.
NOT : Why has this happened, BUT it's wonderful how our faith and our relationship has been given the time to grow.
All of this is basically an issue of trust. We are believing that God desires the best for us. I have to stop looking to tomorrow, and look at today in case I miss a blessing. If my eyes are focused on Him, then what could go wrong?
Pray with me this week as we get ready to file for our extension. Pray that I will not focus on the things we don't have lined up yet to file, or to change our tickets, but that we will focus on God and His greatness and His plans for us.
I CHOOSE to see the RIGHT side of this picture!
PRAYER (From "Just Enough Light for the Step I'm On, by Stormie Omartian)
Lord, I lift to You the situations of my life that concern me. I lay the worries before You and ask for Your mighty intervention to show me what's right when I can only see what's wrong. I am determined to see the good, so help me not to be blinded by my own fears, doubts, wants, and preconceived ideas. I ask You to reveal to me Your truth in every situation. Give me Your perspective. Bless me with the ability to understand the bigger picture and to distinguish the valuable from the unimportant. When something seems to go wrong, help me not to jump to negative conclusions. Enable me to recognize the answers to my own prayers. I trust You to help me see the light in every situation. In Jesus's name, Amen
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