I like Nicky’s comments about Psalm 38 - “ I have never met a strong person with an easy past. Faith is tested. ‘Trouble’ in life is almost inevitable. Some seem to respond very enthusiastically, but it does not last. They have ‘no root’.”
It’s far better to approach each day anticipating what God will teach us in His wisdom, rather than expecting everything will go super great and fantastic, or that all is doom and gloom. This is a struggle each day to renew ourselves with this mindset as we encounter new issues or the same recurring problems.
I’m changing one of Nicky’s short prayers to this:
Lord, thank you for the power of your word to change Blake and me. Help us not to be discouraged by disappointments or by what does not happen like we expect. Empower us to keep on sowing seed.s of encouragement and open our eyes to Your presence. Thank you for the great joy there is when we see seed take root in a person’s life and produce a crop a hundred times what was sown. Empower us to be the encouragement that others need. Amen.
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