Comfort

Well I have had a few people that have encouraged me to continue my blog and I am reminded of a verse Matthew 18:20  “For where two or three come together in my name, there I am in there midst”  So the way  I figure it, if only one other person reads this then God is in our midst.

As you can tell I have been discouraged the past several days.  I wish I had the faith that Joseph had.  Although I know that God is in control and He has such a wonderful plan for my life, it is really difficult to wait for it.  I feel as though I am a burden on my family and I just feel out of place.  I love being at home and I could sit and write all day but don’t believe that everyone is as excited to read what I write as I am to write it.  I have to think about all those books I have started to read and never finished.  That author was probably as passionate about writing as I am and if they knew how many put their books back on the shelf would they be discouraged?

As I cried out to the Lord today I plopped down on the couch and opened up my Bible.  It fell open to Isaiah 40 and  the first words I read were “Comfort, comfort for my people, says your God”  Isaiah 40:1
So I continued reading and when I got a little further I remembered that my focus had been on the attributes of God and there they were again, staring me in the face.  Look at Isaiah 40:25 - 26 which reads, “To whom will you compare me?”  Or who is my equal?  Says the Holy One. (26) Lift your eyes and look to the heavens:  Who created all these?  He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name.  Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.”

That really sets into perspective who our God is and then He says, to Jacob or remember He renamed him Israel, (vs. 27) Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel, ‘My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?  That verse really hit me today because that could have said “O Sheila” rather than “O Jacob”.  I feel that the things that have blessed me have been taken from me and I don’t understand why.  I get so frustrated and upset about it and I cry to the Lord.  Today when I cried out He gave me this answer, reading on, vs. 28 “Do you not know?  Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator the ends of the earth.  He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom. (29) He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. (30) Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; (31) but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Heavenly Father, I thank you for these words.  I ask you to forgive me for becoming discouraged and downcast.  Help me to keep my focus on you and you alone.  I ask for your strength and guidance in each step of my life and I thank you for your words of encouragement today.  I ask you to bless those who read your words and give them comfort and strength as you have promised to those who you call your children.  I love you and praise you in all things.  In the precious name of Jesus I pray, AMEN.

As I sought out God today, I found Him.  It was no coincidence that my Bible fell open to those words, God directed me to that scripture.  I am truly blessed to belong to a God who guides me through life even when I doubt and become discouraged, He is always there.   May you seek Him and find Him when you seek Him with all your heart!


Seeking Him with all my heart,
Sheila