I'm Happy Happy Happy
Ok I just want a fun post.
I want one of my favorite spiritual posts from well known writers like Ann Voskamp or Lysa Terkeurst, to be... well... not sad. Now just wait, don't get your panties in a bunch. These helpful posts are such a blessing when we are struggling. When my life feels as if it is spinning out of control, when my anxiety and fear of the unknown is shoving it's heavy weight on my shoulders and my grey hair goes from partially gray to ALL OVER GRAY, when my scale reads 10lbs heavier because I am a stress eater I NEED TO BE REROUTED! I need to know who is on my side. I need to know that "this too shall pass" that I need to "cast my cares on Him" These amazing posts pull many people including myself out of the depths of despair. Or even a preemptive boost to not let Satan have a foothold in an area that we were almost tempted to open the door to him. I love finishing one of those blogs and hearing myself say "amen" to an empty room. It is so amazing that the Holy Spirit leads them to post amazing truths of God and just the right moment for me...and many others I know.
But I just want someone to say, "Glory to God in the Highest." "I praise Him for I am fearfully wonderfully made!" "All Praise to Him who reigns on high in majesty supreme..." We can't forget God when we are on the Mountaintop. I need someone to remind me of this.
But maybe I am different. Maybe many people don't see the mountain top. I'm not bragging; I'm not saying yea, "I'm never in the valley." I've been there, but I NEVER want to stay there. It's true, I always see my glass as half full, but am I completely off center with the rest of society? I am concerned that I am offending people, but to be honest, I don't want to need the despair posts daily.
Is it too much to ask that Spiritual writers start writing posts that remind us who put us on the mountaintop? I know what it's like to be in the valley, and yes, we need to be reminded of those times so we remember how God brought us through it. I repeat, I DON'T WANT TO STAY THERE. Many times spiritual authors and mentors write about difficult times because that is when we are searching the most for God. At these times, we are fertile ground and that is when we look for God the most. We search, longingly for truth to cling to.
We search for hope.
We search for peace.
We search for an escape from despair.
We search for love.
We search for answers.
Do we ever wonder why God give us these difficult times? When are we searching more for God then when we have no where else to turn. At those times when we are drowning we reach out for God to whom has promised to rescue us...And he does not fail. When we seek Him we will find Him. "Knock and the door will be open."
How many times do we revolve around this cycle?
Normal day to day life...Crisis...try to remain calm...
Crisis worsens...hit our knees...crisis continues...stay on our knees crying out...
crisis wanes...We see God like never before...
Return to normal day to day life...forget about our crisis... Normal life...
CRISIS...try to remain calm...
Crisis worsens...hit our knees...crisis continues...stay on our knees crying out...
Crisis wanes...We see God like before...
Return to normal day to day life...forget about our crisis
My thought is, perhaps I can hit my knees and cry out to God on a daily basis while on the mountaintop so I am already seeing God like never before. Perhaps if I am on my knees crying out to God constantly, He won't feel the need to send me to the valley so I can turn to him. When I am seeking God continually, God doesn't need to send me that valley to find him again. Of course, we know that is not the only reason that God allows us to sink to that valley, but do you really blame Him for allowing us to go there? We ask often, "Why does God allow such bad things to happen?" If it meant that He will see people return to an intimate relationship with Him, then why wouldn't He?
But also, if you are clinging to the Anchor maybe you don't have to stay in the valley long because you already see your way out in His footsteps. Or the valley won't seem so low or desperate if we are already clinging to the Anchor. Am I making sense?
So in conclusion, I want to have help in both places
"God is close to the brokenhearted and those crushed in spirit"
BUT ALSO,
"My Hope is built on nothing less than Jesus love and righteousness"
I want to praise Him in my every day life. I want to have His song in my heart and on my tongue so much that my kids roll their eyes because I am singing another "Jesus song." "All praise to him who reigns on high, in majesty supreme..."
I want one of my favorite spiritual posts from well known writers like Ann Voskamp or Lysa Terkeurst, to be... well... not sad. Now just wait, don't get your panties in a bunch. These helpful posts are such a blessing when we are struggling. When my life feels as if it is spinning out of control, when my anxiety and fear of the unknown is shoving it's heavy weight on my shoulders and my grey hair goes from partially gray to ALL OVER GRAY, when my scale reads 10lbs heavier because I am a stress eater I NEED TO BE REROUTED! I need to know who is on my side. I need to know that "this too shall pass" that I need to "cast my cares on Him" These amazing posts pull many people including myself out of the depths of despair. Or even a preemptive boost to not let Satan have a foothold in an area that we were almost tempted to open the door to him. I love finishing one of those blogs and hearing myself say "amen" to an empty room. It is so amazing that the Holy Spirit leads them to post amazing truths of God and just the right moment for me...and many others I know.
But I just want someone to say, "Glory to God in the Highest." "I praise Him for I am fearfully wonderfully made!" "All Praise to Him who reigns on high in majesty supreme..." We can't forget God when we are on the Mountaintop. I need someone to remind me of this.
But maybe I am different. Maybe many people don't see the mountain top. I'm not bragging; I'm not saying yea, "I'm never in the valley." I've been there, but I NEVER want to stay there. It's true, I always see my glass as half full, but am I completely off center with the rest of society? I am concerned that I am offending people, but to be honest, I don't want to need the despair posts daily.
Is it too much to ask that Spiritual writers start writing posts that remind us who put us on the mountaintop? I know what it's like to be in the valley, and yes, we need to be reminded of those times so we remember how God brought us through it. I repeat, I DON'T WANT TO STAY THERE. Many times spiritual authors and mentors write about difficult times because that is when we are searching the most for God. At these times, we are fertile ground and that is when we look for God the most. We search, longingly for truth to cling to.
We search for hope.
We search for peace.
We search for an escape from despair.
We search for love.
We search for answers.
Do we ever wonder why God give us these difficult times? When are we searching more for God then when we have no where else to turn. At those times when we are drowning we reach out for God to whom has promised to rescue us...And he does not fail. When we seek Him we will find Him. "Knock and the door will be open."
How many times do we revolve around this cycle?
Normal day to day life...Crisis...try to remain calm...
Crisis worsens...hit our knees...crisis continues...stay on our knees crying out...
crisis wanes...We see God like never before...
Return to normal day to day life...forget about our crisis... Normal life...
CRISIS...try to remain calm...
Crisis worsens...hit our knees...crisis continues...stay on our knees crying out...
Crisis wanes...We see God like before...
Return to normal day to day life...forget about our crisis
My thought is, perhaps I can hit my knees and cry out to God on a daily basis while on the mountaintop so I am already seeing God like never before. Perhaps if I am on my knees crying out to God constantly, He won't feel the need to send me to the valley so I can turn to him. When I am seeking God continually, God doesn't need to send me that valley to find him again. Of course, we know that is not the only reason that God allows us to sink to that valley, but do you really blame Him for allowing us to go there? We ask often, "Why does God allow such bad things to happen?" If it meant that He will see people return to an intimate relationship with Him, then why wouldn't He?
But also, if you are clinging to the Anchor maybe you don't have to stay in the valley long because you already see your way out in His footsteps. Or the valley won't seem so low or desperate if we are already clinging to the Anchor. Am I making sense?
So in conclusion, I want to have help in both places
"God is close to the brokenhearted and those crushed in spirit"
BUT ALSO,
"My Hope is built on nothing less than Jesus love and righteousness"
I want to praise Him in my every day life. I want to have His song in my heart and on my tongue so much that my kids roll their eyes because I am singing another "Jesus song." "All praise to him who reigns on high, in majesty supreme..."
I see this was written in Jan and it is now June. I don't know how I missed it earlier. But it certainly applies for today. I am more a half empty rather than half full person which is why I need to continually be counting my blessings. I need the mountaintop music and scripture and devotional thoughts to keep a proper perspective. The world is in a big mess right now. It would be very easy to get discouraged and stay down in the valley. But being reminded that God is powerful and in control not only in our world but in our individual lives brings peace and joy to my spirit in spite of the turmoil. It helps me to stay closer to the mountaintop. I can sing "My hope is built on Nothing less than Jesus Blood and righteousness." Loved that we sang that in church yesterday. To be able to Praise him who is our solid foundation when all around us is shifting sand is what being a christian is all about.
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