E. Stanley Jones gave this list of “Seven Don’ts” for believers to consider in the time of trouble:
1. Don’t think your case is unique. It can be matched many times over.
2. Don’t give yourself to self-pity. A self-pitying self is a pitiful self.
3. Don’t give yourself to excessive grief, thinking it shows love.
4. Don’t retell your sorrows; doing so only makes them grow.
5. Don’t resign yourself to sorrow, thinking it will continue.
6. Don’t complain; complaining only multiplies complaints as a habit.
7. Don’t forget that there is a God in heaven who has promised to deliver us.
Need extra reinforcement today? Read Psalm 91.
God is Faithful! We are...
... Grateful
We must remember that
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There is so much
that it does cost
When things do happen
which we don’t understand
We must trust in
what God has planned
For it’s His ways
we do not know
But instead we must
go with the flow
And at all cost
our hope to retain
For in God’s love
our soul must remain
We aren’t all mighty
nor ever so wise
To know the plans
that God does devise
We need to ever
hope in the Lord
‘Cause to do other
we can never afford!
Teresa Marie 10/4/11
Lord, reinforce my trust in You! Amen.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting. That is a good word.
ReplyDeleteE. Stanley Jones says it like it is, heh.
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