For Kayla...

This morning God had bigger plans than to just to make me sit and listen to a song.  We have no idea how He works in our lives, but today He is trying to show me ...something.  I don't want to speculate because I thought I knew what He was doing at 8:30 this morning and it has changed in the last 2 hours.  :)  

I think I am supposed to share this with you for YOU, not for me.  (Or maybe just for you Kayla) So here it is.  Apply it to your life, and take it to heart.  He has bigger plans for all of us...

"All of us become disappointed when we have a plan that fails, a hope that does not materialize, a goal that is unreached. When things like that happen, for a certain period of time we experience a letdown, one that can lead to depression if it is not handled properly.

That's when we have to make the decision to adapt and adjust, to take a new approach, to just keep going despite our feelings. That's when we must remember that we have the Greater One residing within us, so that no matter what may happen to frustrate us, or how long it may take for our dreams and goals to become reality, we are not going to give up and quit just because of our emotions. That is when we must remember what God once told me in just such a moment: "When you get disappointed, you can always make the decision to get reappointed!"

Disappointment often leads to discouragement, which is even more of a "downer." 

How disappointing and discouraging it is to see the things we love senselessly destroyed by others or, even worse, by our own neglect or failure.

Regardless of how it may happen or who may be responsible, it is hard to go on when everything we have counted on falls down around us. That's when those of us who have the creative power of the Holy Spirit on the inside can get a new vision, a new direction, and a new goal to help us overcome the downward pull of disappointment, discouragement, and destruction."

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

 

I hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!  Know that you are all in my prayers today!

 

With Love,

 

From The Baehr Block