LAST Thursday was quite a test. I left the day exhausted and defeated. I simply couldn’t see how things would work themselves out. (That is a perspective thing that I couldn’t shift at the moment.) I had dumped a full cup of coffee (with creamer) into my laptop computer, I had received a HUGE bill for our portion of some testing I had a couple of weeks before AND my 2013 car broke down on the way to groups. The group night was okay but ended with a situation that took an hour to deal with and then I had the car to deal with. That is how the night ended. I’ll tell you that I let it really dealt the temptation to hopelessness. I completely invited that perspective in and let it nest in my hair, so to speak.) My overall view was fear and that was all I could see.
Now then, do you have days like this where the invitation is to fear? I get them often but I also, often, take a pass and choose to move past the fear in hope. Days like Thursday are demoralizing. I feel earthbound and helpless, faithless and hopeless. It DIDN’T EVEN OCCUR to me to cry out to Jesus! (Not even.)
Today, I reassembled my computer and booted up to find that it has been delivered from my carelessness. No sticky keys. No injury. Just fine. My car deal was only a battery. (Normal maintenance!) The bills are doable. And, my perspective is not one of fear.
I would like to see my USUAL response to be a believing response when I encounter a full-on breakdown in my day.
I have a favorite verse:
Psalm 27:
13 “I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the Lord.
Yes, I would like to be the gal that chooses that first rather than later. I would certainly be less tired and less affected.
Learn from me, friends! Don’t do it like I did it!
“Refuse despair!”
Laura Leigh Chats 