A lot of time has passed since I started my journey "Water under the bridge so to speak"..I have found life to be a mixed bag of good and bad. But I don't believe anyone gets through without a great deal of difficulty. One of the main problems is that we have to figure it out as we go along and most the time we don't have a clue as to what we're doing. Faith helps, sometimes you have to just shut your eyes and trust God to lead you, and He does. But most times the Lord has an annoying habit of expecting us to make decisions for ourselves...he left us a guide book..but he expects us to use it along with a little common sense... if we could know the future it would be a piece of cake....but no such luck....
I am tired...and I have seen many of my dreams go up in smoke..over time I've learned not to put too much stock in dreams. He never promised us an easy time...people get confused about that... God is not Santa Claus or even a kind old Grandfather..sometimes he puts us through the fire for reasons of his own that we might never understand..I was in the Hospital a long time.........often in tremendous pain.. but I learned each morning to pray for strength and help "Just for today Lord"..Like the children of Israel in the Desert gathering Manna for each separate day. No questions asked..One step, one day, one prayer....till we finally can go home..
Our families should always be out top priory but in dealing with them day by day we lose sight of what is truly important. We get out eyes on ourselves and become overly concerned because "he doesn't make me happy any more" or that "she doesn't understand me." So much so that we are willing to throw years of work (not to mention our children) under the bus. Who said we have a "right" to be happy? Happiness is transit, here today and gone tomorrow, it's not about being happy. It's about standing by your post and doing what has to be done for the good of your Church, your community and for the people you love. We must do better than we have done, We must reach higher than ourselves. We see past our own feelings and desires and embrace the needs and desires of others.
Life is not a three ring-circus or a picnic and I can promise you that it will be hard. Search all you want and you will only find fleeting happiness and small flashes of joy. But you can know contentment and the satisfaction of a job well done. You can stand without shame and know that you "stood by the stuff".
What is truly valuable? What is lasting? What do you want to take from this life and what do you want to leave when you go? In this blog site I address a number of different issues that we face as we attempt to live a Christian life I hope you will find it helpful as you go about your journey. I answer questions, relate experiences and bits of wisdom that may help you on your way.
It would be impossible to list every source of the words and information that make up my blog. They are a culmination of books I've read, sermons I've heard, lessons learned, from people I've met, life experiences and information gleaned from the internet, a lifetime of Bible study and a stint in seminary, as well as things learned at my Mother's knee. I have done my best to teach through this medium the things I felt that God would have me to say, thank you my friend for your kind attention.
Always in Christ.... -Jireh's Girl
Revelation 2:10 KJV--"Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer:behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days:be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."
Uphill
by Christina Georgina Rossetti
DOES the road wind uphill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day's journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
But is there for the night a resting-place?
A roof for when the slow, dark hours begin.
May not the darkness hide it from my face?
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?
Those who have gone before.
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight?
They will not keep you waiting at that door.
Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?
Of labour you shall find the sum.
Will there be beds for me and all who seek?
Yea, beds for all who come.