Posted on 09/24/2021 6:01:37 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
Bible in a Year:
By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
Feeling overwhelmed, Sierra grieved her son’s fight with addiction. “I feel bad,” she said. “Does God think I have no faith because I can’t stop crying when I’m praying?”
“I don’t know what God thinks,” I said. “But I know He can handle real emotions. It’s not like He doesn’t know we feel.” I prayed and shed tears with Sierra as we pleaded for her son’s deliverance.
Scripture contains many examples of people wrestling with God while struggling. The writer of Psalm 42 expresses a deep longing to experience the peace of God’s constant and powerful presence. He acknowledges his tears and his depression over the grief he’s endured. His inner turmoil ebbs and flows with confident praises, as he reminds himself of God’s faithfulness. Encouraging his “soul,” the psalmist writes, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (v. 11). He’s tugged back and forth between what he knows to be true about God and the undeniable reality of his overwhelming emotions.
God designed us in His image and with emotions. Our tears for others reveal deep love and compassion, not necessarily a lack of faith. We can approach God with raw wounds or old scars because He knows we feel. Each prayer, whether silent, sobbed, or shouted with confidence, demonstrates our trust in His promise to hear and care for us.
Reflect & Pray
What emotion have you tried to hide from God? Why is it often hard to be honest with God about difficult or overwhelming emotions?
Unchanging Father, thank You for assuring me that You know I feel and need to process my ever-changing emotions.
~ Hai All!! ~          |
It don’t get no better than Black Water.
“Black Water”!
never had that much love for the doobies but jeff skunk baxter is cool
~ Tunes For Our Troops ~
FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT
Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
CLICK HERE TO FIND LATEST THREADS
CLICK FOR Current local times around the world
CLICK FOR local times in Seoul, Baghdad, Kabul,
New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Anchorage
The FR Canteen is Free Republic's longest running daily thread
specifically designed to provide entertainment and moral support for the military.
The doors have been open since Oct 7 2001,
the day of the start of the war in Afghanistan.
We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.
It's Tunes For Our Troops!
“It Could Have Been Me”
“I know but for the grace of God that man coudda been me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awt9SUZQ8yk
Sung by two VN War combat vets. A marine grunt and an army CMB in the 196th LIB.
South City Midnight Lady is still hard to listen too... and i love it
Kathy Thanks for this evenings entertainment the Doobie Brothers. They were a staple of mine during the mid 1970’s.
They bring back happy times during my youth serving in the USAF.
At that time the world was dangerous but as dangerous as it was It was not as bad as what’s happening today.
Specifically with our Navy,Army,Marines,Space force and Air Force Personnel. IO have never seen an environment like their living in an performing their duties.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
