- God is good.
- God is our helper.
- God is not selfish.
- God made everything and has shared it with us.
- God wants us to enjoy what He gave us.
- God wants us to be thankful to Him for it.
- God made the universe, it did not make Him, nor is it Him.
- God made you, God made me.
- God has a good plan for each one of us.
- God is for our good.
- God is not against people, but He is against evil.
- God is for reconciliation.
- God is not the author of bad, evil or death.
- God doesn’t want anyone to be out of His presence for eternity.
- God wants to reason with us and help us.
- God will not finish something off just because it is already broken.
- God will not quench something- even if only a tiny bit of life is left.
- God made us in His image.
- God is life.
- God is the giver of life.
- God is a forgiver.
- God is our Father.
- God is not an evil task-master.
- God knows everything.
- God will give us His wisdom…if we ask.
- God changes hearts.
- God loved the world-He thought it up and made it.
- God gave us Jesus.
- Jesus forgave us.
- Jesus, when on earth, showed us what God in heaven is like.
- God is good.
- Let God into your life.
- God will help you.
- God will protect you.
- God will keep you safe.
- This is who God is.
- God is love.
Tag: Jesus
‘People Pain’
Of all the types of pain in the world, it seems the worst one to endure and the hardest one to deal with is people-pain.
This morning at work a man came into the office so angry about something, that I wasn’t sure what was on his mind. I greeted him with kind words and then he, without saying a word or changing his expression, threw his paperwork over the counter at me and turned and left. I told him thank you and wished him a good day, just as I would anyone else coming in the office.
A gentle answer turns away wrath.
For him, this is normal behavior. He seems not to know joy, peace, kindness and that saddens me. He must be holding onto pain and bitterness from something long ago.
The thought came to me while eating lunch, ‘People have to free themselves of their pain.’ Whether they take it out on someone else or themselves, they have a need to rid themselves of their pain. Of course the ways many people try to do this doesn’t give genuine relief; it may just be enough to keep the pressure cooker from exploding inside them.
I thought, ‘God did not create His creation to endure pain and suffering…especially emotional pain and what I now call ‘people-pain’…pain caused through relationships with others.
Yes, we will have to endure people-pain and all sorts of emotional pain and suffering while we live on this planet; however, God did not intend us to bear it alone.
God provided a way to get rid of the burden of pain and suffering caused in our relationships with others. We have to take it all to Jesus. He says, “Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately andcares about you watchfully.” I Peter 5:7 AMP.
We have to give it up; give the people causing pain up; say to God, “I can’t take it any longer! You deal with it for me.’
He is there to help you in your time of trouble.
Jesus is our pain killer. He bore it so we didn’t have to. We will have many, many pains and cares, troubles and worries every day, and His shoulders are big enough to handle them all!
Every single pain!!!
God didn’t make you to bear the pain. He said, “I will.” But you have to give it to Him first. You have to know He cares and that you can take it all to Jesus and He won’t make fun of you for coming, or chastise you for not being strong on your own. He says, “Come to Me.”
I’m praying for that man to take it to Jesus so he can be free. Yes it is his choice, but I am still praying for him to make that good choice.
How do you handle your ‘people-pain’?
Help God! I Hurt!
For we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way, but the Lord has laid on Him the guilt and iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6
Yes, we’ve all wandered off into other pastures looking for the greener grass supposedly on the other side of the fence. We’ve headed off in our own direction to what appeared good at the time and ended up in a briar patch of prickers and thorns and bitter weeds and cockle burs. Now our feet hurt from walking on the burs; our hands hurt from trying to pick the prickers out and our stomachs hurt and we’re hungry from trying to eat bitter weeds.
Is God mad at us for doing this? Is He up in heaven trying to make us pay for our mistakes and foolish decisions?
NO!
Jesus Himself took away all our sin and iniquity and guilt. He was our scapegoat. He took away all our blame. We no longer have to look for a scapegoat or for someone to blame when things go wrong in our lives. Turn and look to Jesus. He already saw your need and took the blame for you. He is your scapegoat. He can bear it. You and I cannot. He is the humble Lamb of God, yet He is the all-powerful risen Savior who took back what we gave to the devil in in the Garden of Eden when man gave in to temptation.
Now we have been restored to fellowship with God Himself…our creator, the Creator of all the heavens and all the earth…The One who made Niagara Falls, The One who dug Grand Canyon, The One who directs the mighty Amazon River. We are restored to Him. We do not need to fear. God is with us if we are with Him. Turn to God and He will turn to you. Hide yourself in God from the trials in your life. He will cover you with His wings and under His wings shall you trust.
He will put His healing balm and salve on your wounds so you will be healed body, soul and spirit.
Say, “God help me today.”
He will say, “I’ve been waiting for you to ask Me.”
Mrs. Goodfinder 