What happens when we worry? We tend to worry about an event that is going to happen or one that has already happened. It never seems to turn out the way we thought it would anyway!
Phillipians 4:6-7
"do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
"do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
I have thought through the hours before, during & after Amber's death more times than I care to admit. I am putting myself through something that I was only meant to go through once!! Because of what happened, I am on high alert as to what makes me happy and what makes me sad; what is going to get me through the day successfully, or what is going to be a disaster of a day. I had decided I needed to get answers from everyone (doctors, paramedics, etc.) and “finalize” the situation in my mind in order to move on. But then I realized how much that was harming me. She is gone and I can’t bring her back. And trying to get all those answers and putting so much thought into getting those answers was making me feel bad. And what if the answers I get aren’t the ones I want to hear? I was creating my own little pity party! How often do we do that to ourselves?
What makes me feel good is thinking about where she is at and how much happier she is. Why wouldn’t that make me happy? I think, if only I could get a short 40 second video showing her hanging out with Jesus running, talking & laughing, I would be good. That’s not going to happen. That is where I have to have faith and know that God’s word is truth and where most of my answers should come from. I believed His truth before, then I most certainly have to believe it now. If I can praise Him when things are good, then I can praise Him when they are not so good.
Hebrews 11:1
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."
Each time I sit down to write, I hesitate and wonder if I really should post. And then I just do it! So that’s what I say to you. Don’t hold back. I’m not. Don’t deny someone a blessing when you have the ability. You don’t know the impact you can have on another. Over the last few weeks so many have said they hesitated writing or saying something to me. But then when they did, we were both blessed.
Proverbs 3:27
"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it."
"Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it."
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