Maybe I'll blame it on the sleep that has eluded me over the last couple of days, or perhaps the nasty cold that is beating me down. I could even blame 'Daylight Savings Time' for throwing me off the horse, but whatever the case may be, I find myself dazed and confused, lying here in the dirt.
I haven't had a good cry in a while, but I certainly didn't expect it to come on the way it did today. All I did was take an aspirin, and out of nowhere I broke into weeping. I guess when you realize that you're face down in the dirt and your horse is galloping along without you, it's a good time to cry. Or maybe it's just a good time to pick yourself up and get back on the horse.
I suppose I should be dusting myself off and running after my horse right now, but I think I will just lay here in the dirt for a while. My horse won't get too far before he realizes I'm gone, when I regain my strength I will catch up with him.
There's far too much on my mind to bother with, so I will say good-night. And a special message to all of you who also are face down in the dirt wondering how you got there, don't be afraid to lay there for a day or two but make sure you don't grow roots!
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Just wanted to let you know I've been thinking of you! Hope things are going alright.
I've recently been blessed by the book, "31 Days of Praise" by Ruth Warren. I wanted to share this one with you all. It's often so difficult to me to stop complainng and start praising the Lord, and this was a much-needed reminder for me. I thought you might enjoy it as well.
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Day 18
Father, I'm so delighted that You are both loving and sovereign, and that You cause all things to work together for good to those who love You, to those who are called according to Your purpose. So I thank You for each disturbing or humbling situation in my life, for each breaking or cleansing process You are allowing, for each problem or hindrance, for each thing that triggers in me anxiety or anger or pain. And I thank You in advance for each disappointment, each demanding duty, each pressure, each interruption that may arise in the coming hours and days.
In spite of what I think or feel when I get my eyes off you, I choose not to resist my trials of intruders, but to welcome them as friends.
Thank You that each difficulty is an opportunity to see You work...that in Your time You will bring me out to a place of abundance. I rejoice that You plan to enrich and beautify me through each problem, each conflict, each struggle...that through them You expose my weaknesses and needs, my hidden sins, my self-centeredness (and especially my self-reliance and pride.) Thank You that You use trials to humble me and perfect my faith and produce in me the quality of endurance...that they prepare the soil of my heart for the fresh new growth in godliness that You and I both long to see in me...and that my momentary troubles are producing for me an eternal glory that far outweighs them all, as I keep my eyes focused on You. I'm grateful that You look beyond my superficial desire for a trouble-free life; instead, You fulfill my deep-down desire to glorify You, enjoy Your warm fellowship, and become more like Your Son.
I thank You for the bitter things
They've been a friend to grace,
They've driven me from the paths of ease
To storm the secret place.
-Florence White Willett
Love in Christ,
Karissa
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