Over done?

This morning my reading had a bit of Job's story as a reference. That man had it all taken away and he was made to suffer throughout with boils.

Overdone?

My friend and I made a soup and it sat in the crockpot a little longer than it should have so it turned more into a chili than soup.

Overdone?

People killing each other, forcing authorities to place entire cities on lockdown.

Overdone?

This is the world we live in. Sometimes it doesn't quite make sense in the here and now but in hindsight it will.

For all the three scenarios above, my answer is NO!

Job's story had a beauty of its own. All of his experiences gave each one of us a story and an example to look to about perseverance and humility and long-suffering.   Most of all, Job never stopped trusting in God.  Through it all, God was still Job's ally.

The soup that turned to chili? Something comforting in a hearty chili on a cold and rainy night.  The spices were just right and the entire dish pulled itself together while cooking. Beauty that initially I might have refused to see, now is more than evident. Why? Because I changed my perspective. Praise Jesus it is edible, right? In this case its edible and comforting.

As for the lockdown?  Authorities are completely in the right.  Those heartless people who have gone on this rampage? Utterly insane! The authorities who have to put their lives on the line? Heroic beyond words. Who wins? Who loses? At the end of the day, I want to venture to say, everyone loses a part of their peace,  a part of their sanity and part of their feeling of safety.  New Yorkers will never return to the same place they were at before 9/11 but they have fought through it and Boston will do the same. In the long run, if even one person comes to know Jesus as his/her Lord and Savior then some good came of it all. Personally,  I would want another means to bring people to Jesus, but God uses all means.

In the end of it all, I see how we can take something that makes no sense, that seems overdone and turn it around for the better.

One thing I know for sure,  Jesus is never overdone.  He is never out of line or out of style.  God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit will always be reliable, accountable and most of all The Truth.

Love God and the rest will follow...

Rest...

Been a while, it almost became a chore to remember to log in and do this.  The thing is... I was really miserable at certain points and knew that if only I wrote my thoughts out then I would be able to process all that was running around in my brain. And somehow I still didnt do it, just chose to wallow instead. Not. Heatlhy.

A few days ago I had this feeling again so I decided to get the app on my phone.  This way I have no excuse for not blogging anymore.  Coincidentally, I got a text from Jyo the same day, that said "you should start a blog" that's when I realized that the youngens in my life didn't even know that side of me.

Had that girl died out while maneuvering around the paths of this life?

Why didnt I feel like I had a moment of rest when it came to my thoughts recently?

Then talking to one of my sisters this morning I was reminded that the idea of rest is something we tend to take for granted in the world we live in.

We are reminded of the need for rest even in the creation story when our Creator took the seventh day to rest.

Why then, as humans, do we not see the need for it? And why are some of us not blessed with the ability to rest?  Even when we want the body to rest, our minds are bombarded. These days with so much available to us via the internet on our phones and tablets and tv and computers, its a miracle we even blink.

The idea of rest is necessary on so many levels.  Our bodies, physically need to rest the muscles and every system has a need to rejuvenate while at rest.
Mentally we need rest from thoughts and things being bombarded at us.  Meditation is a popular way to "unwind" for this very reason. It brings clarity to decisions we might be pondering over.
Our soul needs rest from being teased by the world all the time. Most important of all, our spirit needs rest so that Jesus can mend and heal what He needs to in our soul.

We have convinced ourselves that life xan be lived without rest, without healing and worst of all without Jesus.

We need Jesus for he is the one who said,

"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest."
- Matthew 11:28 NASB

So we must learn to find our rest in Jesus "who will all our sorrows share."

Love God and the rest will follow...

Fear of death...

My mom said something today that made me think...am I truly not afraid to die?

I suppose because I grew up facing the reality that nothing in this world lasts very long, I don't cling to it.

Not going to lie, it would be nice to be married and have a family but then again what's that in comparison to meeting The One who conquered death and satan?!?!?!?

This world is not my own...this is my temporary home...no one but You Lord can satisfy the longing in my soul...

Those are some of my fav songs and I suppose there is a underlying message here! At the end of it all, I just want to see my Jesus and my God!

Love God and the rest will follow (an endless hallelujah)